Mysterious Man in Black

I am in my 30s now and I haven't had that dream since i was a child but it terrified me so much that i still remember it. i don't recall anything happening but I guess that was the point of your post.

I continually have had a dream kind of similar to that. However in my dream I'm not really scared, I'm more disgusted and infuriated than anything.

In the dream I am in my grandmother's dining room and like you it is packed with people and food. The party is ruined though because in the two variations of the dream either my dead grandfather or dead cousin are warmly greeted with hugs. They are always rotten and smelling foul. I am yelling that they are supposed to be dead and everyone always ignores me or gets beligerent.
This dreams pisses me off to no end and the dead relative is always looking at me as if I am in the wrong.

Sounds like symbolism to me. The man in black is the atypical sign of evil trying to "get at" you and your family. I wouldn't put much store in it as it was probably just the nightmare of a child. Since it scared you so much, it kept coming back, as you never forgot it.

I remember as a child, my brother and I both having numerous nightmares and many of them repeated themselves. My one friend always had a nightmare of a man in a raincoat and boots outside the house waiting to get him. It was the image of a man on the show "Unsolved Mysteries" that he had seen, who had murdered someone. I used to dream all the time when I was young about people trying to rob and murder my family and I was their only defense because I was the only one who heard them break in.

You probably got the idea of this man in black from something you saw as a child and your mind interpreted it as evil. You were trying to save your family from the evil. Pretty common actually.

Hey I read your story earlier and found it very interesting, I hadn't thought about it for a while but I had a personal experience of my own with a dark figure wearing a black hat and a cape. I was about 10 years old and I was quite a restless sleeper the slightest jitter would wake me. I awoke one night to see a shadowy figure (Large man, I'd say about 7-8', black down coat, black hat, cap almost seemed to be flowing) roaming my outter hallway, I'd awake often for the same reason because of my parents and brothers would sometimes be up late. But instantly when I saw this "man", I was immediatly terrified like I couldn't move or yell mom, I never got this startled when it was a family member, the energy in the air almost seemed still. I finally gained my bounds and pulled my blanket over my head, I'm not sure what happened next all I know is I awoke and it was morning. I asked my family if anyone was up late the night before, they told me no... I still can't figure out what it was, was I dreaming; almost lucid? I'd like feedback please reply, thanks guys.

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My husband had that same exact description of that ghost man attack him when he was a very small child-around 2 to 4. I have heard other accounts of this thing and it always seems to go after children. I dont know what it is, but it would be great to see who does.

Interesting anyone else have any similar experience?

This is also an interesting story I found on google, it depicts an old woman who sees a man in black twice in her life time: Once as a child, and again as an older woman. The man warns her by pointing both times in this story; sounds to me kind of like a "mothman" type scenario. Although my encounter terrified me, she also described the man as being creepy or weird. An maybe it was nothing but maybe I wasn't supposed to get outta bed that night in my encounter (it was it's intention to scare the f*ck outta me); maybe it'll come around again at an older age. Who knows lol, weird similarity to the supposed "bringer of chaos".

The Story: Man in Black