The Claim
In 2007, a Fresno, California couple's backyard security camera captured two small, pale, spindly-legged figures walking across the lawn at night, with no visible arms or torso. The footage went viral after being featured on a UFO-focused TV show, spawning a genuine cryptid mini-legend almost entirely from two clips of home security footage.
The Evidence
- Two separate video clips from the same camera, days apart, showing similar figures.
- The homeowners' account that no known animal in the area matched what they saw.
- The footage's distinctive, genuinely odd silhouette, unlike any previously catalogued cryptid.
The Official Story
Analysts who've studied the footage note the “creatures” move in a way consistent with a mundane explanation: some combination of small animals (like feral cats) partially obscured by grass, or, as several digital forensics reviewers have suggested, a deliberately staged video using simple stop-motion or costume tricks. No follow-up sightings have ever been independently verified.
File Notes
Whatever it actually was, the internet immediately and correctly nicknamed it after its silhouette: it looks, unmistakably, like a pair of pants taking a walk.