But among these terrifying tales, one entity keeps coming up: a shadow person known as the Hat Man. Unlike his fellow internet counterparts, however, the Hat Man may actually be real — or at ...

The Hat Man is a modern-day example of a shadow person which, according to Rolling Stone, has become a "dominant character within the digital culture". The growth of reports on the internet has ...

Here’s a fascinating video from the PBS YouTube channel Storied that explores why people who experience sleep paralysis see the shadow Hat Man. I experienced sleep paralysis a bit when I was a kid, ...