This Man

[rookie]

www.thisman.org

In January 2006 in New York, the patient of a well-known psychiatrist draws the face of a man that has been repeatedly appearing in her dreams. In more than one occasion that man has given her advice on her private life. The woman swears she has never met the man in her life.

That portrait lies forgotten on the psychiatrist's desk for a few days until one day another patient recognizes that face and says that the man has often visited him in his dreams. He also claims he has never seen that man in his waking life.

The psychiatrist decides to send the portrait to some of his colleagues that have patients with recurrent dreams. Within a few months, four patients recognize the man as a frequent presence in their own dreams. All the patients refer to him as THIS MAN.

From January 2006 until today, at least 2000 people have claimed they have seen this man in their dreams, in many cities all over the world: Los Angeles, Berlin, Sao Paulo, Tehran, Beijing, Rome, Barcelona, Stockholm, Paris, New Dehli, Moskow etc.

At the moment there is no ascertained relation or common trait among the people that have dreamed of seeing this man. Moreover, no living man has ever been recognized as resembling the man of the portrait by the people who have seen this man in their dreams.

[Andy]

Never seen him, but then I don't remember my dreams.

[rookie]

creepy lookin' guy!

[Zappa88]

Solved it.

[rookie]

I'm going to make stencil templates based on this drawing.

[DontTreadOnMike]

Could it have something to do with Cthulhu?

[MacFall]

Holy living FUCK. It's the retarded janitor from my elementary school. 

[MacFall]

Or:

[Alex Libman 15]

Wishful thinking and confirmation bias

That's how religions get started

People want to fit in

Mass hysteria

Etc, etc

Enjoy

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[anarchir]

CREEPY

[Laetitia]

Solved it.

Well, if you need a floating head with male pattern baldness to give you dream advice, can't imagine a better choice than Holly.

[Bill Brasky]

I'll bet if you went through a police sketchbook artists most commonly selected (white) features, Thisman is what it'd add up to.

[Cognitive Dissident]

I'll bet if you went through a police sketchbook artists most commonly selected (white) features, Thisman is what it'd add up to.

He appears to have a atypically large eyes and small nose--pretty big eyebrows too.  Maybe there's a particularly disturbing character actor who looks like that.  The closest celebrity I could come up with is Edward Teller.

[Andy]

I'll bet if you went through a police sketchbook artists most commonly selected (white) features, Thisman is what it'd add up to.

Could be true but doesn't explain this claim.

Los Angeles, Berlin, Sao Paulo, Tehran, Beijing, Rome, Barcelona, Stockholm, Paris, New Dehli, Moskow

[John Shaw]

BAM.