Author:
Stanley Milford, Jr.
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“So much paranormal investigation is based on a white and christian perspective, and it is so refreshing to read a memoir rooted in another belief system. Milford Jr. blends his personal story with a retelling of the Navajo creation story, using it to demonstrate how his experiences with the paranormal are connected to his culture. While his stories are chilling, his overall message is one of empathy and compassion. He believes that a lot of paranormal activity is the result of imbalance between worlds, a sign that we're not doing our duty to take care of each other and the world around us. As a Navajo ranger, he faced each paranormal investigation with a willingness to listen, accept, and speak truth to the experiences of the frightened and traumatized. We can't erase damage that's already been done, but we can do our best to try to move on together. Sometimes all you need is to hear someone else say 'I'm here for you'.”
— CJ • Page 1 Books
*A NEW YORK TIMES PICK FOR TOP 22 NONFICTION BOOKS TO READ THIS FALL!*
A Navajo Ranger’s chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and unexplained in Navajoland
As a Native American with parents of both Navajo and Cherokee descent, Stanley Milford Jr. grew up in a world where the supernatural was both expected and taboo, where shapeshifters roamed, witchcraft was a thing to be feared, and children were taught not to whistle at night.
In his youth, Milford never went looking for the paranormal, but it always seemed to find him. When he joined the fabled Navajo Rangers—a law enforcement branch of the Navajo Nation who are equal parts police officers, archeological conservationists, and historians—the paranormal became part of his job. Alongside addressing the mundane duties of overseeing the massive 27,000-square-mile reservation, Milford was assigned to utterly bizarre and shockingly frequent cases involving mysterious livestock mutilations, skinwalker and Bigfoot sightings, UFOs, and malicious hauntings.
In The Paranormal Ranger, Milford recounts the stories of these cases from the clinical and deductive perspective of a law enforcement officer. Milford’s Native American worldview and investigative training collide to provide an eerie account of what logic dictates should not be possible.
Stanley Milford, Jr., graduated from the United States Indian Police Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico, and worked continuously as a sworn law enforcement officer for over twenty-three years. He served as the delegated Chief Navajo Ranger for over two years through March of 2019. While with the Navajo Rangers, Stan oversaw a section called the Special Projects Unit (SPU), whose responsibilities included the investigation of cases that did not fit within everyday parameters of law enforcement or criminal investigation, many of which involved reports of the paranormal or supernatural. After leaving the Navajo Rangers, Stan served as the senior investigator for the Navajo Nation’s White Collar Crime Unit.
Stanley Milford, Jr., graduated from the United States Indian Police Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico, and worked continuously as a sworn law enforcement officer for over twenty-three years. He served as the delegated Chief Navajo Ranger for over two years through March of 2019. While with the Navajo Rangers, Stan oversaw a section called the Special Projects Unit (SPU), whose responsibilities included the investigation of cases that did not fit within everyday parameters of law enforcement or criminal investigation, many of which involved reports of the paranormal or supernatural. After leaving the Navajo Rangers, Stan served as the senior investigator for the Navajo Nation’s White Collar Crime Unit.
Audiobook details
Narrators:
Stanley Milford, Jr. & Duane Minard
ISBN:
9780063371088
Length:
9 hours 48 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
HarperAudio
Publication date:
October 1, 2024
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#2,744 Overall
Genre rank:
#24 in Body, Mind, & Spirit