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- noun Plural form of
skinwalker .
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Examples
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Sure, Dean is brave and bold and has seen a lot, everything from rawheads to skinwalkers to the devil himself.
Supernatural: Two Minutes to Midnight - Pink Raygun.com 2010
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Sure, Dean is brave and bold and has seen a lot, everything from rawheads to skinwalkers to the devil himself.
Supernatural: Two Minutes to Midnight - Pink Raygun.com 2010
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Werewolves takes a look at not just the myth of being bitten and changing at the full moon but goes beyond that and looks at shapeshifters and skinwalkers.
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I thought I emailed you this footage the last time you posted about skinwalkers ...
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While she passes as human and earns a living as a mechanic, she is also a “walker”–a coyote shapeshifter of Native American blood–not to be confused with “skinwalkers”, evil mages who need to wear the skin of the animal they change into.
The Road Not Taken · Mercedes Thompson, the VW Mechanic 2008
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"Looks like your skinwalkers never got here to take advantage, either."
Soldiers Live Cook, Glen 2000
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WINDOW ROCK - The Navajo Nation's first casino will open Wednesday on a grand scale despite tales of skinwalkers and uranium in the six acres of fill dirt, as well as issues of smoking vs. non-smoking, according to Navajo Gaming Enterprise CEO Bob Winter.
Native Unity 2008
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Several months ago, the Fire Rock Casino appeared beset by obstacles, some of which Churchrock Delegate Ernest Yazzie attributed to witchcraft, but, he said last week, "We didn't let no skinwalkers stop us."
Native Unity 2008
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I have even speculated that the whole idea of werewolves, skinwalkers, vampires, etcetera could be explained in this way, and practically no other.
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Then there are the various outside threats – skinwalkers [Birds of a Feather], restless spirits [The Boone Identity], a trio of university students turned wraith-like crooks [Walls] and Murphy’s retired cop father [Second City].
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