I was a sophomore in high school, maybe 15-16 years old, and I shared a room with my little brother who was 11-12 at the time. His bed used to creak pretty loudly when someone would sit at the foot of it. One night, probably around 3 in the morning, we were both asleep when his bed made a loud creak as if someone was sitting on it, and it immediately woke us both up.
What we both saw was a male figure, wearing a top hat, sitting at the foot of his bed. It was an eerie sight. Strangely, my brother felt fear, but I felt a sense of calm. I decided to speak to the figure and asked him who he was. As I spoke, it seemed like he could hear me, as his head jolted and looked in my direction. Although his face was featureless, I could sense that his head was looking directly at me.
In an instant, the figure vanished. Curious, I looked directly across the hall into my mother’s room, only to see the man in the hat, now wearing a trench coat, and he ran right through a wall. It was the strangest and most paranormal experience I have ever had.
The next morning, we both remembered what happened and discussed it. A few years later, we began to doubt ourselves and thought we had made it up or maybe didn’t believe it ourselves. However, both of us still vividly remember all the details.
Interestingly, I was just talking about this with a customer yesterday, and the weirdest thing is, he had read about this exact situation today. After reading through some Reddit articles, I came across this site. I hope my story helps your mission to explain this phenomenon because I’m curious to learn more about it as well!