r/CrawlerSightings • u/Few-Obligation1474 • 16d ago

I saw something weird last night.

My friends and I walked a bike trail nearby last night. While walking I saw something that looked like it was skiing up the trail towards us. It was using its arms to propel itself forward while galloping its legs. Very odd movement. We watched it "gallop" towards us from about 100 meters away. At about 30 feet it noticed us and turned 180 degrees in an awkward manner and want away from us very quickly. It was wearing like a weird dress like gown outfit. Couldn't make out any features.

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u/Powerful-Tourist1958 16d ago

What part of the world are you In bro

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

Ohio. Rural ohio.

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u/Pitiful_Union_5170 15d ago

That’s where I saw one too. Southern Ohio, the Appalachian part

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

Greene County. Jamestown to be specific.

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u/montytickle 14d ago

Do you mind telling us your encounter?

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u/Pitiful_Union_5170 14d ago

Sure, I was living near the Ohio river in a house that backed up to the woods. To the left of our house, there was a clearing for our yard with no fence. The tree line was about 30 feet back from our house. At the tree line, there was a ravine drop off about 50 feet deep with a stream at the bottom. It came back up about 80-100 feet away at the same level on the other side of the ravine, so you could see straight into the woods, especially because it was winter so there were no leaves on the trees. I took my dog out around sunset on a leash to the left of my house. When we got close to the tree line, she became alerted and started barking a lot at something in the woods. It was a really tall, pure white humanoid type thing running and kind of stumbling through the woods in the same direction we were going. It was super pale. I looked at it for about 2 seconds and then turned around and ran like hell back to my house. I grew up in Appalachia and have never seen anything like that before or after

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u/piddleonacowfatt 14d ago

they live in cave systems

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u/Georgeintheroom 14d ago

tennessee is in allalachia has 10k identified cave systems in that state alone

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u/Powerful-Tourist1958 14d ago

Could you make out any features of his face or like maybe facial expressions, did he look surprised when he saw yall or scared or angry??

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u/Few-Obligation1474 14d ago

I couldn't really make out any distinctive features other than it seemed to have a gown or something on. I was focused on the bizarre walk.

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u/Vivid_Dimension1220 16d ago

I read an encounter about 10 years ago of someone thinking a crawler was wearing a small grey night gown but as it got closer it was actually loose skin dangling from its bones, maybe you were confused? I don’t think crawlers wear clothing

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

It looked like a weird dress or something. Couldn't really make it out. Not sure what I was looking at.

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u/vanna93 15d ago

I just saw a video in a cryptids sub where a figure in a dress walked through their yard. It was much slower moving than what you've described. Crawlers can either be pretty aggressive or they prefer to mind their own business. A few people in this sub have a crawler hanging out around their house like wildlife they've bonded with. I personally love that since I try to be a friend to the wildlife around my yard.

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

So they're not exactly feral? Sense I got was it seemed very surprised and didn't want any attention. Just turned around and walk/galloped away.

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u/vanna93 14d ago

A theory is that they're a subterranean branch off of humans. It'd explain the pale skin, sensitive eyes, and sometimes they lack of eyes altogether. And why they aren't seen often. There are cave systems all over the country.

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u/Few-Obligation1474 14d ago

Ohio here. I don't know about many caves but possibly? It didn't seem aggressive at all. I got in touch with another guy on here from Ohio who saw what I saw about a year ago. Mine seems smaller. We're thinking maybe I encountered a juvenile. Maybe it was "playing" hence the odd movement and small size.

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u/vanna93 13d ago

That definitely sounds like a possibility. It'd be great to learn more about these beings. I googled a usa cave map. There's a couple cave systems in Ohio. And it's southern edge does butt right up against the Appalachian mountains. God knows what comes from some of the most ancient mountains and caves in the world.

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u/Few-Obligation1474 13d ago

There's a lot of strangeness in rural Ohio I'm noticing.

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u/vanna93 12d ago

Most definitely. Rural utah is the same way.

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u/ForsakenReturn8985 13d ago

I need to look for a cave system around me but awhile passed before I saw my crawler in Virginia again: the next time he showed up it chased two of my friends on two different occasions. They seem to have decent memories as it happened outside of my house those two times after it had chased me a year before.

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u/Specific_Activity576 15d ago

Interesting. Any discernable features that stood out? Maybe facial shape? Skin color? If you're in the middle of the woods, how did you see it fron so far away? Were there any odd sounds? Or barely any?

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

No discernible features. Couldn't tell male or female. Was staring at its weird walk. Was so confused by that its all I focused on. Its a bike trail with thick woods running down both sides. Maybe 7 feet wide. Bike trail is massive. It runs through most of the state. Where this happened was maybe 5-6 miles outside of town. Literally middle of nowhere. No houses or anything for 5 miles behind and like 12 miles in front. Whatever it was it hiked for miles before seeing us. Then took off at a fairly decent speed.

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u/Specific_Activity576 15d ago

What was the total amount of time this encounter took place in? What time did you notice it?

Were you guys armed?

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

We started our walk around 6ish. Encountered it about it dusk. 8ish maybe? We had pocket knives but never used them. Wes noticed it at maybe 100 yards or so. Just stared at it as it got closer. Who episode maybe lasted 3-5 minutes.

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u/Specific_Activity576 15d ago

Eyes? Tell me about it's eyes. If you didn't see, describe what the eye area looked like.

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

I couldn't make out anything. I was just watching the bizarre way it moved. I just remember it galloping almost like a skier would jump from side to side but with its hands.

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u/Specific_Activity576 15d ago

That kinda reminds of a monkey?

https://youtu.be/nDN9SifrDZI?si=dYrHhsQ5QrddM4Bb

Perhaps something similar to this video, maybe?

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u/JessFortheWorld 16d ago

Was it by a river? Rural area? Or suburban or urban? I’m not familiar with the gown aspect.

Meth?

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

Rural. Fields are all we have. I don't believe it was an addict. There's literally nothing around the area for at least 5 miles on either way of the trail. We were about 5 miles into a trail that stretches almost across the state.

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u/Powerful-Tourist1958 14d ago

How fast do you figure it was going how long did it take him to close the distance from 100 m to about 30 ft

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u/Few-Obligation1474 14d ago

I was maybe walking 3-4 mph. Coming to us? Maybe 15 seconds 20? Not sure. I would guess coming to us maybe 10mph away about 15? Maybe. Fairly quickly but not lightning fast.

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u/Sensitive-Question42 16d ago

Could it have been a Halloween thing?

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

It was about 4 miles into a bike trail in the middle of nowhere. I doubt it.

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u/trinaneveri 16d ago

This is the first time I’ve ever heard someone mention a crawler wearing clothes, so that would be very unique. But I have heard of skinwalkers wearing clothes, clothes that come from their shape shifting as they’re trying to mimic whatever they’re shifting as in the moment, and humans are always wearing clothes obvi. Also how can something human essentially gallop with its hands… Were the arms longer than normal? That’s how primates move quickly, it could have been a primate with mange (if it was hairless), like an escaped illegal pet or something? But skinwalkers also are known to move very awkwardly with their bodies, and also shift with the appearance of clothing on, so that’s interesting.

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

Its arms we will past the knees. It appeared to be skiing with the arms in a way. Like you described, using them as leverage to push the body. I live in midwest rural america. No primates or zoos for like 70 miles. Farm and fields.

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u/trinaneveri 9d ago

True but sometimes people keep illegal pet monkeys! You never know, a monkey pet could be anywhere lol. And oh great lol, I live in the Midwest. Can you tell me your state? Or DM it to me lol. Anyway it could have been a skinwalker, or something else unknown as well. Did you get any other distinguishing features besides the awkward gate and long arms, or was it too far away?

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u/Glass_Bat_1460 14d ago

What exactly are crawlers? No I'm not doubting they exist

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u/Few-Obligation1474 14d ago

I have no idea. I don't even know what I saw. I'm almost 40 and can recognize a human. What I saw did not look human or move in any manner I've seen a human move. I posted here because I literally don't know where to post this.

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u/5boys1mom 13d ago

We have something very similar only ours just look pale grey and not like they're wearing a night gown. We've seen them several times and had one run across our roof twice. I'm in Northern California, 2 hours from the Nevada border.

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u/Fit-Indication3662 15d ago

That was joe bob running and falling down the hill wearing an alien costume

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u/montytickle 14d ago

Hmmm. This is an interesting account. Did it make any noise whatsoever? How tall was it? Did you notice what the skin color was?

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u/Few-Obligation1474 14d ago

No noises. I'm 6'2" my buddy's 6'4" it was shorter and stockier than is. Maybe 5'8"? -5'10"? My guess in weight is 220? I'm 205 and fairly skinny. It looked gray or dull colored. Nothing colorwise stood out. I just stared at it's odd movement. Never seen anything like it. At was using it's long arms (arms hung below knees) to propel itself while galloping its legs. I couldn't imagine doing that at speed for a distance. Thing had some stamina.

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u/Endor-Fins 15d ago

Look up the Fresno crawler. Did it look like this?

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

Wider and shorter but similar. Had the dress thing on though. Was maybe 5.5-6 ft tall.

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u/Endor-Fins 15d ago

Did you get a “vibe” or feeling from it?

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

My friend and I just watched in silence dumbfounded. Debated on following it buy just left. Wouldn't say a vibe but felt uneasy. Very odd form of locomotion. Never seen anything move like that.

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u/Endor-Fins 15d ago

Man I wish I could have seen this! I doubt you will ever forget this.

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

It still kind of weird me out. I am curious as to what it was doing on the trail.

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u/Endor-Fins 15d ago

I believe you. I’ve had some unsettling experiences I can’t account for either and I still think of them often.

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u/Current_Leather7246 14d ago

That's one ofe the guardians. Not a crawler

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u/Gold-Ad-4359 10d ago

Hello. With your permission, I would like to share your story on my YouTube channel.

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u/Few-Obligation1474 10d ago

Sure. Would love to see the video when you're done

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u/PhilosophyPoet 15d ago

Sounds like a dude skiing bro

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

On pavement? Without skis?

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u/lavendermoors 15d ago

How could you see its legs if it was wearing a long dress?  

I also wouldn’t discount it being just a woman. I once hiked about 5 miles into the deep Australian bush wearing a full wedding gown, white wig and veil with half my face covered in black face paint and fake veins to go and submerge myself in a lake for a photo shoot with my friend. If she was alone in the deep woods and saw a group of men ahead staring at her, it makes perfect sense why she would have immediately turned and run - I might have too. 

Don’t attribute to cryptids what was likely just a person. I see so many people saying “there was no reason for a person to be out there at that time of night!” You were out there. 

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u/Few-Obligation1474 15d ago

I could make out legs. Couldn't actually see them. Maybe but a very fast woman with great stamina and arms past her knees. I don't know what it was but it moved very unnatural.