Former Navajo Ranger Shares Tales of the Paranormal in New Memoir
Ghost/Paranormal
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Stanley Milford, Jr., a veteran Navajo Ranger, has spent over two decades investigating paranormal phenomena across the Navajo Nation. His experiences, which range from UFO sightings to mysterious hauntings, are detailed in his newly published memoir, The Paranormal Ranger. Milford’s book blends personal accounts with Navajo creation stories, offering a rare glimpse into the cultural and supernatural world of the Diné people.
Milford, of Navajo and Cherokee descent, graduated from Fort Lewis College and spent 23 years serving as a Navajo Ranger, a unit under the Navajo Nation’s Division of Natural Resources. The Rangers are tasked with protecting natural sites and resources, but Milford’s work often led him into investigations of the unexplained.
“We were assigned to investigate cases that were out of the ordinary”, Milford explained. “Involving what is commonly referred to as paranormal or supernatural haunting cases, Bigfoot cases, UFOs, extraterrestrial witchcraft, and Skinwalker-related cases”.
Skinwalkers are malevolent spirits believed to have the ability to transform into animals, moving in a manner described as unnatural and often feared. Milford hopes his memoir will illuminate these traditions for readers unfamiliar with Navajo culture.
One of the most extraordinary incidents Milford recounts took place in Window Rock, Arizona.
“In two days, there were 66 U.S. coins that would apport or just appear out of thin air and fall on the floor, or they would come flying across the room”, Milford recalled. “Sometimes, they would hit us investigators. Out of all of those 66 coins, they all landed heads up."
“I witnessed with my own eyes at least 10 of these coins falling out of thin air, out of nothingness. That, for me, was a life-changing experience. It made me realise that the coins had to be coming from somewhere, some other space."
“From that time, this phenomenon followed me. I began having the coins appear in my home that would fall on the floor or fly across the room.”
In his book, Milford draws connections between his paranormal investigations and the Navajo creation stories, which describe the Diné people’s emergence from several lower worlds into the physical world.
“There’s a different world that the Navajo people came [from]”, he said. “They came into the physical world from four worlds or five lower worlds. When you look at the descriptions of the beings described in those tales, [they] fit with what I saw with the descriptions of the Bigfoot and extraterrestrial or alien beings”.
Milford worked alongside 40 to 50 rangers during his tenure. Today, fewer than ten remain in the force, reflecting a shift in the resources and priorities of the Navajo Rangers.
The Paranormal Ranger offers readers an intriguing blend of personal testimony and cultural history, inviting them to explore the intersection of the natural and supernatural through the eyes of a seasoned investigator.
Milford, of Navajo and Cherokee descent, graduated from Fort Lewis College and spent 23 years serving as a Navajo Ranger, a unit under the Navajo Nation’s Division of Natural Resources. The Rangers are tasked with protecting natural sites and resources, but Milford’s work often led him into investigations of the unexplained.
“We were assigned to investigate cases that were out of the ordinary”, Milford explained. “Involving what is commonly referred to as paranormal or supernatural haunting cases, Bigfoot cases, UFOs, extraterrestrial witchcraft, and Skinwalker-related cases”.
Skinwalkers are malevolent spirits believed to have the ability to transform into animals, moving in a manner described as unnatural and often feared. Milford hopes his memoir will illuminate these traditions for readers unfamiliar with Navajo culture.
One of the most extraordinary incidents Milford recounts took place in Window Rock, Arizona.
“In two days, there were 66 U.S. coins that would apport or just appear out of thin air and fall on the floor, or they would come flying across the room”, Milford recalled. “Sometimes, they would hit us investigators. Out of all of those 66 coins, they all landed heads up."
“I witnessed with my own eyes at least 10 of these coins falling out of thin air, out of nothingness. That, for me, was a life-changing experience. It made me realise that the coins had to be coming from somewhere, some other space."
“From that time, this phenomenon followed me. I began having the coins appear in my home that would fall on the floor or fly across the room.”
In his book, Milford draws connections between his paranormal investigations and the Navajo creation stories, which describe the Diné people’s emergence from several lower worlds into the physical world.
“There’s a different world that the Navajo people came [from]”, he said. “They came into the physical world from four worlds or five lower worlds. When you look at the descriptions of the beings described in those tales, [they] fit with what I saw with the descriptions of the Bigfoot and extraterrestrial or alien beings”.
Milford worked alongside 40 to 50 rangers during his tenure. Today, fewer than ten remain in the force, reflecting a shift in the resources and priorities of the Navajo Rangers.
The Paranormal Ranger offers readers an intriguing blend of personal testimony and cultural history, inviting them to explore the intersection of the natural and supernatural through the eyes of a seasoned investigator.
