Shadow People and The Hat Man | Who are they? What do they want? Here's how it happens. You're drifting off to sleep; or maybe you wake up in the middle of the night. You feel a presence in the room.

The Hat Man is a modern-day example of a shadow person which, according to Rolling Stone, has become a "dominant character within the digital culture". The growth of reports on the internet has ...

For some, the Hat Man is a form of evil demon, sent from the underworld to hurt people. But users on networks like 4chan and Reddit have a more down-to-earth explanation of why he appears: cough ...