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Welcome to Paranormal Night.
Shift your home for all things
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that go bump in the dark and
your story is told here.
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Today’s story comes from Melissa
and it’s called The Man in the
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Hat.
My family runs a Funeral Home
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and I never enjoyed being a part
of it, but it’s the family
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business, so of course I got
indoctrinated into it.
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They say these things happen in
threes.
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So when I was little, I used to
notice seeing the same man at
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everyone’s funeral, Just the
same older man wearing a Black
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Hat.
He’d show up, pay his respects
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and leave.
I never thought anything of it.
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However, the older I got, the
more involved in the family
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business I became.
I started seeing him more
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frequently.
How has this man not aged since
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I was little?
I see him all the time.
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He comes in, never does
anything, just shows his
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respects and leave.
When I was about 16, I stopped
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being the front of the the
funeral parlor and actually
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started working some of the
ceremonies.
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I noticed him walk to where the
body was laying and he put his
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hand in the casket and then he
put his hand in his pocket.
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He he took something.
He was a thief.
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He took something off of the
body.
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I confronted him, but my father
said no, no, there’s certain
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things you don’t need to know
and there’s certain things that
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you won’t understand for years.
That was my father’s answer when
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I asked him about the man.
There’s certain things you don’t
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need to know and certain things
that you won’t understand.
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My father got sick during COVID,
and as he was laying on his bed,
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he said the business is now
yours and I need you to
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understand who the man in the
hat is.
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He does not take anything that
we don’t give him these.
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Regardless of spiritual belief,
my father would always put these
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in the casket, and he insisted
that I kept up the ritual.
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He told me that a long time ago
he made a deal and that the man
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in the hat is the Bowman is his
job to carry souls into the
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afterlife.
I didn’t believe in any of the
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superstition I’ve seen so much
in my life.
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But at my father’s funeral, I
did the same thing.
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I put the 2 gold coins
underneath my father and sure
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enough, the man in the Hatch
showed up.
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He took the coins out, but this
time I followed him.
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I followed him out of the
Funeral Home and I questioned
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him.
Who are you?
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What is your job?
What What are you doing here?
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The man told me that not
everyone gets to pass.
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There’s a toll that must be paid
in life and also in death.
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Your father worship the old ways
and it is my job to help those
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pass over.
I like the story.
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I know it’s kind of hard to
believe, but I always think that
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these fans stories are just
that.
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They’re wonderful stories that
people want to share.
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What is some sort of tradition
or ritual that you believe in
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that you want carried out when
you pass?
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And thank you for watching
Paranormal Night Shift.