Skinwalker

The Skinwalker comes from Navajo (Diné) spiritual tradition, where it describes a malevolent figure said to be able to take animal form — a belief that carries real religious and cultural weight within the Navajo Nation, not a costume-shop monster. Because of that, we are keeping this entry short and pointing readers toward accounts from the people who carry the actual tradition rather than the sensationalized pop-culture version. What has landed in mainstream horror media over the past few decades is, by most accounts from Navajo sources themselves, a distorted and often disrespectful retelling.