Recently I was talking with a relatively new acquaintence and the conversation turned to when I had settled into the area, a semi-rural suburb. I was describing the move and made a quick comment about a strange incident that occurred one evening when I was alone in the house and unpacking; we had not yet moved in.  Since I am a little reticent to talk about "paranormal" occurences with people whose opinions of these topics I am unsure, I said "But that's another story".

The conversation found its way back to the strange incident and I began to tell him the story.  I was alone in the house. It was in late November about nine o'clock in the evening. The house was all dark with only the kitchen lights on. I was unpacking boxes and making decisions about what should go into which cabinet.  I remember I was standing at the sink which faces the door to the living room. Out of the corner of my left eye I thought I saw something moving across the door. I wondered if there was someone else in the house. And at the thought I experienced a somatic reaction, maybe "fight or flight". I did turn on the lights and looked in all the rooms but found no one and no evidence that the house had been entered. I turned off the lights in the other rooms and returned to the kitchen. I went about my work and was at the sink again when I looked up towards the door and saw an image, stationary, close to the right side of the door. At the top of it I could barely see what looked like a hat. A hat that a man might have worn in the 1930s. Then I saw that the image was in the shape of a man, very tall, almost seven feet, but with no features.

My friend had an OMG moment and said "It must have been a shadow man". This was the first time I had heard that term. Of course there was more to our conversation. 

I got to my MBP and googled Shadow Man. This is how I came to find you.

I would say I was aware of the Hat Man  in the doorway for, maybe, 15-20 seconds before the image abruptly disappeared. He may have just moved, but as I said, the rest of the house was in darkness and I don't remember looking.
I have noticed similar dark, fleeting, movements over time but none has been as large and stationary as on that night.

There was another unusual incident that occurred that no one has been able to explain. It involved a heavy chest in the living room which was found to have been moved a few feet from its original location, and its position altered as well.  No one in the house at the time will admit to having moved it. (A prank, maybe ?) In any case, I have wondered if the Hat Man had anything to do with it.  

Hey, this may seem random but at any point did your left arm start twitching?

I have a shadow person that is around me all the time.😐 Oh yeah sometimes a shadow person can be someone that passed away watching over you.