The Hatman… I was 14 years old and was just getting into bed around 2:00 am. My bed laid parallel to two windows, one by my head and the other by my feet. Within in seconds of pulling the covers over myself I caught something in my peripheral. Looking in my window was a tall shadowy figure in a cloak and wide brimmed hat. Although the contour of his body was shadowy his face was fairly clear. The hat casted a shadow over his eyes, which seemed to be a non descript shade of grey. Long thinning strands of grey hair fell onto his shoulders. His face was very sunken and aged with very thin lips. Actually he looked like a much older and exaggerated David Carridine!
Coincidentally the image of the Hatman was not the only encounter I had with the spirit world when I was a young teenager. Between the ages of 13 and 15 I only saw the Hatman once, but on several occasions I would randomly black out and have terrifying visions of past times. Such as being in Europe during the terror of the Nazi’s and vividly seeing the masses of people running scared in the streets as bombs were falling. Other times I would blackout and see a totally grey and black landscape of a field or mountains with hundreds of black birds circling over head. These black out visions were always followed by a terrible headache and trembling fear when I came too. Therefore my parents had me tested for every neurological disorder from seizures to tumors. I went through testing for almost a straight a year and nothing was ever discovered, I was a mentally healthy as any other teenager. Oddly enough the blackouts and visions that tormented my life for almost 2 years as a teenager just stopped around age 15.
Now as a 25 year old I occasionally feel a presence in my home or hear murmuring voices, but I have not actually seen anything in almost 10 years.
— A. Hawkins