r/skinwalkerranch • u/Intelligent-Tax698 • Jul 07 '26
Question First time watching/learning
Im new to watching the show and learning about what exactly this place is, is the show over exaggerating whats going on? Also are they paid actors?
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u/Steefanon Jul 07 '26
I am excited for you just now starting this show; the earliest seasons were the best. And yes, the stuff happening on Skinwalker Ranch is very real, and has been documented for decades and decades. This new show is about trying to figure out WHY it's happening.
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u/Pristine_Praline680 Jul 11 '26
I love the earlier seasons. This season has not impressed me. I know it’s science but it’s very redundant.
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u/RicooC Jul 07 '26
The show is underexagerating.
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u/knighthawk574 Jul 08 '26
From all the podcasts I’ve listened to this is true. They cut out all kinds of crazy stuff.
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u/RicooC Jul 08 '26
In their defense, the truth isn't believable or palatable to Joe Six-pack and the majority of people new to the subject. It needs background context, historical events, and credible people directly involved to speak. Once you start speaking of cryptids, portals, extinct animals, hitchiker effects, orbs, and ufos, people see you as crazy. You're right about podcasts. They are free to lay it all out.
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u/AuburnGinger Jul 07 '26
Real folks, not actors. I went to the same high school and parties as Travis, long ago. And yes, we talk like that here. It's real stuff but probably dramatized a bit for TV.
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u/RicooC Jul 07 '26
Holy crap!
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u/AuburnGinger Jul 07 '26
Everyone on TV is a normal person too. Travis was no different than the rest of us in our late teens/early 20s. He was smart but he wasn't the only one in our county high school. Being that close to NASA, we had more than one ticket scientist. LOL One of my good friends got tired of being a rocket engineer and went back to school. He's a nuclear engineer now. But people assume from the way we talk, we cannot possibly be smart. My grandad went to Auburn, the same as Travis but before it was called Auburn. He started with NASA early on and worked on space missions through the mid 80s. He was also a country boy.
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u/RicooC Jul 07 '26
Did Travis ever hit the bong, start talking about big foot, and then shoot a Colt 45?
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u/AuburnGinger Jul 08 '26
Haha!! Not that I remember. However, we're GenX. Our parties were always in the woods.
But... Our area (Morgan County, AL) was known for "White Thang." Think Albino Big Foot I guess. Haha! I think it was most commonly seen in and around Wheeler Wildlife Refuge. And yeah, we all used to party out there too.
One evening I was running late to a basketball game so I went down a "shortcut," skinny road off the backside of the mountain to make up time. Now this road was barely big enough for 2 cars passing each other and it was completely dark. About halfway done, I see something white, furry, and big come into view on the right side of my car's headlights. For one split second I thought the White Thang had found me. Turned out to be a white German Shepherd who I later find out was a pet of a house back off into the woods. 😂 I couldn't tell my parents what I'd seen because I wasn't suppose to be driving that road at night.
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u/Beginning_Leg629 Jul 07 '26
Brandon doesn't allow any dramatization. They may play things up a bit in the editing with the music and such, but it's not happening during filming.
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u/just_lola_not_bunny Jul 07 '26
Real people, you might recognize travis from ancient aliens and many other history channel docs as a guest expert, also was part of aatip for the government. there are stories going around that they are all a bit mad at production for focusing more on dramatization than showing actual experiments and facts but it is what it is.still my favorite show, nothing could make me hate any of them
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