This case file has now been labeled a hoax, as the photo was from a 1980’s film known as Xtro. 

Original news story still archived below for reference.

Recent NM ‘skinwalker’ photo ignites fear

By Kim Vallez, KRQE News

CUBA, N.M. (KRQE) – Is a strange alien-looking creature prowling in northern New Mexico?

A Facebook picture circulating Thursday has a lot of people up there worried. The post was shared thousands of times within a few hours and had a lot of people uttering the word skinwalker, a well-known legend in Indian country.

The picture shows an unexplained being lurking on the side of a road.

The person who posted it claimed it was taken near Lybrook and Counselor, which is near the Jicarilla reservation.

The story claims that a geologist was working in an oil field in the area and saw something odd and decided to take a heat signature of it. The next day, the geologist suddenly quit.

The story spread like wildfire with people on social media saying, “seriously freaking out,” “yikes … I’m driving through there tomorrow,” and “skinwalker!”

Skinwalker refers to a Native American legend which was brought to life by author Tony Hillerman.

According to the legend, a skinwalker is a person with the supernatural ability to turn into any animal and walks on all fours.

There are stories of countless encounters, but few will speak of them, too scared they will be targeted again.

Many people who posted and shared the picture Thursday said they found their posts and comments disappear. People who emailed it to others said they were unable to retrieve it.

But everyone can rest easy. It didn’t take long for the picture and story to be debunked.

It apparently comes from a 1980s science fiction move “Xtro,” where a creepy being is born, then goes on the prowl and is spotted by a couple driving along the road.

It’s unclear how the story was connected to Lybrook or Counselor, or that so-called geologist. Perhaps it was just someone having a little fun, but it shows the power of social media and legends.

The New Mexican who posted the image Thursday has since taken it down, saying she shared it because others had. She says she has no information about its origin.

Source and special thanks: KRQE News 

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By Zachary Davies Boren, The Telegraph

Since its inception in the sixth century, the legend of the Loch Ness Monster has endured unreliable sightings, doctored photos and faked footprints, but a mysterious satellite image has given fresh hope to believers of the elusive Scottish sea creature.

The image, taken by an Apple map satellite, depicts a shadowy form of around 100 feet in length with something akin to flippers in the water of the Loch Ness.

“We’ve been looking at it for a long time trying to work out exactly what it is,” Gary Campbell, president of the Official Loch Ness Monster Fan Club, told the Daily Mail.

“It looks like a boat wake, but the boat is missing. You can see some boats moored at the shore, but there’s one here. We’ve shown it to boat experts and they don’t know what it is.”

After studying the image for six months, and with apparently other obvious explanation, the Club has concluded that shadow is probably the Loch Ness Monster.

“Whatever this is, it is under water and heading south, so unless there have been secret submarine trials going on in the loch, the size of the object would make it likely to be Nessie,” Campbell said.

One of the spotters, 26-year old Andrew Dixon from Darlington, said: “It was a total fluke that I found it. I was looking at satellite images of my town and then just thought I’d have a look at Loch Ness.

The first that came into my head when I saw it was, ‘That’s the Loch Ness Monster’.”

This supposed sighting is the first reported in 18 months, the longest that Nessie has been missing since 1925. All three sightings of the monster in 2013 were all found to be as fake – one was a duck, one was a wave and one wasn’t even taken at Loch Ness.

Source and special thanks: The Telegraph

Case Solved?

The Black Vault user Willease submitted the following, very logical, explanation:

This is what I found regarding the case file with the same name.

First, I enhanced the image…

…then searched for boats of Loch Ness and found this one…

A converted ferry, now tour boat called “The Jacobite Queen”…

http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/391/jacobite-queen

Here is the same boat found on Google maps between Loch Ness and Loch Dochfour…

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Contrary to many media outlets touting it as possible evidence of a sea monster — it is believed to be the Deepstaria Enigmatica jellyfish.

Check out the article below for additional information:

Deepstaria Enigmatica Jellyfish caught on camera near the United Kingdom

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