When I was little, I used to see a man in a tophat outside of my bedroom window. My bedroom window was on the backside of our house, and my backyard had quite a few trees and was very woodsy. This hasn't happened since I was little, so everything isn't crystal clear, but I'll do my very best to recall the important details. Several times I would wake up in the middle of the night, look out my window, and see the shadow of a man wearing a trench coat and a top hat. I can remember the fear creeping up and feeling almost paralyzed by it. I would just tuck my head under the covers and hope that because I couldn't see him, I was safe. I could never see a face, just a shadow, and he never made noise or went anywhere else other than outside of my window.
Fast forward fifteen years! My mom and I were having some wine and talking about ghosts and such (I really do love this stuff, lol). Well, I finally decided to tell my mom about the man in the tophat. As I told her about him, I noticed her making a strange facial expression. Come to find out, my mom saw a man in a tophat when she was a child. Her story is similar to mine, with minor details changed. For her, the man appeared at the end of her bed, not outside of her window. Still, pretty freaking crazy that we both experienced this, right?!
Naturally, we were both incredibly intrigued by the man in the tophat at this point, which led us on a google search frenzy! Click here for an article I found on this that is pretty interesting if you want to hear more about this phenomenon! Have you ever seen a man in a tophat as a kid?