If the phenomenon of Skinwalker Ranch is a hoax, it’s one that’s been unfolding since the pilot was filmed in 2019. Photo: A&E Television Networks A road snakes through desert land 150 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, leading to a large black metal gate that cordons off Skinwalker Ranch, a 512-acre property in Utah’s Uinta Basin, where over the past few decades, visitors and staff have reported encounters with strange flying objects, malevolent or mischievous spirits, animal-human