I’ve seen shadows out of the corners of my eyes ever since I was really little, but never an actual form until recently. I can tell he’s the same man, even though he isn’t always wearing his hat. He has never shown up in my room or even in my house, but I see him from time to time. The most vivid that I can remember was once when he walked out in front of my car and another time when I was having a hallucination of the flesh being stripped from my leg, I saw him and he nodded at me, as if to tell me to get out of the house I was in. As soon as I got out, the panic and the hallucination stopped. I like to think he just checks in on me from time to time and looks out for me when he can. I have never felt fear from him, just a presence. He might not even be the same man, because many stories I’ve read say he’s scary and intimidating, but for me the only shock for me is seeing him there then gone in the matter of a second. I don’t know, he just seems like a neutral spirit to me. I just wish he didn’t go around scaring people…

–Wesley Denton