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I have a really frightening story that happened a while back, and I have never told many people, only because it brings back bad memories. When I was 5 years old, we were visiting family in New York. The adults were in the living room and all of us kids went into the kitchen to play cards. There were about 7 or 8 of us seated at the very long table. I was at the head of the table, facing the window, and one of my cousins was at the other head with her back to the window.
About half of an hour into the game, I looked across the table. And to my horror, there was a large figure standing outside the window looking in at us. The figure had no discernible features. It was a silhouette of what appeared to be a human form, like a shadow. It was wearing a hat that looked like a fedora. What frightened me the most was that this thing made sudden movements, then peered into the window, and gestured like it was trying to get into the kitchen through the window.
I quickly jumped out of my chair, and pointed toward the window. I was paralyzed with fear and could not speak. The other kids looked, and they all saw it as well. We ran out of that kitchen screaming. My cousin, who had her back to the window, turned around and ran on top of, and across, the table in order to get away from this Shadow Man lurking right behind her.
Upon hearing our screams, the adults quickly ran to us, but the figure was gone. When we told the adults what had just happened, they did not believe it was possble. You see, the kitchen window was on the second floor of this large house, and it would not have been possible for anyone to be standing outside the window. True Story.
Has anyone out there had an experience similar to this one?
Bill