Ron Regehr — October 19, 2014

[Christopher O'Brien]

Did you see the Movie Mirage Men??? You MUST see it, please. Thank you very much again for your appearance, and I hope to learn much more about the subjects I wrote about above.

Ron was in the movie Mirage Men.

 

[DissectionStalker]

Ron was in the movie Mirage Men.

Was he the one talking about Bennewitz's photos in the MM-doc?

 

[SRL+]

Most anyone who viewed the documentary would have known that Bennewitz had lost it, especially when Regehr discusses the photos of the non-existent archuleta mesa saucers. Then again, Doty told the patriot beforehand that props strewn about the mesa was actually saucer debris.

 

[DissectionStalker]

S.R.L. Wrote:

Most anyone who viewed the documentary would have known that Bennewitz had lost it, especially when Regehr discusses the photos of the non-existent archuleta mesa saucers. Then again, Doty told the patriot beforehand that props strewn about the mesa was actually saucer debris.

Misleading, imo. Gabe Valdez said there were objects on the mountain that were removed, destroyed, and covered-up. My memory is not too sharp with details, but I'm sure I remember at least one person besides Doty or Bennewitz said these objects were there and later removed or destroyed. Bennewitz was NOT just delusional; he knew a lot that was really happening.

Yeah, Regehr said "Bless his heart..." Bottom line, he did NOT see all the photos. Just a few.

 

[DissectionStalker]

The whole story with the poison dart incident was rather curious. But then again, there's always strange things that happen in one's life over time. Life's just an accumulation of friendly, familiar and bizarre events.

Oh god, well, it's better than finding Element 115 at Skinwalker.

Tricksters, at least he was Navajo...

Tony Hillerman is interested... he wrote lots about the Navajo and Skinwalkers... Wayyyy better than Skinwalker Ranch. Hillerman kept it in the right department too... fiction!

(I'm laughing now.)

What's with that poison dart? Chris?

Post a pic of it...

 

[Christopher O'Brien]

Tony Hillerman is interested... he wrote lots about the Navajo and Skinwalkers... .

He wrote a lot about the Navajo, but NO, he did not write a lot about skinwalkers, only referred to the subject in passing in one book. There was not much info in the book, when you really sift through it, and believe me, I did.

What's with that poison dart? Chris? Post a pic of it...

It was a simple porcupine quill and it's being tested at a bio-chem lab in NJ.

 

[DissectionStalker]

He wrote a lot about the Navajo, but NO, he did not write a lot about skinwalkers, only referred to the subject in passing in one book. There was not much info in the book, when you really sift through it, and believe me, I did.

Hillerman's books will be enjoyed by those interested in Native American Lore and archeology artifacts w/spooky concept "tribal lore" mixed-in as detective mysteries. His books are entertaining on that level. There was enough Native American [especially Navajo] writing and fame to do two PBS series:

His books are better than the series, imo, but both PBS specials are still good for what it does.

Mystery! Coyote Waits . PBS

Masterpiece Mystery!: Coyote Waits: An American Mystery Special

CAUTION: Plot reveled below!

The story opens with the tragic death of Chee's good friend and fellow officer Delbert Nez in a senseless roadside shooting. Chee, first on the scene, picks up the only suspect in sight: a liquored-up Navajo shaman named Ashie Pinto (Jimmy Herman), who has the murder weapon under his belt.

Although Pinto confesses to being "ashamed," he says nothing else and doesn't confess to the crime. Even so, the case against him is persuasive -- but Pinto happens to be a kinsman of Leaphorn's wife, Emma who wants her husband to check out puzzling leads that may prove Pinto's innocence.

One is that Pinto had no way of getting to the murder scene on his own. Another is that just before his death, Delbert radioed to say he had finally apprehended a mystery vandal who had been haunting the hills, painting strange shapes on rock formations. Old and frail, Pinto could hardly be the person Delbert fingered.

Meanwhile, Chee is also investigating, convinced that he could have prevented Delbert's murder and determined to reach closure in the case -- not to mention closure with Janet Pete, the public defender whose romantic interest in Chee is hampered by the fact that she's representing Pinto.

Leaphorn and Chee's leg work leads to a trading post frequented by Pinto and presided over by a shady operator named McGinnis; to a Navajo high school where a possible witness to the crime turns out to be an ex-CIA operative from the Vietnam era, Colonel Huan Ji to the colonel's troubled son, Taka who is obsessed with telephoto photography of rock outcrops; to a university history department where a missing professor named Tagert has hired Pinto to instruct him in Navajo lore; and to Tagert's graduate student Odell Redd who reveals the secret of Tagert's research.

It seems that the professor believes the notorious outlaw Butch Cassidy escaped his supposed ambush in Bolivia only to die in a shootout on the Navajo reservation in 1909. Presumably, Pinto is Tagert's contact for the location of Butch's last redoubt. But where is Tagert? The question becomes all the more urgent as bodies mount and the spirit of Coyote, the Navajo specter of evil, malice and chaos, awaits its next victim. Navajo proverb: says, "Coyote is always out there waiting, and Coyote is always hungry."
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Mystery! Skinwalkers . PBS

Masterpiece Mystery!: Skinwalkers: An American Mystery! Special

CAUTION: Plot reveled below!

Joe Leaphorn, a seasoned cop accustomed to the ways of Phoenix, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque, has returned to the Navajo reservation. Recovering from cancer, his wife, Emma, feels rejuvenated by her home's landscape and people. Joe is less sure about their return. Well schooled in urban policing, he is soon confronted with a particularly Navajo case: a mysterious killer who has a special antipathy for medicine men, including his partner Jim Chee, an FBI Academy grad who is training to be a traditional healer.

Roman George's body is found miles from his abandoned truck and surrounded by ancient symbols etched in blood. A local archeologist holds the key to the symbols he left behind, so Chee and Leaphorn pay him a visit at a nearby Anasazi ruins. There, these unlikely partners find further clues indicating that the murderer may be a "skinwalker," a Navajo witch with the power to change from human to animal, move with lightning speed, and to kill with curses. Fearing that his mentor, Wilson Sam, will be next, Chee convinces the medicine man to hide in a nearby motel.

As Chee juggles the day-to-day police work on the reservation, Leaphorn tracks down clues to the identity of this evasive criminal. More ancient symbols are found at an abandoned paint factory, where a local gang has been congregating. What do the signs mean? Who is sending these messages in blood? Could the murders be linked to the old Dinetah Paints scandal? Chee won't have much time to mull these questions over as he soon finds himself in the killer's crosshairs.