You are welcome to join us in conversation with Navajo Ranger\, Stanley Milford\, Jr. as he chats about the chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the par anormal and the unexplained in Navajoland.
\nAs a Native American wi th parents of both Navajo and Cherokee descent\, Stanley Milford\, Jr. gre w 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 lo oking for the paranormal\, but it always seemed to find him. When he joine d the fabled Navajo Rangers&mdash\;a law enforcement branch of the Navajo Nation who are equal parts police officers\, archeological conservationist s\, and historians&mdash\;the paranormal became part of his job. Alongside addressing the mundane duties of overseeing the massive 27\,000-square-mi le reservation\, Milford was assigned to utterly bizarre and shockingly fr equent cases involving mysterious livestock mutilations\, skinwalker and B igfoot sightings\, UFOs\, and malicious hauntings.
\nIn \;Th e Paranormal Ranger\, Milford recounts the stories of these cases fro m the clinical and deductive perspective of a law enforcement officer. Mil ford&rsquo\;s Native American worldview and investigative training collide to provide an eerie account of what logic dictates should not be possible . Register now to expand your own worldview and be ready for a chill to ru n down your spine! \; \;
\nAbout the Author: \;Stanley Milford\, Jr.\, graduated from the United States Indian Po lice Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia\, N ew Mexico\, and worked continuously as a sworn law enforcement officer for over twenty-three years. He served as the delegated Chief Navajo Ranger f or over two years through March of 2019. While with the Navajo Rangers\, S tan oversaw a section called the Special Projects Unit (SPU)\, whose respo nsibilities included the investigation of cases that did not fit within ev eryday parameters of law enforcement or criminal investigation\, many of w hich involved reports of the \;paranormal or supernatural. After leavi ng the Navajo Rangers\, Stan served as the senior investigator for the Nav ajo Nation&rsquo\;s White Collar Crime Unit. \;
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