THE WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON OF THE HAT MAN APPEARING IN NIGHTMARES BEFORE SLEEP PARALYSIS
In a compelling piece for Quartz, reporter Corrinne Purtill discusses a disturbing phenomenon that has entered the dreams of thousands of people around the world. In these nightmares, a silent, faceless man wearing a hat appears in a vaguely ominous image just before the horrifying episode of sleep paralysis sets in. Fear, but still only a construct of the mind.
"In truth, there is no stranger lurking in the corners of our rooms at night. The Hat Man is only in our minds, and that may be even scarier."