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Skinwalker Ranch Night Hike — Cold Boundary and Dark Oval

July 2009Skinwalker Ranch, Utah, Utah, United States

The source reports that Jonathan Axelrod, Jim Costigan, and David Wilson encountered a sharply bounded temperature drop during a night hike, followed by escalating fear. Costigan then reported an approximately eight-foot dark oval through night vision before the group retreated.

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Encounter · Reported Encounter Observation

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“The three men reportedly crossed a repeatable sharp boundary where the temperature fell about twenty degrees from the mid-70s Fahrenheit, then experienced escalating fear as they moved farther west before retreating.”
“The group reports a sharp cold boundary followed by escalating fear.”
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Skinwalker Ranch Night-Vision Dark Oval · Reported Craft Appearance

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“During the July 2009 ranch hike, the source says Costigan saw through a Generation III night-vision scope an oval area of darkness about eight feet tall roughly fifty yards ahead; Axelrod and Wilson did not obtain a definitive visual observation of it.”
“Costigan reports an eight-foot dark oval through night vision.”