Essay On Skinwalkers

Here is some background on Skinwalkers. Skinwalkers are legendary cryptic Native American creatures, in the Navajo culture they are called Yeenaaldlooshi which translates to “Beings that travels on four legs” but they are known by many different names throughout the Native American culture. Skinwalkers are said to be found in the southwest mountains regions, many non believers think they are a myth or just folktales to scare children into behaving, the Navajo people take the skinwalker tale very seriously they believe that even the mention of skinwalkers can bring their attention towards them and bring bad luck. Skinwalkers are evil creatures that cause harm and sometimes even kill, even in the Navajo culture they are seen as a taboo because of the way they obtained their powers.

What are Skinwalkers? Skinwalkers are said to be Native American witchdoctors or medicine men that obtained the ability to

Skinwalkers posses many different abilities the most obvious one is shapeshifting they are able to change the form that they are in the only thing they need it the skin of the animal they want to transform into. Skinwalkers also posses the ability of super strength they are able to lift weights at least twice or three times the weight of themselves, they use this ability to cause roadblocks to get people out of there cars in order to attack them. Along with the ability to transform they also have the ability to mimic voices and to read and control minds the combination of these abilities are used to further fool people and to lure them into the woods with the voices of their loved ones. They also have the ability to run at high speeds and to jump small cliffs they use these abilities to either easily chase down the people they want to attack or to flee dangerous situations. Skinwalkers have the ability to use magic specifically black magic, Skinwalkers use black magic to do spells and cast curses on the people the want to