Do you recognise the Dream Man?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The creepy phenomenon of \u2018this man\u2019<\/a> began back in January 2006, when a New York psychiatrist\u2019s patient reported seeing the same mysterious face in his dreams repeatedly. Since then, a website was launched claiming that thousands of people worldwide had all seen the same face in their dreams, cementing this psychological phenomenon deeply in internet folklore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also referred to as \u2018the Dream Man\u2019, he always followed the same description – bushy eyebrows, a slight smile, neutral expression, and receding hairline. People described a multitude of different encounters with him in their dreams, with some claiming he resembled a good-natured guide, and others recalling more sinister interactions. There were even reports of romantic or sexual interactions with this man, contrasting various other stories of him giving cryptic life advice to some dreamers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The impact of this oddity sparked extreme online debate, with several forums and social media platforms buzzing with discussions and recounts of interpretations, speculations and and own experiences. In 2008, a website named \u2018Ever Dream This Man?\u2019<\/a> was set up by Italian sociologist and marketer, Andrea Natella<\/a>, and quickly became full of various different accounts from individuals across the world who claimed to have seen him in their dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The backstory of this man was published on the website, and recounts how once the psychiatrist sketched the original image, one of his other patients saw it and immediately recognised it from his own dreams. After sending the image to associate psychologists, four more individuals claimed the same thing, which gradually increased to 8,000 people worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n