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The original was posted on /r/paranormalencounters by /u/TundraSquatch on 2025-02-18 09:51:49+00:00.

Back in December 2017 I was just 18 years old at the time, but I saw something that would change my life forever. I lived with my mom, step-dad and 3 other siblings at the time. I drove a gray Chevy Silverado and was having fun burning through my savings from my summer job on gas and grass, if you catch my drift. My parents were becoming more strict on me for smoking in my truck but I was “an adult” as I told them and can make choices for myself. They started locking the door to the house at 10pm as a result and on nights like those I would sleep in my truck. On the night of the encounter, I found myself locked out and spending the night in the truck. The date was Sunday the 17th and it was a new moon that night, slightly cloudy but otherwise clear weather. It was 20°F or something, and decided it would be better to hit up one of my buddies to stay warmer and have some company for the night. I hit up my friend “J” and he was relieved I called because he was also kicked out of his house, so I went to pick him up. We drove around for a bit and explained our crappy situations then I asked if he had anything to smoke cause I was out. He had more than we could burn in one sitting but little did I know what we were in for that night. It was closer to 12am now and I drove us to the base of a mountain near the outskirts of town. We lit up a few bowls and I was ready to pass out. I had just shut my eyes for 5 minutes when J woke me up. “Hey man I don’t think we should park here, I feel like we’re being watched.” “Nobody is around dude, we’ll be alright.” I replied “Besides all the bears are hibernating or whatever so we’re good.” J still was trippin and had a scared look on his face “C’mon man let’s just drive around then.” I still wanted to stay by the mountain but J was persistent about leaving and now I began to feel watched too, so I started driving closer to town. I knew a spot right off the highway on a road that leads to a few gravel fields. We would be safe for the night and nobody would bother us - or so I thought… We drove down the snowy road and the snow seemed to get deeper ahead so I stopped in my tracks and threw the shifter into park. I was real tired by this point and stoned too so I told him I’m gonna pass out. I turned off the truck and told him to start it if he gets cold as I dropped the keys into the cup holder between us. I had closed my eyes for a few minutes and wasn’t sleeping yet, but I had that same feeling again, like eyes were looking at me. This time I felt as if I could pinpoint where they were watching from. With my eyes closed, I positioned my gaze to the direction perception. I slowly cracked my eyes open and when my vision adjusted to the darkness outside, my reality was flipped upside down. It was so cold the ice crystals looked frozen mid-air in the dim moonlight. I remember blinking hard to check if I was actually seeing what I was looking at. It looked like a humanoid creature, darker than the surrounding bushes. It was hunching behind a bush trying to remain hidden. My breath became shallow and heart began to beat quicker. I became speechless as the blood drained from my face. I looked at J, only moving my eyes, and he was like a pale statue. His attention was fixed on the creature which was 50 feet in front of the truck on the passenger side. J didn’t know I was awake yet but once I knew he saw it, I had to keep looking too. My eyes returned to the creature just as it started moving towards us, crawling on all fours. It seemed very large and skinny, maybe even emaciated. It was naked and the damned thing was hindged in the middle of the torso as well as at the hips, the long arms and fingers reached forward as it moved deliberately towards us. It was so close to the truck, maybe 15 feet, now in view from the passenger window. The tall creature paused and stooped its head to look at each of us with a devilish grin. We were rendered frozen with fear. The creature then continued it’s cryptic movements towards the back of the vehicle just out of my sight. It was at this moment when I felt J grab my forearm resting on the center console. I think he was trying to wake me up, not realizing I had seen everything that just happened. He was still watching it move, looking from his passenger door mirror until it was out of his view. Just as we turned to look at each other we could see the creature now coming towards the bed of the truck directly behind us. I quickly faced forward as it climbed into the truck bed, my body turned into a cold statue with my eyes fixed to the rear view mirror. J watched the whole endeavor facing the rear window and the creature itself. The thin arms reached outward as the hands clasped the top of the bed rails on each side. Its long fingers wrapped into the wheel wells as it gripped the truck bed. The left foot softly set down first as it’s weight then followed, along with the right foot stepping in after. My truck suspension bottomed out as the creature sat on the tailgate. J’s grasp on my forearm turned to a death grip as we watched the abdomen flexing its strong muscles, bending toward us. It was lowering it’s head toward the rear window, and just when I thought it couldn’t get worse - It popped it’s face into view! There were 3 flashes each one more powerful than the last, like an EMP went off. All the lights on the vehicle blinked 3 times within a couple seconds, the third flash being so bright I thought my bulbs would burst. My eyes were watching the light flash onto the humanoid face, revealing unsettling details. It had a malevolent Joker-like grin with long creases on each side of the the dry lips. The many teeth were mostly broken and jutting out randomly from rotting gums, with grotesque cuts in between teeth. It’s nose looked like it had frost bitten, broke off then dried up small. The piercing eyes had sunken under its pronounced brow line. They were human-like enlarged yellow eyes with a dark iris, and had many bulging enlarged red veins going to the pupils. The many bloodshot veins almost seemed to make the eyes glow red with fury. It was hairless and the skin looked leathery and blackened from frostbite. It felt like the devil himself was looking into my truck, J was looking directly back at it. At this point we finally broke free of our frozen fear state and began to both yell LOUDLY. We both were saying “WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK!” as I ripped my forearm from his grip and stumbled for my keys. The truck then jolted and shook violently as the creature jumped towards the willows on the driver side of the truck. I put the key in the ignition and turned it but it was completely dead. The dashboard wouldn’t even light up or no chime sound was heard. I clicked the key back and forth, still nothing. I closed my eyes and prayed “God if you’re here please help my truck start.” and as I turned the key it miraculously started and the engine roared awake. Once the truck was on my brain was trying to convince me “It was a bear! You’re not crazy! It’s not real! It’s a bear!” I was trying to clutch onto my broken reality. Behind my front seats I had a bench seat with my .308 ruger scout and a spotlight sitting on top. My truck gun made me feel safe but I couldn’t shoot because I was within city limits and would wake up half the dang town if I did, so I got the spotlight. I had to see it again. As soon as I got the light J was saying “No no no nonono…” but I exclaimed that I had to see it. I scanned the bottom of the bushline to look for a bear. My brain crucially needed to see a bear. As I scanned with the beam of my Max Million spotlight it passed the bottom of the humanoid cryptid. I paused before returning the beam to the creature. “Did you see that?” I said to J “Yeah, let’s go!” he yelled back in horror “I’m gonna go back to it okay.” I brought the light back to the legs and lower torso. The long slender legs stretched high to narrow hips with no genetals in between, just a smooth bump. The long fingers were pointed and hung limp below the knees. The blackness of the skin reflected the yellow beam of the spotlight back to us showing much definition of strong muscle structure. “you looking J?” I said “yeah what the fuck let’s go!” he replied It almost seemed like it wanted us to see it again. I slowly brought the beam up the long torso viewing it’s thin cadaverous structure. It had many pronounced abdomen muscles and stood tall next to a specific branch about a foot taller than itself. I then brought the beam up to its face and that’s when my heart dropped to my stomach. The whole time the beam wasn’t affecting it’s vision. It was looking directly into my eyes the whole time and when our eyes met it locked it’s gaze and took 3 steps backwards disappearing into darkness. Instantly I floored the gas pedal only to remember the road was snowed in ahead and now the snow as deep as the wheels. I let off the throttle and cranked the wheel as fast as I could, then I pinned the gas again for a sharp U turn, peeling out in the snow. I found myself to be praying not to get stuck as we pulled this maneuver, realizing we could have gotten stuck. We got out of there and drove around until first light. Weirdly I took us back to the spot of the sighting and smoked a bunch and we replayed the scenario over and over talking over every detail to each other until we became sleepy. We passed out and left the wee…

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