The Paranormal Ranger

A Navajo Investigator’s Search for the Unexplained

By: Stanley Milford Jr.

Narrated by: Stanley Milford Jr., Duane Minard

*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.

First Hand Experience from a Navajo Ranger

Stories from a Navajo Ranger first hand experience. Great collection on the Paranormal events. On the Navajo Reservation. And the author upbringing.

And an in-depth look at how Navajo Rangers. Compile their investigation on regular duties. To a manhunt for a dangerous person. And Paranormal activity reports. From floating strange orbs to Bigfoot. A definite must listen to.

Pulling Back the Veil

Many of us have lived with the feeling, there is more to what we euphemistically call "reality." It is like a splinter in our minds, we can't quite get out.

Shadows seen from the corners of our eyes. Searching for items and then finding those items in plain view where you'd just searched. Picking up your phone to call someone, only to have the phone ring in your hand with the person on the other end of the line.

We KNOW there's much more at work than is explained conventionally. This book takes you into the heart of the mystery. The author, in a calm, measured way, takes you on a journey of experience.

He doesn't embellish, he tells you concisely and clearly what he observed, documented and experienced.

Great Book !!!! Thank you

Great book, thank you, Ranger Stanley Milford Jr., for sharing your encounter and insights into the paranormal investigations

Surprising Insights

Highly recommend. This book was well rounded and put together. I thought I would be listening to a book primarily about the paranormal. But it was so much more than that! I highly recommend this book!

If you enjoyed the Unsolved Mysteries episode, this is a must read!

After watching the Unsolved Mysteries episode about the Paranormal Rangers, I wanted to hear more, and I’m so glad Stanley Milford, Jr.’s book is out now. Milford, Jr. does such a wonderful job narrating it, and the stories he tells are endlessly fascinating, full of more details about them. The book is wonderfully interspersed with Navajo lore in between stories of Milford Jr’s time with The Navajo Rangers. This is a must read and a wonderful inclusion to the wide variety of paranormal literature in print.