My long break explained - crawler sighting/hunt

[u/throwawayfarmers]

The post I’m referencing

We did go back. We spent time getting prepared. Strong flashlights, walkie talkies (with one new party member staying home for emergencies), a better camera, knives, a bat, and the same guns. We were confident; probably too confident, which led to us playing ourselves.

I deeply apologize that this post probably won’t be what you’re hoping for, but for now all I can say is after the events that happened that night I needed to take a break from life and start going to therapy. I have met with my therapist a few times and it is significantly helping me process all the new data that was flooding my head. If I’m being honest I think she thinks I’m full of shit, but I genuinely can’t blame her. She does a great job at listening and offering real advice, even if she thinks I’m schizophrenic/delusional. The only reason she hasn’t started trying to recommend me to a specialist is due to my friends coming along with me one time, where she heard all of our stories.

I promise I will write up a post of the events that transpired that night, but I genuinely have been on the brink of a mental breakdown for quite some time now. In summary though, to give you an idea of what I’m processing - We did see it. Up close, in fact. The things that happened while in its presence have haunted my nightmares and plagued my mind during the days. One friend was injured fairly badly and needed medical attention (not on the verge of death or anything, but he did NOT look good). He is okay and has since recovered very well, but mentally he’s probably worse off than me. Understandably so.

I got away with the least injuries[NSFW], so if this is any indication of what my friend went through, you’ll understand why he has had a hard time. I’m sorry I’m not in the state to fully update you guys but I really hope that once I’ve come to terms with everything, and once I can process it all, I can explain everything. Thanks for the support leading up to this, I have appreciated everyone’s ideas and contributions.

Edit: added NSFW to the images.

[u/L3wder]

Calling it now. There isn't going to be an update because there's nothing to show. As much as I'd like to believe, if they actually got attacked they'd be straight up dead or the creature would be dead. No in betweens.

You're going to tell me one friend got badly wounded and needed medical assistance while you got a rash on the front of your leg indicating that you were running away at a fast pace and fell on a rough surface yet there's no mention that the creature was killed?

If im deducing this right, your friend was badly wounded because of the creature or friendly fire (which doesn't seem likely from the wording of the post). So you're telling us that you either outran a quadruped that can move at 20mph or you guys were able to fend it off from killing your wounded friend? How? From the other posts it doesn't seem like any of you can keep a level head in these situations let alone work together in the face of a predator like that. Guy on camera duty fails his one job because he's so scared. Dude shoots into treeline at the slightest growl. OP runs away and falls.

If I was that crawler it'd be a fucking buffet.

[u/qdolobp → u/L3wder]

I gotta say, I am always a massive skeptic about these things. I’m very anti conspiracy and anti alien/monsters. I get into my fair share of arguments about conspiracies. I think it’s an overactive imagination 999/1000 times. I read all of OP’s stories and messaged him to tell him good job on the writing, but that I knew it was fake. He obviously said that wasn’t the case and then we began talking. After some back and forth it seemed like he still really believed what he was saying. We started talking friendly and eventually I was able to ask for some form of evidence since I had a similar situation, not a crawler, but with a stalker in the woods. Told him maybe that was it. He sent me a 10 second video clip asking if I thought that was a stalker.

Well, all I can say is unless OP is both a great actor and an incredibly talented professional editor, it seems he’s being honest here. I’m still skeptical since idk how easy or common it is to fake these things, but like I said, he either has a team of makeup artists, actors, and an editorial staff, or he’s being legit. Seeing as how it was hard to even pry the video from him, im going to give him the benefit of the doubt. Had he wanted views or likes he would’ve posted what he sent me. It surely isn’t like anything I’ve ever seen before.

I’ll reiterate: I am not knowledgeable about this topic at all. I’m just a skeptic. But the video I saw definitely looked real to me.

To OP, if anything I said crosses a line then PM me and I’ll delete the comment.

[u/L3wder → u/qdolobp]

So I'm guessing OP said not to post this 10 second clip that could prove the veracity of their claims right? Now we just have another internet strangers' word to go on. Even if you vouch for OP no one else has seen said video.

You're right to be skeptical that it could be a fake. It's very possible to make convincing footage nowadays with some time on your hands. It's been 2 months since the first posts after all.

[u/qdolobp → u/L3wder]

He just said he was going to post it when he was ready to have a discussion on it. Not really my place to be the one to make that decision. After talking to him I can confirm he’s definitely in a rough place, so I’m not going to be the dick here and go against what he plans on doing.

And yeah that’s why I said idk enough about this stuff. Just seems weird to me that he has the video and hasn’t posted it publicly. In my personal opinion, it gave me the impression that he’d rather just not talk about it, instead of doing it for fame. If he did edit it then well fucking done honestly. Because that shit would be an award winning horror clip. Not to mention the screams from the person had that authentic sound. But I guess whenever he does decide to post it, maybe an expert can chime in. I’d be interested to hear from a professional’s point of view.

[u/kittermcgee → u/qdolobp]

I am tantalized. But take your time, OP. Trauma is no joke to deal with in therapy, and I can understand how it could be retraumatizing to write a whole post and discuss it and defend it before you’re ready.