People Around The World Have Seen The Hat Man, And No One Knows What He Is
For decades, people all over the world have had encounters with a shadowy figure known as the Hat Man. He is tall and wears a wide-brimmed hat.
All other features are completely obscured. He just stands there, unmoving. He doesn’t say a word and simply watches you in the dark.
Witnesses of the Hat Man all report this same description. The experience has been linked to sleep paralysis and the overuse of Benadryl, but many think the eerie sightings represent something much darker.
Since ancient times, people have seen strange figures and shapes during episodes of sleep paralysis, which is a state when one is awake but unable to move.
They often describe the feeling of someone pressing down on their chest. However, the Hat Man does not lay a hand on his victims. He just causes feelings of intense fear and dread.
Sightings of the Hat Man have been recorded since at least 2001. That same year, a man named Timothy M. Brown Jr. launched the Hat Man project to research the phenomenon. It is a site where people can submit their experiences with the Hat Man.
“Reports of the Hat Man and other shadow beings have been on the rise within the last several decades. It was due to my own experience with this being, as well as my awareness of other people’s sightings of the Hat Man, that I decided to begin this research project,” said Brown.
One of the main theories about the Hat Man is that he is a “shadow person,” a type of paranormal being that appears in the corner of your eye. Shadow people are considered to be evil, but some are viewed more as guardian figures.
Shadow people have their roots in Arabian mythology. According to old tales, these shape-shifting genies called djinn could replicate human forms, although not perfectly.
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They still had animalistic body parts, so they might wear hats and cowls to conceal any disfigurements when they show up in people’s vision. The Hat Man could be one of the djinn, which would explain his wide-brimmed hat.
There are also more scientific reasons for the appearance of the Hat Man. He is seen during bouts of sleep paralysis, which is linked to the rapid eye movement (REM) stage of the sleep cycle.
It is during REM that most people experience vivid dreams and atonia, a form of temporary paralysis that prevents them from flailing around in their sleep. When a person wakes up, the dreaming and atonia usually come to an end. But that is not always the case.
With sleep paralysis, a person’s body is unable to move even though their brain is mostly awake. They can experience hallucinations at this time.
And, until someone can actually prove that the Hat Man exists, he will remain a figment of our imagination.
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