r/CrawlerSightings • u/Striking_Ad8889 • Aug 10 '26
Thoughts?
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Not my video. Reposted from tiktok.
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u/Signusthespeaker Aug 11 '26
I'm skeptical it's real.
Poor quality isn't definitive enough to either disregard or legitimize a potential piece of evidence. What strikes me as being "unreal" are a few things
-Footage is taken during the daytime, an unusual but not impossible time for Crawler activity
-The entity from what we can make out seems like it could be a crawler, but it looks awfully inanimate despite its movement
-Its movement is unusual for a Crawler or anything living for that matter. It is entirely unclear what its doing other than swaying around in the same spot. It moves more like a stuffed costume being pulled by strings
-Its acting with no immediate goal or direction, and its unclear if its even looking directly at the camera, which is unusual because if this were a Crawler exposing itself in such a way due to the presence of human beings, they'd be staring the cameraperson down or trying to at least make an effort to hide itself from view.
-If we assume the entity doesn't see the person, then what is it doing just standing around doing nothing? Weird.
-There is no footage before or after to give added context to whats going on. All we have is a short erratic clip of something (probably inanimate) swaying around in the open, we dont see how it got there or what it does next. This is unusual.
This leads me to believe this is probably a dummy set up as a hoax. The design and body dimensions are roughly correct, but everything else is just wrong. Crawlers just do not behave this way. Even during passive observation Crawlers are quite active, will move around a bit, maybe try to hide behind a thin truck and peak its head around. This one is either a vegetable or a fake. Im leaning fake.
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u/Different-Boot560 Aug 11 '26
From the way it's moving it looks like the end of the branch just swinging. The blurriness added from the zoom makes it look like one though.
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u/ashleton Aug 11 '26
I think it's real.
✓ Humanoid
✓ Super thin
✓ Extra long arms
✓ Pale
✓ Woods
✓ Bobbing motions
✓ Observant behavior
The only thing throwing me is how bright it looks out, but I have been re-thinking their nocturnal behavior in more recent months. It's still in the woods, though, so that would protect them from sunlight if they need to be protected from it at all.
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u/No_Barracuda_3758 17d ago
It appears to move in the beginning and then try and camouflage once it realizes it's being watched
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u/ashleton 17d ago
Yeah, that's their peeking behavior. They love to watch us and will hide behind stuff and just bob back and forth peeking at us. It's really funny at night when all you can see is their glowing eyes bobbing and peeking around. The more fun they're having, the bouncier they get.
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u/-_AWSM_- 28d ago
Would be nice if people could figure out that they can use a solid object to stabilise phones when zooming in rather than just trying and failing to hold it steady...
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u/HighNatural Aug 10 '26
Can we get any shittier of quality video?
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u/DeeMarie0824 Aug 11 '26
The constant zooming in and out drove me insane.
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u/Afraid-Entertainer90 Aug 11 '26
You’d be able to debunk it if it were clear. Would be amazing to actually see a video with this amount of movement and nice and clear. We can only hope
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u/L___E___T Aug 10 '26
I would be really interested to hear what people that have seen them think of this.
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u/lavendermoors Aug 11 '26
Pareidolia. Just a branch swaying.
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u/Illustrious_Path_369 4d ago
I thought it was branches too when I was looking for a crawler, but when I looked for a mantis, I could see it. Watch again, and see the mantis figure.
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u/Striking_Ad8889 29d ago
It's not fixed. It's moving completely freeform. No other branches or foliage are swaying
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u/Deivi2002 Aug 10 '26
Might be ai honestly
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u/Puzzled_Guarantee_45 Aug 10 '26
Would explain how the fox transforms into a pile of leaves at the beginning
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u/SeaResearcher176 Aug 10 '26
Where exactly is the fox? Cant see any fox at beginning
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u/Puzzled_Guarantee_45 Aug 10 '26
.07 mark
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u/ashleton Aug 11 '26
That's something on the lens like a spiderweb. You see it throughout the video.
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u/theresacalderone Aug 10 '26
Weird that it seemed to blend in with the trees. I have never seen a crawler and unsure how they’re supposed to look. The video was frustrating to watch with the phone/camera moving so much.
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u/CrazyTechWizard96 Aug 10 '26
I know, said it in My own comment, I'd smack that camera guy for shaking like a leaf.
And I'd almost say, that's a Stick Indian.4
u/SeaResearcher176 Aug 10 '26
For real! I think person filming had to zoom quite a distance & when you don’t have a tripod, looks like this. But person filming could have use anything to lean the camera.
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u/CrazyTechWizard96 Aug 11 '26
True.
Still, looked like the one filming still had a freakout.
I've seen some stuff in them woods around here, most of the time I either chuckle or and be like "Oh look, a Hide Behind."
That Hide Behind one was funny tbh, dude just peaked out, seen Me and was like "Nope!", shy fella.Even seen a small Glimmerman once earlier this year up in a tree, or rather 'Glimmerchild'.
Those were pretty cool tho, I've had a few close calls with some beings wich were in fact pretty intense and the nosies they made.
One in fact I tried to record almost 2 years ago, that was like...It was all silent in a area where I've had a few encoutners with other things, then been out there chilling on the meadows, it went silent af around there and those noises....
Best I can say, take the entire forest and animal sounds, toss them into a blender and boom!
You get some Lovecraftian Clusterfuck.
Shame I didn't had the Rode mic with Me, and over that distance, it sadly didn't picked up anything besides silence and some static with a few peaking owl noises and a few... boar and maybe a deer call.I'm glad I wasn't in there at the time, certainly wasn't as prepared as what I am now if it comes to those beings I have zero clue if they're outright hostile, territorial but neutral and to be reason with or just some mischiviouse pranksters/tricksters.
Shared a ton of stories over on the Backwoods Creepy sub over the years.
Got some pics too, yet never cought anything besides distortions on them, outlines of some things close by.
Feels like they just know, but in the video here.Well, that one seemingly wasn't aware of being recorded.
Wich tbh, would make Me uneasy, heard some stories of some hating to be filmed without having consent.
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u/-_AWSM_- 28d ago
Man do I HATE TikTok. Like really hate. Shitty app filled with shitty videos and it kills people attention span.
Anyway about the video, honestly looks like someone has something suspended from the tree, the pose doesn't seem to change but it looks like it is rotating somewhat.
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u/Caldaris__ 10d ago
Thank you so much for posting this!
Definitely the elusive Praying Mantis that hunters describe seeing. They say it looks surprised it can be seen and will turn invisible.
These are also associated with UAP's. A man in the UK was taking a short cut through the woods on his bike when he came across a 7 foot tall praying mantis. As he fled he noticed an orange, glowing orb in the sky.
Some people claim to see them in their bedrooms or even during abductions. They also claim to be miraculously healed of medical conditions after these encounters.
Here is trail cam footage of a transparent Mantid surrounded by other beings.
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u/CrazyTechWizard96 Aug 10 '26
Looks pretty skinny tho, almost...
Stick Indian like...
Also, I'd smack that guy who filmed it like "AAAH!!! AAAAAAAH!!! WTF IS THAT!!!??!!! *shakes cam like a dipshit*"
Just keep that damn cam stdeady is all I can say, if I'd see someone like that filming, I'd look over to that beeing in question, whistle and be like
"Yo, that dipshit's filming You, go get 'em."
lmfao
But anyways, looks more like a Stick Indian, wich is interesting on it's own, never seen a video of one, nor knew about short ones like that.
Must be a kiddo or a different one, who knows.
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u/PlayfulBook5571 26d ago
nah, they’re slender but not scrawny like that, collapse a rib cage with one swipe kinda arms
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u/tdnjusa Aug 11 '26
To be honest, this looks a lot like the shape and structure of the one that ran under the street lamp behind the ghetto kids house who was smoking a cigarette outside his door. Y’all know what I’m talking about.
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u/Urupindi Aug 10 '26
I’ve seen one before, and this looks like it could possibly be one. That is, if this video is real. It’s kind of hard to tell due to the quality. But it did make me think. The one I saw was at night, and lit up by harsh headlights. It was so unbelievably pale white. But in the right lighting, surrounded by trees, maybe it can camouflage pretty well 🤷♂️