The Masked Man

A submission from a user on an anonymous sub-forum centered on paranormal phenomena. But, diving deeper, it seems they aren't the only one who has seen a masked man.

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.