Beyond Skinwalker Ranch

To all you haters.....Why in the world would an astrophysicist / aerospace engineer (worked for NASA), a physicist, all types of engineers, Air Force personnel, technologist, Ute and Navajo tribe members, University of Alabama scientists, an Emmy award winning investigative journalist , a retired CIA agent, and all of the ranch owners and community members who have experienced UFOs and paranormal activity (For over 200 years by the way), and many more with incredible credentials-WHY would they all risk their reputation and life-long work to produce BS??? I 100% believe their experiments, data, and findings that all point to portals, UFOs, and life beyond our universe.

Seriously people - get with it! I can't wait for more experiments, expert analysis, and shared experiences from folks who live on and around these sites.

The pseudoscience, the stilted expository conversations and performative amazement. It's as cringeworthy as you'd imagine. Particularly because it's not a parody. This show is delivered as though the work is sober and rigorous. Disco lasers "adding energy" to the environment... "This blob is an interference pattern"... These grown adults grasp each flicker from their instruments, turn it into a quirky hypothesis and then leap to scientific certainty, all while proclaiming to be skeptical and serious-minded.

Maybe it sells, to some audiences. But, to anyone with any exposure to physics, audio, science, data analysis, or just common sense, you're in for a rough time.

In a nutshell, adults behave like imaginative kids who just got new toys, except with no humour.

NOT the same as The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. Paul Beban is horrible. Replacing him would go a long way to improving this show. The narrator is no Robert Clotworthy, but then again, nobody is. The feel is off and is obviously piggybacking off the success of TSoSR. It just feels like they want to make money off the success of TSoSR, not really advance discoveries.

Another thing that is bothersome is that Beyond Skinwalker Ranch is using newer technology than TSoSR is using. They could really use some of the real-time displays at Skinwalker and the tech would be better applied there.

Time will tell, but so far this is a big thumbs down for me.

So when I heard about this series and how it's a spin-off of The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, I thought I need to see this! I seriously enjoy watching that series.

But watching episode episode 1 of Beyond Skinwalker Ranch was a cold shower. I binged two more. I just felt it didn't have what the Skinwalker Ranch series had. I felt the Skinwalker crew was just introduced so now and the to piggyback off of it's succes.

I left a 2 or 3 star review and I was done with it. I thought about it a couple of weeks later again. I figured it can't hurt to watch one more maybe and I had spare time. And this time I felt completely different! Episode 4 was far out! YES!! I was so happy about that. I had 5 more to look forward too now.

I'm halfway episode 5 now, and it's actually growing on me. But you must have gathered that much already. I just had to stop and write a review before I forget it. Probably will edit this review in the end but I was so happily surprised that I decided to give it another try.

I've heard about the episode with Chris Bledsoe, episode 8 I believe. And that's the one I'm curious about most. I've seen many podcasts and interviews with him and he just strikes me as this kind and honest man. And he has such a beautiful and exciting story. I'm 100% convinced he's telling the truth. So I don't need to see them testing his statements but I do just want to see more about him. He mentions being in this series on History Channel quite often and how he's happy with it. Discovery Channel did a docu about him back in 2007 or 2008 but they edited it so that it made him look like the town clown and it pretty much ruined his and his family's live for 5 years or so. The town's people mocked them and they got excommunicated from the Episcopal Church of which they were a member. Just all kinds of nastyness. Discovery Channel did a real number on them. I looked that docu up and he's right. It didn't make him look good. So unfair as he thought he could tell others about these events this way. So this on History Channel made it good. Haven't seen it yet but he mentions it so often in interviews. He also wrote a book called UFO of God and that's on top of my to read list. And they'll be making a movie of his live. Good stuff.

I digressed a bit right there but bottom line is, give it a chance. Don't expect exactly the same as The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. Go in open minded. Don't stop after episode 3 because it will get better.

Cheers.

This show is not the same as SOSW. I generally enjoy shows like this, particularly SOSW. Andy Bustamante is just plain irritating. Both hosts just seem to be trying way too hard to take the show seriously and have developed use of trying to coin sophomoric phrases like "high strangeness" which in itself is hard to take seriously. Not surprisingly, on this show, they immediately have success finding abnormalities, and also not surprisingly, using much more modern equipment than their sister show, SOSW. These exceptionally more modern experiments would be more exciting on the original show.

I like the concept of exploring other sites that experience UFO-like abnormalities, but this show falls too short. Perhaps a new set of hosts and a less rushed pace. When Travis makes appearances on the show, even he has a "ahhh, sigh" look on his face when dealing with these guys. Do yourselves a favor and stick to the original show.