What do you think of this? Have You Dreamed Of This Man

[Heddi]

http://www.thisman.org/history.htm


HISTORY

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.

The aim of this website is:
- to help those who have seen this man in their dreams and to foster communication among them;
- to understand who this man is and why he appears in an apparently pattern-less array of situations in the dreams of such diverse human subjects.

[realisticphish]

1. haha

I saw that the other day, and meant to post it here

[onager]

2. I think its just the usual woo hogwash. Or a viral hoax. Or both.

In January 2006 in New York, the patient of a well-known psychiatrist...

His name?

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.

Their names?

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...

Could we get ONE FRIGGING NAME?

The pictures posted all over the world don't impress me. This may have been started by a woo, and now wise-asses all over the world are falling off their Mom's couches laughing at how they helped spread it.

No, I've never seen that goofy-looking man in my dreams. Personally, I think he looks like Alfred E. Neuman's dumber kid brother.

For the record, last night I dreamed I was back in Egypt, in a huge and bloody car crash. Real enough that it woke me up about 4 A.M. But since I do not believe I am a Vewy Spesh-yul Person who receives sleepytime messages from the Universe or Gawd, I shrugged, rolled over and went back to sleep.

(Psych profile: I saw many bloody and fatal wrecks in Egypt, but was never in one. Closest I came was when my driver hit an ancient Lada taxi in Alexandria. Nobody was hurt. The Lada, that little miracle of Soviet engineering, is harder to kill than a werewolf.)

[Silent3]

11. I was in Egypt just enough...

...to be moderately shocked by the driving I saw in Cairo and Giza, worse than I'd seen in any American city. During my short visit I didn't witness any accidents, but I was amazed not to have. While it sounds like you're talking about vehicle/vehicle collisions in particular, I'd have to think pedestrians being struck by moving vehicles isn't uncommon either.

I wanted to see if I could validate my impressions with a quick Google search. The US State Department page said this (emphasis mind): "Driving in Egypt, a country with one of the world’s highest rates of road fatalities per mile driven, is a challenge."

[onager]

16. Pedestrians being hit is very common.

I saw that happen right in front of me one day in Alexandria, where I lived. I was walking down the Corniche (big street by the beach) and a mini-van hit an old man crossing the street.

He was very lucky. An ambulance wasn't far away, and this was on a Friday morning so traffic wasn't as insane as usual.

Another time, a married couple were both run down and killed together. That happened right down the street from my apartment, near a Metro grocery store where I shopped.

And as you note (sort of!), Cairo is a hundred times worse than Alexandria.

Except maybe for that damn Corniche in Alexandria. Six lanes of sheer motorized terror that run for 12 miles all the way thru the city. Not a single traffic light or stop sign to slow down traffic.

I often saw this happen: big family crossing the Corniche - kids, Mom and Dad with one of the parents CARRYING A BABY. Traffic slows/stops for them to cross...

...except for one flaming asshole (usually a taxi driver). He doesn't notice family or baby. All he sees is that traffic has stopped, which means HE CAN PASS EVERYBODY! Allah be f-ing praised! So he puts the pedal to the metal, screams around the stopped traffic, and nearly kills the whole family.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

3. He looks like some sort of creepy manchild or a muppet or something.

[uriel1972]

4. It's da twoof

no I haven't seen him in my dreams either. May I suggest that it is evidence that some mentally ill people, vulnerable, people may be open to suggestion, or shall I keep reason out of it.

[mr blur]

5. Best keep reason out of it -

you know the Woos will never forgive you, otherwise.

[salvorhardin]

6. Somebody posted this on my Facebook wall a couple of days ago. It's almost certainly viral marketing

Almost certainly viral marketing. The site is owned by Adrean Natella, who is described as a "sociologist specializing in marketing". He also owns http://www.guerrigliamarketing.it/&sl=it&tl=en&history_state0=">http://guerrigliamarketing.it.

[Heddi]

7. are you sure it wasn't the post I made

a few days ago? Oh and I'm not doing viral marketing (if anyone was wondering). I had seen this on a website I frequent and thought it was oddly goofballish and rather creepy.

I bet we're going to see a movie about this, or this "guy" in some other way.

[salvorhardin]

8. Nah, I hadn't heard of it till the post from a couple of days ago from a blogger friend on my wall

That's when I looked into it.

I think you're right about the upcoming movie or TV show though. This sounds like the perfect premise for something like that.

Oh, and hey, I never thought you were doing viral marketing. Well, other than giving people teh autism with needles. :P

[Heddi]

9. NEEDLES WITH AUTISM

I can haz them?

[TZ]

12. I'm better than you

I give people autism WITHOUT needles...:P

[DavidDvorkin]

10. The marketing guess might be right

That domain is registered to a Andrea Natella in Italy, and her e-mail address is [e-mail].

[SemiCharmedQuark]

13. I keep coming back to look at him...he just looks like a human Bert.

[semillama]

14. I see him all the time:

[realisticphish]

17. "what, me haunt your dreams?"

[frogmarch]

15. It'll turn into

something like the Moth Man legend. Just you wait and see. :-)

[uppityperson]

18. hahahahaha hahahahahaha hahahahahaha hahahahahaha

Thank you so much. I really needed this after hearing from a nurse co-worker that hini vax is being pushed to kill off half the world's population.

thank you, seriously, thank you. I am so glad to have found the man I've dreamed gave me my vax