#space-iplier

I can’t remember exactly how old I was, but I’d say probably 6 or 7 years old. I lived in a trailer park at that time, with the five other people in my family. It was rather small, only two bedrooms. My parents had one, and me and my sister had the other while my 2 brothers slept on bunk beds in the living room. At the time, my room was being used more as a storage than a bedroom, so me and my sister slept on the floor in the living room most of the time, with the lights and tv on since I was scared of the dark.

So, one time, I woke up in the middle of the night (I’ve no idea what time it was exactly) and I got sick on the floor. I sat up for a while, thinking I might throw up again, but I felt completely fine, like I hadn’t actually been sick. But I didn’t find it strange. After a minute or so I thought it would be a good idea to go tell my parents instead of waking up my brothers or sister.

My trailer was set up so the kitchen (front door in the kitchen) and living room were connected, then there was a hallway leading to my bedroom first on the right, then the bathroom on the right with the back door on the left right across from it, then my parents bedroom at the very end of the hallway.

I looked down the hallway and found the bathroom light was on and standing in the hallway was a shadow figure about the height of my dad (a little over six feet), so I figured it was him, but he was wearing a hat. The closer I got, I realized that it was an actual shadow, not a person. I was more confused than I was scared.

It didn’t seem to notice me, so I figured it was staring into my parents room, watching them sleep. I opened my mouth to speak but before I said anything, it started to turn around, and that’s when I got really scared and ran as fast as I could back to the living room. I hid for a bit behind one of the lazy-boy chairs in the living room. I was too scared to move or speak so I didn’t wake up any of my siblings.

After quite a while, I moved slowly and looked down the hallway, and nobody was there, so I decided to throw a towel over top of the place I got sick and go back to sleep on one of the chairs.

The next morning, my parents were concerned about me getting sick, but I never said anything about the shadow hat man. I’ve seen shadow people out of the corner of my eye a few times since then, but never like this, and I’ve never seen the hat man for a second time.