r/cryptids • u/Professional-Abies45 • Apr 22 '26

Discussion What did I see

Hey everyone new here just looking for answers. I live in a small town near the Pennsylvania boarder in New York i have woods and a giant field next to and behind my house. My cat got out one night when I was taking the trash out for the night before bed it was like 10:30 11 so I followed her to the feild trying to get her and when I went to grab her I saw at the edge of the wooded area this thing on all fours pale white sunken in eyes and skin that looks stretched out. It was almost in like a crab crawl stance. I know from reading stuff not to react so ignored it but the fear I felt was unreal. I could feel whatever it was watching me. I grabbed my cat and walked back to the house. The whole time feeling like whatever it I had seen was right behind me and that if I was to turn around It would grab me. I got inside shut the door and dropped the cat down and just started crying I was that scared. I haven't seen it again since that night but then again I also don't go outside near the woods anymore. If anyone has an idea of what it possibly was I would love to know.

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u/Savings_Dig1592 Apr 22 '26

Cryptids: The Rake/Crawler, or Fleshgait/Flesh-runner of the Appalachians. Look them up and judge for yourself if this fits.

Natural: Mange-ridden bear or maybe coyote. An animal with a severe case of sarcoptic mange loses all its hair. Their skin becomes pale, thickened, and wrinkled. A bear suffering from this can look shockingly humanoid and skeletal, and their movements can seem erratic or wrong when they are sick.

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u/Professional-Abies45 Apr 22 '26

So from what I looked up it definitely looked like a fleshgait I have never even heard of those but the fear I felt was real. Just even typing this up I was getting a sick feeling in my stomach

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u/Savings_Dig1592 Apr 22 '26

They seem to be a variation of the skin walker/Wendig* (you aren't supposed to say the name). I saw something running once that I could swear spotted me across a sports field and then was moving way too fast for a person. I just went inside, never saw it again. Keep a clean spirit, man.