Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The phenomena at Skinwalker Ranch genuinely disturbs me. Being a horror fan (not that this is horror, but stated for context) and not easily spooked, I can tell you that the incidents I've read about at Skinwalker Ranch are the things that haunt my dreams. Deeply disturbing and inexplicable events recounted by scientists, journalists, military, police, as well as average citizens. The stuff of nightmares. So when I heard about the release of this documentary, I didn't rush out to buy it. Why? Because I didn't know if I was ready to revisit the horrors of Skinwalker Ranch. Especially hours upon hours of footage and interviews. It turns out I had nothing to worry about as this documentary is disappointing, to say the least. Bizarrely so. We should be looking at phenomena that has spawned inter-dimensional horrors, skinwalkers, shadow creatures, poltergeist-like activity, physical attacks backed by medical records and doctor testimony, the sounds of machinery coming from underground (along with the warning by the ranch's previous owner to call him before anyone tries to dig anywhere), among many, many other terrors (witnessed, as stated above, by scientists, military, and police, not to mention the US government, which has spent millions of dollars investigating the area). With all this and more to work with, what do we get from this documentary? Locals who've seen the typical tin-can-in-the-sky and bright lights in the night. Cattle mutilation. A guy and his son who saw a big wolf. A young woman who seems to be describing run of the mill sleep paralysis. Mostly the tin-can UFO thing, though. Even more frustrating is George Knapp who, after we're assured there is more that we don't know, lets us know he can't tell us any more and then walks off camera. There are also some dubious connections, like the woman whose son was bathed in the UFO light and later developed cancer. Millions of people every year develop cancer. For the filmmakers to earnestly connect it to UFOs is disingenuous pandering for the sake of the sensational. Like others, I first heard about the documentary through the Mysterious Universe podcast. It was made to sound fresh and exciting. However, after this debacle, I'm going to have to take what the guys at MU say with a grain of salt from now on. This could have been a powerhouse documentary that brought this subject to the attention of people outside of the "conspiracy" community. It had everything on its side. Unfortunately, it watches like an obscenely long interview of YouTube-worthy UFO encounters by backwoods locals. This simply didn't deliver on its promise. I feel cheated and wish I could get my money back.