The Meadow Project

Explorations into the South’s Skinwalker Ranch

Trey Hudson

Flying Disk Press, 2020

Pb, 178pp, £12.50, ISBN 9798699871476

Over the years, the strange events at the Skinwalker Ranch in Utah have intrigued us with reports of phenomena ranging from the paranormal to classical forteana, involving sightings of UFOs, unusual animals, MIBs, ‘crop-circles’ and ‘orbs’ as well as experiences of ‘missing time’ and psychical phenomena. Similar ‘window’ areas have been claimed for Norway’s Hessdalen Valley, the eerie forests of HoiaBaciu in Romania and Aokigahara in Japan, the Rainbow Valley in Arizona, and Mesa Verde in New Mexico. In this fresh study, Trey Hudson – a former US Army scout and intelligence officer with an interest in UFOs and parapsychology – reveals another ‘high strangeness hot spot’ candidate: ‘The Meadow’, being a ‘secret’ location within Maryland’s vast Blackwater Nature Preserve. Hudson and his friend formed the Anomalous Studies and Observation Group to investigate and catalogue the weird phenomena, beginning with investigations into local legends, which include many of our topics of interest drawn from field investigation reports. Despite being written in a casual and colloquial style (and poorly proofed) their excitement and search for evidence keeps the story interesting throughout. We hope there will be more to follow.