When I was 6 six years old, just around the time my grandfather had passed away, I was sleeping in my sister’s room as mine was being redecorated. My bed was facing the open door that was just next to the top of the stairs, so you would see anyone come up.
One night I get this strange feeling and just cannot seem to sleep, I start playing Pokémon on my Gameboy colour. A few seconds later I hear the bottom step of the stairs creek and quickly shut off the Gameboy as I believed it to be my mum or step-dad coming up the stairs and didn’t want to get in trouble.
I lay down with my head facing the door to see who it was and if they were coming in to check on us. As the person reached the top step, I see a black, cowboy shaped hat appear and come up the stairs, as the figure reaches the top step, it is a tall shadow figure, with what appears to be a trench coat, cowboy hat and popped collar. The atmosphere in the room changes and I’m almost frozen in place, staring at this figure. I continue to stare and shortly after, it looks into the room and it’s red beaming eyes make contact with mine, it felt like it almost had a snug smile as it walked in the direction of my room being renovated and my parents room.
A few days later in my newly renovated room, I had obtained my grandad’s commodore 64 and was playing around with a relative. I look over at the white door and there is just a black shadow on the door, in the same shape as the figure, I move around to see if it’s my shadow and ask my relative to do the same. The shadow does not move. We turn the lights on to my room and off a couple of times and it eventually fades.
We moved out of that house shortly after my grandad passing and in my teens I told this story to my mother who turned pale. To not frighten me when I was younger, she recalled doors slamming behind her upstairs and footsteps running up and down the stairs.
This house is where I also encountered seeing my grandad after he passed, he’d often come to the gate of the garden on his way back from work to say hi and I recall seeing him stand there one final time after he passed and just smiling at me, I turned around to shout for my mum and looked back to him being gone. I had constant nightmares in that house and always felt a negative atmosphere.
A few months ago I told this story to my SO and decided to look up what I saw and was shocked to see what I described had been seen by so many others….. My question is, has anyone else had anything similar? Has anyone met “The Hat Man”?
TL;DR – I encountered the Hatman when I was 6 and recently discovered he is a common sighting.
Also new to this whole Reddit thing!
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[link] [comments]When I was 6 six years old, just around the time my grandfather had passed away, I was sleeping in my sister’s room as mine was being redecorated. My bed was facing the open door that was just next to the top of the stairs, so you would see anyone come up. One night I get this strange feeling and just cannot seem to sleep, I start playing Pokémon on my Gameboy colour. A few seconds later I hear the bottom step of the stairs creek and quickly shut off the Gameboy as I believed it to be my mum or step-dad coming up the stairs and didn’t want to get in trouble. I lay down with my head facing the door to see who it was and if they were coming in to check on us. As the person reached the top step, I see a black, cowboy shaped hat appear and come up the stairs, as the figure reaches the top step, it is a tall shadow figure, with what appears to be a trench coat, cowboy hat and popped collar. The atmosphere in the room changes and I’m almost frozen in place, staring at this figure. I continue to stare and shortly after, it looks into the room and it’s red beaming eyes make contact with mine, it felt like it almost had a snug smile as it walked in the direction of my room being renovated and my parents room. A few days later in my newly renovated room, I had obtained my grandad’s commodore 64 and was playing around with a relative. I look over at the white door and there is just a black shadow on the door, in the same shape as the figure, I move around to see if it’s my shadow and ask my relative to do the same. The shadow does not move. We turn the lights on to my room and off a couple of times and it eventually fades. We moved out of that house shortly after my grandad passing and in my teens I told this story to my mother who turned pale. To not frighten me when I was younger, she recalled doors slamming behind her upstairs and footsteps running up and down the stairs. This house is where I also encountered seeing my grandad after he passed, he’d often come to the gate of the garden on his way back from work to say hi and I recall seeing him stand there one final time after he passed and just smiling at me, I turned around to shout for my mum and looked back to him being gone. I had constant nightmares in that house and always felt a negative atmosphere. A few months ago I told this story to my SO and decided to look up what I saw and was shocked to see what I described had been seen by so many others….. My question is, has anyone else had anything similar? Has anyone met “The Hat Man”? TL;DR – I encountered the Hatman when I was 6 and recently discovered he is a common sighting. Also new to this whole Reddit thing! submitted by /u/pygophili [link] [comments]
