I'm going to Oh, Bedtime, an integral part to the end of our day and a time to forget about our worries, a time to drift

off to a place of peace, comfort, and relaxation. For some, however, this restful time is interrupted by a horrifying visitation from an

entity cloaked in shadow.

Never knowing how or when it will make itself known, these eyewitnesses lie in weight, too afraid to open their eyes, and too hesitant to close them.

Having been told their whole lives that the boogie man doesn't exist, they suffer in silence,

unable to share their encounters with family or friends.

The awful truth is that this thing looming before them is as real as you and me.

Standing in silence, it emits an overwhelming feeling of dread and despair,

wearing what appears to be a long black. feeling of dread and despair.

Wearing what appears to be a long black cloak and wide-brimmed hat.

These eyewitnesses have come to call this new terror, the hat man.

The first time it happened I was sleeping and woke up because I felt a hand on my leg and I realized that I couldn't move.

And he come across this object on the ground which was the shape of a flying saucer.

So he jumped out of his pickup and went down there and there was four beings laying on the ground.

When I raised my head back up, I was turning in my head and out of my peripheral vision

I seen something hopped to a tree and it was tall about 7 8 foot tall and it was black, real hairy,

like a gorilla. Welcome to the show. I'm your host Nick Ryan.

For over 2,600 years, people have had unnerving and in some cases downright terrifying encounters with supernatural entities now commonly

known as shadow people, large looming humanoid shadows that

appear at people's bedsides or in the corner of a dark room.

These spiritual intruders present themselves in different ways,

but most commonly are encountered after nightfall,

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