{"id":438125,"date":"2026-08-20T07:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438125\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:20:10","slug":"fresno-nightcrawler-plush-joins-build-a-bear-halloween-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438125\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Nightcrawler plush joins Build-A-Bear Halloween collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; The Fresno Nightcrawler has made its way into the Build-A-Bear Workshop lineup and the plush toy is proving popular with fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Build-A-Bear posted a video on Instagram this week offering a glimpse of the new plush, which is modeled after the mythical Fresno Nightcrawler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The legend of the Fresno Nightcrawler dates back to 2007, when a man said he captured the creature on video. Another video from 2011 showed two white figures with long legs walking around the foothills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Fresno Nightcrawler is considered a cryptid, an animal claimed but not proven to exist. Over the years, it has gained popularity alongside legends such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The plush version features posable legs, white fur and a smiley face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It costs $30 and is available exclusively online through the Build-A-Bear website as part of the company&#8217;s seasonal Halloween collection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Fresno Nightcrawler is often described as a pair of &#8220;walking pants.&#8221; In addition to the standard plush, Build-A-Bear is also selling a cowboy-themed version complete with pants and a hat.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; The Fresno Nightcrawler has made its way into the Build-A-Bear Workshop lineup and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[173802,173723,173724,112,114,173799,113,173725,173798,173801,173800,294],"class_list":["post-438125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-173802","tag-build-a-bear","tag-cryptid","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-legend","tag-fresno-news","tag-fresno-nightcrawler","tag-halloween-collection","tag-online-exclusive","tag-plush-toy","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}