Pale Crawler Sightings

VIRAL/ANECDOTAL — RAKE-type (date reflects when it surfaced). A dashcam clip circulating in early 2026 reportedly showed a thin, pale humanoid 'Rake / Pale Crawler' running across a rural Texas road at night before disappearing into the dark. Heavily shared across TikTok and cryptid feeds; unverified, with no confirmed location, witness, or precise date. This entry uses an early-2026 surfacing date and approximate central-Texas coordinates.

Source: Surfaced early 2026; viral dashcam clip circulated on TikTok/cryptid feeds

VIRAL/ANECDOTAL — RAKE-type (date reflects when it surfaced). A Ring doorbell clip circulating in late 2025 reportedly captured a pale, naked figure walking on all fours across a residential property in Pennsylvania. As with most Rake/Pale Crawler footage, the clip is unverified and lacks a confirmed location, witness, or encounter date; this entry uses the surfacing date (Nov 2025) and approximate Pennsylvania coordinates.

Source: Surfaced ~Nov 2025; viral Ring-cam clip — https://urbanlegendsmysteryandmyth.com/2025/11/the-internets-most-terrifying-new.html

VIRAL/ANECDOTAL — RAKE-type (date reflects when it surfaced). A widely shared clip surfacing in late 2025 reportedly showed factory-yard security footage of a pale, human-shaped figure crawling along a fence line at 2:47 a.m. before moving out of frame. No verified location, witness, or encounter date accompanied the video; this entry uses the surfacing date (Nov 2025) and approximate Kentucky coordinates.

Source: Surfaced ~Nov 2025; viral security-cam clip — https://urbanlegendsmysteryandmyth.com/2025/11/the-internets-most-terrifying-new.html

VIRAL/ANECDOTAL — RAKE-type (date approximate). Recounted on the Squatchable/Pale Crawlers feature in 2025: during a sleepover in East Tennessee, a young witness looking through roadside brush saw an extremely thin, pale humanoid figure she first mistook for a deer or bear before realizing it was distinctly non-animal. She could not make out facial features but was certain of the shape and pale color. Unverified; exact date and precise location were not given, so this entry uses an approximate 2025 date and East Tennessee coordinates.

Source: Squatchable, 'Pale Crawlers: Exploring Mysterious Humanoid Creatures & East TN Sighting'; https://squatchable.com/article.asp?id=4461

Phantoms & Monsters Radio listener watching her garage security-camera live feed around 4 a.m. saw a tall, thin figure walking down her street; she initially thought it was a deer until it stood and walked on two legs past her house. Witness recalled the encounter occurred between April and June 2023.

Source: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2024/05/pale-crawler-humanoid-seen-on-home.html

Douglas Windsor McLoney III posted security-camera footage and stills of a thin, all-white humanoid crouching outside a cottage; he said it 'doesn't move like a human… almost like its knee caps are backwards.' Clip went viral across iHeart, BroBible, and paranormal blogs.

Source: https://brobible.com/culture/article/pale-humanoid-figure-security-camera-video-kentucky/

A possible Crawler was reported at the intersection of Tel and Bray. Due to the location, witnesses have debated whether it was a Pale Crawler or the famous Beast of Bray Road.

Source: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Pale_Crawlers

52-year-old medical scientist hiking the Border Track at Binna Burra reported movement 25-30 m ahead and a brief glimpse of a tall, thin, pale humanoid before it vanished into the brush.

Source: https://paranormalauthority.com/the-rake/

Homeowner saw a pale whitish-grey humanoid moving on all fours along the woodline behind their property, with dog-like inward-bent legs and a smooth, faceless head. Preceded by weeks of disembodied voices and an inhuman screech heard by family.

Source: https://www.pararational.com/pale-crawler-nc/

Driver 'T' called 911 just before 11pm reporting a bloodied man on the roadside; moments later a pale, sunken-eyed humanoid with elongated limbs leapt into his pickup bed and pressed its face against the rear window. Pender County Sheriff confirmed the call is authentic; deputy attributed truck scratches to tree branches.

Source: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/thats-not-human-north-carolina-911/

The same Unicoi County couple who had experienced encounters in June 2019 reported a second escalating series of incidents in April 2021. The pale humanoid entities returned to the property, again observed watching from trees and approaching the house at night. The behavior was more aggressive than the initial 2019 encounters. The accounts were part of a broader pattern Phantoms & Monsters researcher Lon Strickler documented across the Unaka Mountains corridor, where the Appalachian Trail and Cherokee National Forest boundaries converge — a geography he described as consistent with other multi-year Pale Crawler habitation patterns documented in remote Appalachian terrain.

Source: https://phantomsandmonsters.com/2021/05/pale-crawler-humanoid-stalks-national.html

Man on a late-night walk in a wooded residential area on a cold, foggy night reported an 8-10 ft pale-white crawler-type humanoid that stared at him with glowing eyes; described overwhelming dread. Submitted to Phantoms & Monsters.

Source: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2023/01/witness-encounters-8-10-foot-tall-pale.html

A couple driving home around 12:45 a.m. saw an almost pure-white humanoid squatting in the middle of the road with extremely long arms and legs; it bolted into the treeline as they slowed.

Source: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2021/08/pale-crawler-humanoid-seen-roaming.html

Family friend driving south on SR-48 toward Maineville around 10:30 p.m. saw a Rake-like creature on the roadside; case investigated by Project Paranormal Investigators (PPI) and posted to YouTube.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8z_jiyNuzk

A young man spending three days and two nights alone in Cherokee National Forest as a personal rite of passage before his senior year encountered pale humanoid creatures on his second night. Sheltering in his father's pickup truck with a .30-06 bolt-action rifle, he observed a quadrupedal humanoid with paper-white leathery skin, a large angular face tapering to a point near the mouth, and ethereal blue eyes that appeared to emit their own light. Its mouth opened to reveal rows of small dense teeth. More than one creature was present; at some point one climbed onto the cab of the truck. The witness concluded his account to researcher Lon Strickler: 'There's something evil in that forest.' Strickler noted the account appeared authentic in its core details though the extreme elements suggested a heightened state of fear.

Source: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2020/12/deadly-pale-humanoid-monster.html

Witness taking an overnight patient out behind her mother's vet clinic saw an emaciated, hairless, paper-pale humanoid moving through 3-4 ft tall pond grass; insisted it was 'no albino hairless deer.' Tobias Wayland later identified the likely clinic location.

Source: https://www.singularfortean.com/news/2024/2/21/reports-from-the-void-this-thing-moved-like-a-person

A husband and wife living near Erwin in Unicoi County began experiencing a series of encounters with pale humanoid entities in June 2019. Creatures were observed peering through windows at night and watching the property from positions in trees at the wood's edge. The animals were described as pale in coloring and moved in a manner inconsistent with any known wildlife in the region. One of the family's dogs was found dead in connection with the activity. The accounts were submitted to researcher Lon Strickler at Phantoms & Monsters, who noted the Unicoi County area — bounded by the Unaka Mountains and the Nolichucky River gorge, with the Appalachian Trail running directly through it — had produced a notable cluster of related reports.

Source: https://phantomsandmonsters.com/2021/07/feral-wild-men-stalk-unicoi-county.html

Miner Don Herbert, driving through the woods alone on his summer vacation, encountered a hairless pale crawler that aggressively charged the truck; he later returned to the site and reportedly found two sets of strange tracks (adult and juvenile) in the frozen soil.

Source: https://mysteriesofcanada.com/nwt/new-2018-crawler-sighting-in-canadas-northwest-territories/

Local resident Audree Tanguay Frechette filmed a moose feeding in the wilderness; viewers later spotted a thin, pale humanoid figure moving in the trees behind the moose. Footage went viral as a 'Rake' candidate.

Source: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-mysterious-phenomena/rake-canadian-0010503

MUFON case 93876: motorist saw a 7-8 ft tall slender humanoid with oversized hands, oval head, and black eyes sprint across SR-13 north of Mount Vernon at 1:43 a.m., from cornfield to soybean field. Reported as an 'alien' but matches the crawler profile.

Source: https://kenyoncollegian.com/features/2018/09/alien-encounter-excites-kenyon-students-and-residents-alike/

Reddit user MZULFT10989 documented multiple encounters with a hairless, gangly humanoid running 'inhumanly fast' across his back field, vaulting a 5.5-ft fence, peering through his living-room window, and later staring into his barn. Folkloric/forum account, no physical evidence.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/

A park ranger reported a Pale Crawler sighting and captured it on camera. The ranger service confiscated the footage as 'official evidence' and the ranger was later dismissed for 'unruly conduct, poor mental capability, and an inability to distinguish reality from fiction.'

Source: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Pale_Crawlers

Multiple witnesses saw a naked ~7-ft figure with elongated arms and legs crawling rapidly while hunched over on grassy dunes between a beach house and Lake Michigan; a flashlight-holding companion shone the light directly at the witnesses before going dark. Possible Marfan-syndrome explanation noted.

Source: https://nationalcryptidsociety.org/2017/10/14/the-crawling-man-of-michigan-city-indiana/

Security camera near Yosemite captured two white, long-legged 'Nightcrawler'-type figures (one larger, one smaller) walking through the property around 2 a.m. — the clearer sequel to the 2007 Fresno footage.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno_nightcrawler

Witness 'Jade' reported a 7+ ft skinny, hairless, grey humanoid with yellow glowing eyes crouched along a country road near Ramsey/Kasbar Cemetery. Originally posted to Reddit before being submitted to the National Cryptid Society.

Source: https://nationalcryptidsociety.org/2018/04/08/the-pale-crawler-large-grey-crawling-humanoid-in-effingham-illinois/

Three witnesses — a woman driving and two passengers — were returning from a birthday dinner on a rural two-lane highway near a cemetery on the Tennessee side of Roan Mountain when a large white object moved out onto the road ahead. As the vehicle closed the distance the creature resolved into a pale humanoid with human-like arms and legs crawling on its stomach toward the car. Its color was described as 'white as snow' with a mid-body texture likened to an alligator or reptile. It did not flee; it moved directly toward the oncoming headlights. The driver braked hard and the creature appeared to spin rapidly, then disappeared beneath the front of the vehicle. None of the three occupants could explain what happened to it. All three described an overwhelming sense of dread in the moments before the encounter and reported that time seemed to slow during it.

Source: https://phantomsandmonsters.com/2025/06/reptilian-humanoid-encountered-on-roan.html

Leslie, a documented Eastern Band Cherokee tribal member, and a companion encountered an unknown quadrupedal creature face-to-face inside a private farm cave in Hamblen County in mid-afternoon. The creature was approximately 4 feet in length with pale, hairless human-like facial features — brown eyes and recognizably human male facial structure — attached to a body covered in brown hair with short legs and heavy paws bearing flattened claws. It was capable of climbing cave walls and froze entirely motionless when observed. The witnesses came within approximately 2 feet of the creature at close quarters. The encounter lasted 1 to 2 minutes before the creature retreated further into the cave. The account was published by The Crypto Crew and independently corroborated by the Cryptid Wiki.

Source: https://www.thecryptocrew.com/2015/01/unknown-cave-creature-in-tennessee.html

Two unnamed men were injured and one was killed in a forested area near Higgins Lake. Police officially classified the incident as a bear attack, though video evidence (since lost) reportedly contradicted that account.

Source: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Pale_Crawlers

Resident 'Jose' captured ~20 seconds of grainy front-yard surveillance footage showing two tall, white, leg-like figures walking through his garage area; clip became the founding 'Fresno Nightcrawler' video and was later aired on Univision. (Note: Nightcrawlers are sometimes catalogued separately from the Rake.)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno_nightcrawler

Tourist witness reported a dingy-pale 'spider-man'-like humanoid climbing UP the side of a French Quarter building; folkloric/anecdotal account submitted to Phantoms & Monsters years after the fact.

Source: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2020/04/bizarre-pale-humanoid-encounter-in-new.html

Canonical 'Rake' incident codified in the 2005 Something Awful / 4chan creepypasta thread; rural NY witnesses reportedly described a hairless, crouching humanoid in their bedroom during summer 2003. Folkloric/creepypasta — the foundational story for the modern legend.

Source: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Rake

Semi-truck driver Dave Browning reported seeing a large white creature crawling around outside the warehouse where he worked — considered a possible recurrence of the Cronk/Grace bridge sighting earlier that year. (Unconfirmed.)

Source: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Pale_Crawlers

Theo and Marty Cronk and Alexis Grace were driving to a friend's house when a large white creature leaped over the guard rail of the bridge and swung at them. (Unconfirmed.)

Source: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Pale_Crawlers

Cited 1964 'suicide note' attributed to a man tormented by a pale stalking humanoid; one of the historical fictional documents bundled into the original Rake mythos. Folkloric — not a real news report.

Source: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Rake

Sgt. McCay of the US 4th Infantry Division, after returning home from Europe, reported seeing 'an unimaginable creature' that was 'pale with hollow eyes' that 'pierced him.' He remained adamant for the rest of his life (d. 2017) that the encounter was real, attributing his lifelong PTSD to it. (Unconfirmed; precise location undocumented.)

Source: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Pale_Crawlers