Shadow Person reports from the 2020s
59 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.
We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.
Shadow Person · 2026
Witness reports seeing a bald, pale creature with big eyes and a bony face while lying in bed.
Shadow Person · Monroe County, Wisconsin · 2026
Witness reports seeing a tall, thin, armless shadow figure with a human resemblance that scurried away while their compass spun.
Shadow Person · Phelps County, Missouri · 2021
Witness and father report seeing a silhouette humanoid figure teleporting between trees in the backyard.
Shadow Person · Montgomery County, Texas · 2022
Witness reports seeing two bright eyes and a female figure ('her') in the yard during broad daylight after rain, which made direct eye contact before walking away.
Shadow Person · Scioto County, Ohio · 2020
The narrator and a friend driving a pickup truck encountered a tall, black, shrouded figure with apparent wings that appeared beside their vehicle on a dark road near the river.
Shadow Person · Jefferson County, Colorado · 2024
The narrator and their wife report seeing a large, shapeless dark figure that suddenly appeared next to their car window while driving near Red Rocks in Colorado.
Shadow Person · Duchesne County, Utah · 2025
Witness reports having a terrifying nightmare of a big black shadow entity stalking him in his dream house at a truck stop.
Shadow Person · Northern Beach, Indiana · 2025
Witness reports seeing a tall, pitch-black, skinny figure in the woods that did not move or make noise before disappearing when they looked away.
Shadow Person · Monmouth County, New Jersey · 2026
Witness and his girlfriend report seeing a woman in an adjacent SUV with completely black eyes and an unnaturally stretched grin who stared at them before slowing down.
Shadow Person · 2026
Witness reports feeling pressure, hearing footsteps and loud banging noises from an unused room while unable to move.
Shadow Person · 2026
Witness reports seeing a tall slim man in a hat vanish from the pool corner and later appear in the hallway while her son stared frozen at the bathroom.
Shadow Person · 2021
Witness reports seeing a shadow man near a creaking tree while hiking at night.
Shadow Person · 2021
The speaker drove by a forested area in October and analyzed videos showing shadows that looked like following creatures with black eyes.
Shadow Person · 2021
The narrator reports seeing a young woman in 1970s clothing sitting on the beach who smelled of decayed roses and did not appear in his photograph.
Shadow Person · 2026
The narrator reports hearing unexplained footsteps near their locked door all night while experiencing strange smells and hearing foreign phrases.
Shadow Person · 2020
The narrator reports seeing three short shadow figures near a creek mouth.
Shadow Person · 2022
Witness reports seeing a tall, dark humanoid with hollow eyes and no mouth or nose walking on all fours in a church parking lot before running away at supernatural speed.
Shadow Person · Pennsylvania · 2026
Witness reports seeing a large, smoky, ghostlike figure swiftly moving towards salmon left for birds during a snowstorm.
Shadow Person · 2024
Witness reports seeing two eyeless figures and a skinny, gray-skinned creature with black eyes on the ceiling that stretched its neck towards them.
Shadow Person · 2024
The narrator and their family encountered a pitch-black, featureless humanoid silhouette on a hiking trail in Brazil that disappeared when illuminated by a flashlight.
Shadow Person · 2023
Witness reports seeing a teleporting humanoid made of black mist on a rural road in South Georgia.
Shadow Person · 2024
Witnesses report seeing a shadow being that tried to appear as a person in a lot in Central Florida.
Shadow Person · 2023
The narrator reports a shadow figure entering their apartment through a closed window and later appearing in their bedroom, culminating in the figure touching them and leaving claw-like scars.
Shadow Person · 2025
Witness reports seeing a grey head above the bushes through a glass door for about 50 minutes during a sleepover.
Shadow Person · 2025
Witness reports seeing a semi-transparent man walking beside them on a rural road who appeared to be looking for a way to communicate.
Shadow Person · 2024
Witness reports seeing a seven-foot-tall solid black shadow with a dog-like head and pointy ears standing in a field.
Shadow Person · 2025
Witness and boyfriend report seeing a figure walking, looking back, and then running back and forth outside.
Shadow Person · 2020
The narrator reports seeing a vague, lanky humanoid shadow outside their tent at night, accompanied by a smell of rotting meat.
Shadow Person · 2026
The narrator reports seeing a tall, lanky, black shadow man with white eyes and a Cheshire grin staring at them from a corner next to the garage until they blinked.
Shadow Person · 2020
The narrator reports seeing a pair of yellowish eyes in the distance at night, along with the smell of rotting meat.
Shadow Person · 2026
Witness reports seeing a white silhouette with visible arms and torso in front of their wardrobe while lying in bed.
Shadow Person · 2020
Witness reports seeing a dark shadow with a feminine frame moving in the kitchen and living room, followed by lights turning on and off, which was later attributed to a deceased lady.
Shadow Person · Pennsylvania · 2020
Witness reports hearing heavy footsteps and screeches before seeing a shadowy figure with a snout outside their window.
Shadow Person · 2026
Witness and her son observed the same man in the hallway staring into the bathroom before he vanished instantly.
Shadow Person · 2023
Witness reports getting flashes of a native American man in their mind and feeling intensely watched by him while walking in the woods.
Shadow Person · 2020
Witness reports seeing the figure while driving before hitting a deer and crashing their car, surviving with only minor injuries.
Shadow Person · 2025
The narrator reports seeing an 8-10 feet tall shadow figure with twig fingers and a white smile reaching towards them.
Shadow Person · 2024
The narrator reports that they and two acquaintances have repeatedly seen a faceless, lanky white humanoid creature following them late at night.
Shadow Person · 2021
Witness reports seeing a figure resembling a woman run across his property while checking on chickens.
Shadow Person · 2020
Witness reports waking from sleep paralysis to see a black figure walk into their room and stare at them before shadows were sucked out of the room.
Shadow Person · 2023
Witness reports seeing a shadow outside their window that was a combination of a human and a deer.
Shadow Person · 2020
The narrator reports seeing a gray humanoid figure far away in a clearing before it disappeared.
Shadow Person · 2024
Witness reports seeing two translucent figures moving quickly across the road in front of their car during the middle of the day before their images dissipated.
Shadow Person · 2021
Caller reports seeing a shadow figure in a stairwell that tipped back, which later transformed into an eight-foot-tall praying mantis.
Shadow Person · 2021
Witness and friend report hearing distinct footsteps approaching during a meditation session in the woods, causing panic before they left.
Shadow Person · Oklahoma · 2022
Witness reports seeing a tall, black silhouette with spindly limbs and a pale face standing behind a tree at the edge of the treeline while scanning with a flashlight.
Shadow Person · 2024
Art Bell reports seeing a shadowy figure with human form appear and disappear around his hamshack while working at a computer.
Shadow Person · 2025
A witness reports hearing small sticks breaking and soft walking approaching from the woodline while lying in a lawn chair last summer.
Shadow Person · Ephraim, Utah · 2022
The narrator's friend reports seeing shadow figures with distinct human forms near the Humanities building.
Shadow Person · Middle Tennessee, Tennessee · 2024
Witness reports that her mother saw a tall, thin, black being in the yard of their rural home in Middle Tennessee.
Shadow Person · 2025
Art Bell reports his new producer [name] experienced a terrifying encounter with a shadowy humanoid figure standing at the foot of her bed.
Shadow Person · 2020
The boyfriend's mother confirms a lady died in the living room and suggests the shadow activity is her ghost.
Shadow Person · 2024
Witness's sons report seeing dark shadows moving in the woods across the street from their new home in Arkansas.
Shadow Person · 2025
The narrator's wife reports seeing a woman-shaped shadow standing in the corner of their bedroom after midnight.
Shadow Person · 2021
Witness reports his cousin saw a transparent woman walking in a depression on the property and realized it was a ghost.
Shadow Person · 2023
The narrator's nine-year-old son reports seeing a man standing in the corner or near the bed staring at them in their old home.
Shadow Person · 2024
The narrator's mother reports seeing a pale, thin indigenous man wearing a mask made of banana leaves and straw approaching them on the trail.
Shadow Person · Oklahoma · 2026
Coleman reported seeing a tall dark shadow creature that looked like a bipedal man running across the road into the woods.
Shadow Person · 2024
Witness's wife reports seeing a shadow figure with orange eyes and jagged teeth standing outside her door and crawling on all fours.