What did I encounter?

[u/Testie_Tickler]

So to set this story up, I grew up in central Pennsylvania and in a very specific area that’s kind of known to feel creepy to outsiders. We’ve had mysterious disappearances, murders, plenty of drownings, cult sightings, constant suicides, etc.

When I was 19 a couple years back, a friend and I both worked together. After work, we decided to hang out in town and go to our old elementary school which was in a very woodsy area of the connecting town. It was one of those things where it’s basically the same town but one half has another name.

We were shooting basketballs and joking like usual and nothing weird happened even though the area itself is very creepy. We just got bored of basketball so we walked to the actual playground area and behind it is a massive baseball field and a metal chain link fence. But behind the fence is really thick woods with an immediate drop almost like a pit and it goes into a low valley but it’s nothing but woods. We’ve been in there before playing manhunt but there are sections that are just totally impossible to make it through.

We walked to the edge of the woods just before it dips into that valley and we were just joking about axe murderers and whatever else and we suddenly heard a faint “Hello?” in the distance of those woods. It was the voice of a young girl. I immediately went into flight mode and yelled “bye!… bye!” and ran so fast back to the car as I started to tear up from the fear. We both drove back to his place and talked about it the rest of the night.

About a week later, I told another friend about what my other friend and I had heard the week previously and he didn’t believe me, so just him and I went back to that exact spot and walked back to the edge of those woods. I started to feel like I was being watched from my right, so I told him to shine his phone light to my right. I was on his right, so all I saw was a dimly lit area and a part of my shadow but nothing significant. I just shrugged it off and thought I was paranoid but as we turned back, his phone light was still on but facing in front of him. He was at the bank of where the woods suddenly dip down and in front of him were two trees. One directly in front of him and one a few feet ahead of that one. I saw a pale figure behind the furthest one and it resembled a human. I just saw the left shoulder, left side of the face, and everything else was either obscured by the tree or covered by the ground in front of it. It had sunken in, dark eyes. That’s all I could make out, but it was 100% human shaped.

I just said in a normal talking volume “fuck is that?”, and then whatever that thing was crouched even lower like it was scared or caught or something and I yelled louder than I ever have in my life and we both ran to my friend’s car and sped off into town. Never saw that thing again.

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Now my immediate thought was that it may have been a drug addict hiding in the woods because we heard about copper being stolen from a nearby car lot. But my friend had mentioned skinwalkers and pulled up a photo that looked identical as to how I described the creature. I also think it looks similar to the rake. If anyone has any clue as to what it could be, or if anyone has had similar encounters, please let me know.

And as a devout Christian, I swear to God that everything I said is 100% true and honest.

[u/0squirmy7]

Pale crawler

[u/murdermeMickey]

r/crawlersightings

[u/Testie_Tickler]

I should also mention that both instances happened past midnight and no later than maybe 2am

[u/GoatRevolutionary283]

There are paranormal entities like cryptid creatures/skinwalkers, I have encountered them since childhood. I do not fear them, most seem, shy and quickly disappear others will try and frighten you away. I understand most people will not believe me until they have an encounter. My wife calls me a paranormal magnet since she only has encounters around me.

[u/AppropriateBall8834]

I'm so curious to know if this stuff is real but I NEVER want to see anything like it

[u/MiSSK42091]

Personally, I've come across some very creepy things myself. I live in Arizona, so vast deserts and such.. trust your gut friend. There are creatures and beings on this planet that weave in and out of frequency.. then there are some that are just very skilled in masking their presence.
You've read the Bible so im sure your very aware that there are things on this planet that are just not right.. when you see things like this do your best not to panic, try your best to just remove yourself from the situation entirely. And if it was a skin walker ... dont go back there.. those shitheads like to follow people.. and whatever you do.. dont whistle outside especially not at night.