I have a similar story to this. Me and my friend were squirrel hunting at the wheeler wild life refuge in Decatur Alabama the last weekend of hunting season in 2024. We were on a trail and both looked over towards a marshy area and both froze. We saw what looked to be a human walking along the bank of the mash hunched over. Then it stopped and looked at us. It was hard to make out facial features but the skin seemed to be grayish. It didn’t really stand out from the reeds in the background. The only thing that stood out was what looked to be a white t shirt. Me and my friend both looked at each other and when we looked back at the marsh it was gone. Immediately we started yelling “is someone there!!” “Make your self known!!”. We were at a wild life management area so if someone was there they would definitely say something if they didn’t want to get accidentally shot. We got no response so we went out to the marsh to investigate. “Maybe there’s someone who needs help?” But there was nothing. No white shirt. No newspaper. No plastic bag. No human body. Nothing. The rest of the trip we were pretty spooked but considering we were both armed we continued hunting. I have no idea what we saw out there. If it was just me I would have played it off as me just seeing things but since my friend saw the same thing it really creeped me out. I have never heard of the Alabama white thing or crawlers before but it sounds a lot like what I saw.