Case file · High strangeness
Adamantium and the Fugal era
Bigelow sold the ranch in 2016 to Adamantium Real Estate LLC, whose owner, Utah developer Brandon Fugal, went public in 2020; the company registered 'Skinwalker Ranch' as a trademark.
2016 CE · 40.26, -109.89 · status: official
The account
The sale price was reported at around $500,000, and the new owners fenced and camera-guarded the property. The US trademark, filed in 2017 and registered in 2020, covers entertainment and media production, and a 2021 filing extended it to mugs, shirts and caps. Fugal also announced a research partnership with the Hutchings Museum Institute in 2022.
The sceptical view
The trademark and merchandising show that the ranch is now also a commercial brand, which critics say gives its owners a reason to keep the mystery alive.