I read about the Hat Man today for the first time and was able to connect it with an experience I had as a child. I was about 3 or 4 and still sleeping in a crib in my mother’s room. We had moved to a new apartment and I awoke one night to see someone in a hat peering into the room from outside the bedroom window. The window did not have curtains yet. Since this was the late 1960s and the hat seemed like something from the 50s, I am thinking this could be the Hat Man. I remember screaming but no sound coming out of my mouth. My mother did not wake up. I told her about the story and have retained this memory for over 40 years. Until today, I simply thought it was a peeping tom, now I have different ideas/interpretations.
— goobygirl