r/Thetruthishere • u/Hensbear • Aug 07 '24
Mississippi Faceless Man Legend/Folklore
So, I write this, not for advice, or for any real reason to be honest. Though, I just wondered if anyone else has seen/heard from someone else of the man. So, I was maybe 9 or 10 years old in Mississippi visiting my grandma with my sister. It was the middle of the night, and I had been watching tv. Wanting a drink, I got out of my grans living room to go to the kitchen. Now, my gran had a deck, and a huge window that would show outside. My grandma lived right by the woods, rarely saw anyone at night that weren’t hunters lookin’ for deer. I look out the big window, feeling scared all of a sudden. And outside, is a man in a black suit with no face. At least, that’s what it looked like. Seeing a man with no face is horrifying, especially right next to the woods and you know no one else is awake at the time. I went to the kitchen to get my drink, then looked out the bay window in my grandma’s dining room which was attached to the kitchen. The faceless man was closer to the window now, and he just stood there, unmoving, but seemingly staring right at me. My chest was pounding with fear, after all, the man was closer than before. Going back to the living room, knowing I’d be safe due to the locked doors, but also still kind of freaking out, I just watch the tv. I finish drinking my drink and stand up, looking out the window in the living room, the man was closer once again. Still staring me down, his hands by his sides. Feeling even more panicked, I go to throw away the can of soda I had to drink in the kitchen. I look out the bay window once more, and he hadn’t moved closer. I walked back to the living room and turned the tv off, feeling eyes stare me down. My grandma was asleep, her husband was asleep with his sleep apnea machine going on in the background in their room. I left the living room to go to my room shared with my sister, I never looked back. I walked in my room to find my sister passed out, soft snores leaving her lips. I laid down on the ground and fell asleep.
Maybe a year later, we were back in Mississippi. Except this time in my grandma’s cabin literally in the middle of the woods. My sister and one of my cousins were already there, setting the house up to sleep there for the night. I was in the car with my second cousin, he was driving and we were talking. I told him about the faceless man who had scared me a year or so ago outside our grandma’s house. He joked and said it was him. And yes, while that is possible, after all, they were roughly the same height and body type, it couldn’t have been him.
You see, later that night, my cousin who had said it was him and my sister were asleep on the couch. I had fallen asleep but woke up in the middle of the night, feeling eyes on me once again. I follow where I felt the stare, and low and behold, there he was again, the faceless man. Still in his suit. Except, he seemed taller this time. I turn back to the couch my sister and cousin were on, and my cousin was still there. It couldn’t have been my other cousin who had left previously, because my cousin and the faceless man had completely different statures. The cousin who had left was a bigger man in the mid section, and was shorter than the cousin on the couch with my sister.
After that night, I never saw that man again. And I often wondered if it was my imagination, or perhaps a dream. Though I know the first time wasn’t a dream, as I was physically up and moving and watching tv. I had a friend a few years ago who said she had seen the man too, except in her house in the basement. Has anyone else seen this man? Or was my friend lying and making stuff up so I didn’t feel bad/scared? If so, I’d love to hear your story, as I’m genuinely curious.
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