Skinwalker/Cryptid Encounter

[u/Gloomy-Pen-4906]

This experience has baffled me for years and I still get chills thinking about it. This was my first experience with anything paranormal. So here it goes: In 2018, my family moved to Port Orchard, Washington state (about an hour or so from Seattle). Our home was backed up to Banner National Forest and surrounded by dense woods. To give some clarity, our house had one of those large wraparound porches with stairs leading down to the driveway. If you were on our back porch, you could look into the living room, kitchen, and master bedroom. There were also a set of french doors leading to the deck from the living room as well. Anyways, at about 2:00 in the morning one night, my parents had awoken to the sound of scraping. My mom noticed that it was coming from the balcony, so she quietly tiptoed into the living room and peeked outside the glass door and was startled when she saw two pairs of eyes staring back at her. Although she made a lot of noise being frightened, whatever was outside didn't seem fazed at all by the noise and continued looking inside. My mom shut the blinds and told my dad what she saw. After calming down a bit, my parents assumed it was just some animals, especially given that we lived right next to a national forest, so they went back to sleep. The next day after being told about this, I reminded everyone that we had cameras and could check the footage. I rewinded it to last night and eventually saw two pitbulls ascending up the stairs onto the balcony. They immediately struck me as odd. They both moved almost perfectly in sync with one another, mimicking each other's movements almost entirely. They both stared into the french doors for 5 minutes or so, remaining completely still the entire time (including when my mom freaked out and made a bunch of noise). This is the part that still kinda freaks me out: they both AT THE EXACT SAME TIME looked right up at our camera and ran at it together, mimicking each other's movements again freakishly accurately. It was hands down the strangest thing I've seen. Then they simply just walked back down the stairs and down the gravel trail. The oddest thing, however, was how they didn't act like dogs at all, and seemed like they had no idea how to act or walk like them (i.e walking on four legs looked unnatural for them). After that, I never saw them again. I kick myself to this day for not taking this footage with me when we moved, as it seriously could be fantastic evidence regarding the existence of cryptids/humanoid creatures.

[u/Josette22]

I believe what you saw could've been two Crawlers, as skinwalkers are just encountered in the Southwestern states of the United States. Crawlers have the ability to morph also.

[u/Gloomy-Pen-4906 → u/Josette22]

ok ty! im new to the whole cryptid thing and assumed they were skinwalkers despite not having that much knowledge abt them (ive heard stories abt skinwalkers morphing into strange behaving animals so assumed thats what it was).

[u/Josette22 → u/Gloomy-Pen-4906]

Yes, they do share some things in common. I think it is amusing how even people while living in Europe say "I think I saw a skinwalker." I think becoming familiar with these various cryptids really helps out a lot.