Hat Man Shadow Stories
More stories we have received about the Hat Man shadow ghost…a world-wide phenomenon.
Hat Man Witnessed by Multiple People
by Loren
How do I start this story?
Well, my siblings and grandmother, all who just happened to be spending the night, and I were having a little sleepover downstairs in the family room. We decided to stay up for quite a while as we watched TV and played cards.
At 11 or 12 pm everyone decided to go to sleep. So we turned off the TV and lights too, naturally; but that this point, we could tell something was off. The room didn’t feel heavy, but we sensed something. This is when it got weird.
As we buried ourselves in the pull-out couch, we all instantaneously saw in the corner of our eyes (our peripheral vision) a shadow; but not just any shadow. Nooo, this was a pure-black entity that stood out from the darkened subtle hazes of the room. He wasn’t showing us a threatening aura or anything. He just stood there.
What’s weird, however, is that we saw him in the mirror. Like I mentioned before, because we saw him instantaneously, we also instantaneously screamed. What’s stranger is that we could only see him in the mirror and nowhere else. He wore a hat, not a top hat, but a hat about half that height with a long trench coat.
When we tried looking at him entirely, he disappeared without a trace. We couldn’t choose between running or staying in the bed – all of us frozen by shock. After a few more seconds of thinking it over, we decided to haul ourselves out of there.
Being the supernatural and spiritual lover that I am, I was ecstatic about what I had just experienced. Real proof of a ghost! I did some research and it turns out that the experience was real.
I looked up the shadow people along with the tale that came along with them and now, 1-2 years later, I want to meet this gentleman, again. So I visit the mirror looking at it every so often and leave myself to my endless thoughts, wondering if I’ll ever see him again (or not).
The Hat Man Shadow Ghost Touched!
by Louise
I have an experience with a shadow person I wish to tell you about and how I actually touched the shadow man.
I couldn’t sleep in my bed, as it was too hot, so at 3:00 a.m. I went downstairs to sleep on the couch. I was lying on my back still trying to get to sleep, about a half hour later, when all of a sudden I got the distinct feeling there was a man standing in the doorway behind me. It felt like the hair on the back of my neck was standing up and I was petrified.
Somehow, as weird as it sounds, it was like I was out of my body and, from across the room, when I saw this shadow man – blacker than black – standing in the doorway. I have never in my life felt such evil emanating from anything.
He was wearing a trench coat and a hat. The trench coat was slightly open and, in the middle of his body, a mist was churning. As I stared at him, all of a sudden he seemed to fold in half and flip back open and was in the air. I was back in my body on the couch and he was hovering over me, full length. All I could think of was he was either going to rape me or wanted to enter my body to possess me.
I fought him off with all my might, kicking my legs and pushing so hard at his chest that my arms were shaking. It (the hat man) was solid and no temperature difference in comparison to me, just hard. I lifted my head to scream and found I couldn’t; but with this movement, he just disappeared. As terrified as I was, I fell into a very deep sleep almost immediately.
The main feelings I had during this ‘attack’ were intense fear at the evil coming from this thing and knowing I had to fight it off with everything I had in me.
This event occurred about nine years ago, and his hat was what I call “Dick Tracey” style (possibly a fedora?), i.e. the brim was quite small. Also, I could not see any facial features, just solid black – blacker than black, in fact. Nor did he have his head down.
At first I thought this must have been a dream but what kept bugging me was the fact that I felt I was awake the whole time and knew exactly where I was – nothing in the room had changed like it does in a dream.
After two weeks I Googled shadowy figures and, to my absolute surprise, up popped many stories and images of them. I have yet to read a story though of anyone actually touching one of them but know people often feel they are being ‘pressed’.
I contacted a paranormal medium and author online that same day, and recounted my experience as I was scared of having another occurrence. She told me she had heard of them before, no one knows what they are, but she has never heard of anyone being physically harmed. She also said to say a prayer before I went to sleep and to keep a night light on if that made me feel more comfortable. He never did come back and I hate to dwell on it too long in case it somehow brings him back.
We built this house ourselves so I know there have been no deaths in the house before we bought it.
Seeing Shadows
Ghost story from Britt about a family who has the ability to see shadows…
My family sees what we call spirits though there are many names for them.
Shadows, usually you see them from the corner of your eye, correct? Well, we can see them anywhere. I believe that there is always a spirit around — just more visible in the dark. They will only be seen if they want to be seen. I’ve seen much more than just human forms. I’ve seen animals and even cars that I thought were physically there until I looked back and realized it never was.
I want to share the story, something that occurred when I was three. I used to live in an old apartment building in what you would consider a bad neighborhood. It was probably midnight or maybe later, and I was laying downstairs on my livingroom floor right beside my dad.
I noticed a figure standing in the kitchen doorway. I thought it was my oldest brother, who at the time, was eleven. I thought he was just trying to scare me, and as a little girl, I was afraid of the dark of course. I began saying my brother’s name several times. No answer. The figure was much taller than my brother, of course; but at the time I believed everyone was tall. It just stared at me with its eyes so red. It was something I had never seen before. It had a purple figure (for a body) and I just kept saying, “Glenn! Stop it! You’re scaring me!” He never said a word. He just stared.
The room was dark except the glare from the TV, and the room appeared to get darker and darker each time I said my brother’s name. I hid my face in my father’s arms and would look back — and it was still staring at me. I began to panic. I nudged my dad and whispered so the man wouldn’t hear, “Dad, there is a man staring at us.” He looked up, sighed and said, “No one’s there, honey. Go to sleep,” I couldn’t believe my dad. I said, “But, Dad! Look! He is staring right at us!” and I pointed to the man. Once again my father uttered in disbelief and fell back asleep. As I looked back, it felt as if the man was smirking at me. I was so terrified that I had tears trickling down my face. I slowly fell asleep covering my eyes to prevent myself from looking back.
I told my mother this story a few years after because it was something I could never forget. The shadow’s eyes, red as blood. Once I had told my mom the story, she said that each of my brothers talked about seeing the same man standing in the front door looking at them.
Psalms and Shadow Ghosts
Can books bring ghosts? One woman’s shadow ghost account of how she rid herself of seeing them by removing a Jewish psalms book found in her home.
I feel it is my duty to post my shadow ghost story here in order to help other people and let them know what I did to get rid of them.
I had a problem in my kitchen with seeing shadow people out of the corner of my eyes. This problem went on for years. I prayed in the name of Jesus as soon as I saw them, and they disappeared almost instantaneously but always returned. I tried every kind of prayer I could.
In the end, I was washing my walls and preparing to paint them when I came across a Jewish Book of Psalms which a Jewish friend had placed on top of one of my cupboards. I looked at it and realized I couldn’t read any of it and didn’t know what it really represented. I burnt it in my fire that night. This was a few months ago now.
Since that night I have not seen a single shadow person and my daughter is no longer frightened of going downstairs in the dark.
I would like your readers to know that Jewish books of psalms are used in ritual magic ceremonies and can be used to place curses on people. I looked them up on the Internet and found that out. I was very surprised to learn that part of the Bible could be used in that manner. So they are very dangerous to have in the home.
This is from the website www.greatbiblestudy.com:
“Cursed objects: Physical objects can carry spiritual value, such as idols, occult books, rings, movies, charms, etc. If you brought any Indian or pagan religious artifacts into your home, you could be opening the door for demons to enter and bother the people within your home. Land can also become defiled by the sins of its owners. (Leviticus 18:27).
The remedy? Burn, destroy or get rid of any physical objects that you have located that could be cursed. Isaiah 2:18, “And the idols he shall utterly abolish.” It is Biblical to burn cursed objects. Repent for bringing such objects into your home if you are responsible for them! Land can be cleansed by prayer and repenting of the sins of the previous owners.”
In the past I have had many secular objects such as unChristian movies, charms and jewellery etc, in my home. None of them ever allowed demonic access to my home by shadow people. That only happened after I had a Jewish Book of Psalms put in my kitchen.
I’m not saying it is a good idea to have pagan objects in one’s home. However I did not have any spiritual problems until I had that particular book put on my cupboard.Yes shadow people can be prayed away using the name of Jesus, but they should not appear in the first place. The fact they can appear indicates there is an object nearby and probably in the same room, which is allowing them access. This object must be destroyed by fire.
I really appreciate the work you have done in getting people to discuss shadow people and the reality of their existence. It is very important people realise the spiritual reality of the world we live in.
Our Thoughts
While we do not share the same view as Margaret with regard to Psalms, demons and Christianity, we do wonder about ghosts and cursed objects. And we do appreciate her experience. We wonder if there could there have been a ghost attachment to the book somehow?