You might not find out about the masked man by asking around your town because not many people have seen him, but I can guarantee someone has. My experience was pretty much verified by stumbling across a thread on a forum I frequent. The topic was about your favorite creepy urban legends. I was just lurking since I didn’t have anything interesting  to contribute. Most posts were about the better known creatures like the infamous bunny man bridge in Virginia, the funhouse mummy, mothman… But one grabbed my interest.

This one was from a small town in northern Oregon talking about two local legends; one of the crow-man and a lesser known masked man.

The poster described both of them in detail, but the masked man was way too familiar for my liking. A porcelain mask, grinning inhumanly wide. The eyes blacked out and the wraith-like figure in all black. I responded with my experience, noting that I lived in the south, Louisiana to be exact. I had seen the masked man before, jumping from power pole to power pole. I watched it in curiosity even though I felt the urgency to get the hell out of there. I finally booked it when the thing paused and looked down at me with that grinning mask. I thought I might have seen the figure another time, this time in downtown New Orleans during Mardi Gras, but of course he blended in with the other masked people. Maybe it was whatever drugs I was on, thinking back on it.

Soon after I posted with my own experience, more people chimed in claiming to see the figure from all around the world. People even submitted a few drawings, albeit not very good. There was even one picture, it was grainy distorted and the figure was so ghost-like, its feet and legs were almost transparent. Personally I was skeptical just because of how bad the quality of the picture was.

Others claimed to see it wielding a scythe or seemingly pulling one out of nowhere. One had a more morbid experience, stating he saw the masked man actually kill someone then disappear with that person. It was very strange to see people from all the way in Australia, Europe, even South Africa claiming to see the masked man and other figures, all in black and wearing masks bearing exaggerated expressions. Several claimed to see one with the exact opposite of the masked man, having a sad face, like you’d see with drama and comedy masks. Another had a very angered expression, one was solemn, additionally one was disgust. The list could go on.