Editing Bradshaw Ranch — Key Persons Directory (section)

=== The Bradshaw Family ===

==== Bob Bradshaw ====
The ranch's original owner (c. 1960–1998 via family entities). Hollywood stuntman, photographer, livestock wrangler, location scout, and set builder who arrived in the Oak Creek Canyon/Sedona area in 1945 initially to address seasonal allergies. Built a significant career in the film industry and a photography business in Sedona. Acquired the ranch for approximately $200 per acre around 1960. The ranch served as a Hollywood filming location for decades. Bob Bradshaw is deceased. His son John described him as ambivalent about the paranormal claims — neither confirming nor denying the phenomena.

==== Linda Bradshaw ====
Bob Bradshaw's wife; primary experiencer and documentarian of the paranormal phenomena at the ranch beginning in the early 1990s. Her personal observations — including the appearance of "a huge and brilliant light" before her eyes; the 2:45 AM entity encounter; the documentation of orbs and luminous objects — form the experiential core of the ranch's paranormal record. Co-authored "Merging Dimensions" (1995) with Tom Dongo. Her account is the foundational text in the ranch's paranormal literature.

==== John Bradshaw ====
Son of Bob Bradshaw; former Sedona vice mayor; CEO of A Day in the West Jeep Tours. Took over management of the ranch's tourism operations in the 1990s and promoted it as an adventure destination. Sold the property to his own company for $2.75 million in 1998 as part of the eventual transition to Forest Service ownership. Publicly ambivalent about the paranormal claims: "I'm not convinced either way. But these are conspiracy theories." Was interviewed for the History Channel's Beyond Skinwalker Ranch in 2023.

==== Mason Bradshaw ====
John Bradshaw's son; Bob Bradshaw's grandson. States he did not experience paranormal activity at the ranch during childhood but began observing orbs after returning from college. "I see orbs out there all the time. You can see them over Jerome." Was interviewed for the History Channel's Beyond Skinwalker Ranch in 2023.