Editing Skinwalker Ranch — The Skeptical Case (section)

=== The Terry Sherman Primary-Witness Problem ===
Sheaffer further noted that "many of the more extraordinary claims originat[ed] solely from Terry Sherman, who worked as a caretaker after the ranch was sold to the gullible Bigelow." Issues:
* Terry Sherman was the primary experiencer of the most dramatic events during the family tenure
* After the sale, Sherman was financially employed by Bigelow as caretaker
* As caretaker, Sherman continued reporting events that maintained the ranch's anomalous reputation
* The financial incentive combined with primary-witness concentration represents an unresolved methodological problem

This does not prove fabrication; it establishes a conflict of interest that the investigation did not adequately address.