The Glimmer Man

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What would you do if you saw something that wasn't there. Something moving through the forest that you can't quite focus on something you know is there but all you see is a faint outline and sometimes a pair of glowing yellow eyes. It sounds like the script for a 1980s jungle based action/sci-fi movie but talk to those who have seen these predator type entities as they are sometimes referred to and they will tell you that what they saw was all too real and all too terrifying. 

These strange entities have been reported all over the world but there seems to been a large amount of reports throughout the U.S. Most are in rural areas or areas where there are large forests and wildernesses. It is remarkable how similar the reports are to each other and how closely they resemble that ailen hunter of the silver screen. Some witnesses have reported seeing it multiple times sometimes traversing through their dwellings on the hunt for something also out of the sight of the witness. Although often a terrifying sight there are few if any reports of these creatures interacting in anyway with the observer. Sometimes they would seem to notice that they were being watched and look back locking eyes with the startled witness but usually they would seem to either be oblivious to others or not care that someone has seen them. Similar to many other reports of a paranormal or fortean nature often only one person would witness the creature in a crowd of many, where they would be just as surprised that no one else had see it than they were of seeing the creature in the first place. However, at other time multiple witnesses would report seeing the creature all at the same time.

But what are people seeing? As always is the case with incidents like this the number of hypotheses and theories are as numerous as the number of sightings themselves. Could they be a waking dream of a tired worker wearily making there way home in the failing light after a long day at work too tired to be able to make sense of what they are seeing. Could it be an alien just like in the movies, could it be a type of ghost or spirit, it's non-corporeal form puzzling onlookers as it goes about its buisnesses or could it be a type of cryptid that due to its remarkable ability to camouflage has rarely been seen let alone reported in any detail. 

All I'll say is just be careful next time you're walking in the woods as you'll never know if you're truly alone. 

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Thanks for reading

Until next time 

Stay safe 

RTI 

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