WHO THE HELL IS THIS MAN???

I dreamt this man was in my mirror watching me, saying nothing, and he was
wearing glasses. He never moved the entire time I saw him, he was like a statue, so
still.
This is one of the recorded dreams of a patient who has seen the this man.
Now, who the hell is this man? The story of this man begins when a psychiatrist
sketches a face of a stout man with a receding hairline and a pug-ish nose. This
man has been a recurring character in his dreams. The situations and place may
change but this creepy looking dude kept following him in his dreams. It would have
gone unnoticed had it not been for another one of his patients, who instantly
recognised him as the man of her dreams!
It may be due to the joy of striking a new phenomenon or just plain boredom that
the doctor sent this portrait to his colleagues. Within a period of 2 months, he got 4
positive results. What started as a joke among patients and psychiatrists alike, as
Who is this man? gave him the name of THIS MAN.

All the people who have recognised this man to be a recurring theme in their
dreams are confident that he is not someone who they have met in the humdrum of
their everyday life. Also, the dreamers have superficially nothing in common; they
come from different backgrounds different lifestyles, different places of origin even.
This has become an international phenomenon at least 2,000 people around the
world in cities such as Los Angeles, Berlin, Sao Paulo, Tehran, Beijing, Rome,
Barcelona, Stockholm, Paris, New Delhi, Moscow etc. have identified this man as
the one who comes in their dreams.
Though its the same man appearing in all of their dreams, he doesnt fail to show
diversity in his appearances. To some, he is a sexual partner, finding new and
unusual ways to satisfy them sexually in bed. In some dreams he takes the role of a

silent observer, visible to the dreamer but not playing a role in the dream
whatsoever and to others, he is a guardian angel who helps them in difficult
situations in their dreams.
Another and the most common is the mystic and manipulative nature of this man,
is where he taunts the dreamer with his cryptic puzzles and problems and entraps
them in their dilemmas, playing a Riddler of sorts. Sometimes, he is also portrayed
as a cold-hearted murderer in a few dreams, chasing them and leading to their
ultimate peril before they wake up.

Scientists and pseudo-intellectuals all over the planet have devised various possible
theories to explain this phenomenon.
Archetype Theory: This man is said to be the archetype of the unconscious mind
that appears during stressful times.
Religious Theory: Some say he is God himself and his words must be taken as law.
Dream surfer Theory: This theory was probably made by someone who has a
mind-set similar to mine. According to this theory, he is the Dr. Destiny of our world.
For all the non-JLA fans, the Freddy Kruger or Dom Cobb of our times. A man or
machine that is capable of entering human dreams and manipulating them. The
next possible theory would be that this is an undercover project of the Umbrella
Corporation.
Dream Imitation Theory: This is probably the most logical theory (according to
yours truly). You spends days reading about some guy, its natural for your
subconscious mind to think about him too. Hence the dream.
Daytime Recognition Theory: Dreams are always unclear and hazy. So human
nature tends to believe that the theory is true and hence tend to identify a
random prototype person as this man.
As there are always two sides to the coin, people have also come up saying it is
nothing more than a hoax and that it is part of a major marketing stunt by Andrea
Natella, the owner of the domain thisman.org, who is known for her

unconventional methods in marketing like creating fictions events within legal limits
in other words fuck the market in order to enter it.
Well fact or fiction, the story of this man makes a good movie plot or so says Bryan
Bertino, the director of The Stranger. Well all I can say is that this is one place where
seeing need not be believing