As a Native American with parents of both Navajo and Cherokee descent\, Stanley Milford\, Jr. grew up in a world whe re the supernatural was both expected and taboo\, where shapeshifters roam ed\, 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 paran ormal\, but it always seemed to find him. When he joined the fabled Navajo Rangers&mdash\;a law enforcement branch of the Navajo Nation who are equa l parts police officers\, archeological conservationists\, and historians& mdash\;the paranormal became part of his job. Alongside addressing the mun dane duties of overseeing the massive 27\,000-square-mile reservation\, Mi lford was assigned to utterly bizarre and shockingly frequent cases involv ing mysterious livestock mutilations\, skinwalker and Bigfoot sightings\, UFOs\, and malicious hauntings.
\nIn The Paranormal Ranger\ , Milford recounts the stories of these cases from the clinical and deduct ive perspective of a law enforcement officer. Milford&rsquo\;s Native Amer ican worldview and investigative training collide to provide an eerie acco unt of what logic dictates should not be possible. Register now to expand your own worldview and be ready for a chill to run down your spine! \; \;
\nAbout the Author
\nStanley Milford\ , Jr.\, graduated from the United States Indian Police Academy at the Fede ral Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia\, New Mexico\, and worked c ontinuously as a sworn law enforcement officer for over twenty-three years . He served as the delegated Chief Navajo Ranger for over two years throug h March of 2019. While with the Navajo Rangers\, Stan oversaw a section ca lled the Special Projects Unit (SPU)\, whose responsibilities included the investigation of cases that did not fit within everyday parameters of law enforcement or criminal investigation\, many of which involved reports of the paranormal or supernatural. After leaving the Navajo Rangers\, Stan s erved as the senior investigator for the Navajo Nation&rsquo\;s White Coll ar Crime Unit. \;
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