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September 13, 2009 Jason Offutt

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I just got around to listening to this (I don't usually listen to em in a timely manner :P) and even though I've never been overly interested in the whole shadow people phenomenon, I found it rather interesting.

I also found the "hat man" idea interesting, and I instantly thought of Freddy Krueger (the villain in the Nightmare on Elm Street movies). Does anyone else connect these dots or is it just me? Either (a) the character could be based on the hat man, or (b) people see the hat man as a result of being familiar with the character, whether consciously or not. Of course, (b) wouldn't explain any hat man encounters before the first NoES movie, but since I'm not too familiar with the phenomenon (this is the only exposure I've ever had to it) I'm just throwing out ideas.
 
CinderMoltenHowl said:
From memory and I haven't had a chance to check, but around 2-3am is apparently the part of the sleep cycle (on average) and the one where the REM is most prominent.

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Edit: However I am interested to see why 3am does pop up so often as a few other memebrs have pointed out. It may simply be coincidence or that some comment or observations have been made many years ago that has been picked up.
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When I was an active duty Marine, we were told that 3am is a time when the conscious mind is less active, therefore it was a perfect time for an attack...whether one is the aggressor or the aggressed. We were also told to be extra vigilant, when on guard duty, between 0300 and 0430 for this very reason.

From a personal point of view, this show hit a few nerves. As a child and on into my teens I remember quite vividly seeing shadows move about the house. As far as I can recall I never saw a human sized apparition, but I did see "shadow cats." Which was quite interesting, since we did not have a cat at the time I was seeing them.
 
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