About this episode

The episode explores the Navajo warning against whistling at night and features insights from Don Yazzy, a Navajo researcher and experiencer.

Two sisters camping in Joshua Tree. One of them whistles into the dark without thinking. That night, something walks the perimeter of their camp — bipedal, unseen, and it knows their friend's voice well enough to use it. Tonight's guest didn't read about any of this in a book. He grew up on the Navajo Nation, where what the rest of the world calls legend he calls home. Don Yazzy is a Navajo researcher, experiencer, and host of the Don't Whistle at Night Podcast, broadcasting live every Saturday on United Public Radio Network and available on YouTube and Spotify. He returns to the Codex with new field investigations, fresh encounters, and lore that goes far deeper than any documentary has touched. What You'll Learn: Why whistling at night is forbidden across many Native tribes — and exactly what it attracts How Sasquatch uses whistling to coordinate hunts between three individuals in the dark The role of the Navajo Trickster figure — father of Sasquatch, Dogman, skinwalkers, and all children of the night Why skinwalkers send owls as a warning before they escalate to a spirit arrow through the heart How arrowheads are prayed over and activated as tools against witchcraft and dark…

People in this episode

Host: Rye

Guest: Don Yazzy

Topics covered

• Navajo culture
• supernatural beliefs
• whistling at night
• Sasquatch
• skinwalkers
• Native American folklore

Keywords

• Navajo
• whistling
• Sasquatch
• skinwalkers
• supernatural
• folklore
• camping
• Joshua Tree
• Native tribes
• Trickster figure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Don't Whistle at Night Podcast

Places: Navajo Nation, Joshua Tree, United Public Radio Network, YouTube, Spotify

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