167. Something’s Lurking In The Woods: Terrifying Tales of Crawlers

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

History, Fiction, True Crime, Drama

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Why have so many people described seeing the same scary entity in the backwoods of Appalachia? Something that looks human, but not quite? Today, we’re talking about the terrifying entity people have been seeing in the woods for generations. “Crawlers”Our Small Business Spotlight this week is Coco and Duckie! Shop their store here: https://cocoandduckie.com/ Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/crawlers Subscribe on⁠ Patreon⁠ to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society and enjoy ad-free listening, monthly bonus content, merch discounts and more. Members of our High Council on Patreon also have access to our weekly after-show, Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt. You can also enjoy many of these same perks, including ad-free listening and bonus content when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts . Follow on⁠ Tik Tok⁠ and⁠ Instagram⁠ for a daily dose of horror. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	On July 31st of 2021 at around 11 p.m.,
0:04.6	a 911 call came into a dispatcher in Pender County, North Carolina
0:08.7	that would go on to Baffle police.
0:11.8	In it, a man said he was driving down
0:13.9	a two-lane backcountry road when he saw something
0:16.9	he didn't think was human.
0:23.3	In the County 911.
0:24.9	What's the address of your emergency?
0:28.0	I'm driving on 210.
0:29.7	I just crossed the Black River,
0:31.5	and I thought I saw a guy
0:33.4	standing on the side of the road bleeding.
0:36.2	Okay.
0:39.3	Where are you at, sir? I'm on 2.10. I just crossed the Black River. I'm heading toward 3E.
0:46.3	I just passed Patriots Wine.
0:51.3	Okay, so you're over to your Morse Creek?
0:56.1	Yes.
0:59.8	And did you, you saw a man standing on the side of the road?
1:09.8	What was that, sir?
1:12.6	I'm not human!
1:14.6	Sir, are you okay, sir?
1:19.6	There's something in the back of my truck?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.