| by Barry D. Hatchett |

Various reports have been coming in for the past few decades on a strange occurrence throughout history and space. Accounts of a strange smiling man have been reported since the early 70’s. This document consists of the full accounts from different testimonies along with their so called “evidence”.



The story begins in 1971 in the financial district of Lower Manhattan, New York City. A year prior, the city planning committee and United States’ International Revenue Service agreed to start construction of two new buildings for the purpose of making New York City the capital for trade services in the United States with other countries. In 1971, news photographer for The New York Daily Post; Robert Miller, was on site to take some front-cover pictures of the new buildings construction. After developing the photos, Robert realized that in his picture of the buildings, he has accidentally captured a man in a suit and tie standing on the site. Now, at the age of 84, upon being interviewed, Mr. Miller still does not recall there being any man on site.



“I remember, I was about 35 years old at the time… I thought it quite peculiar that this gentleman was in my pictures since I distinctly remember nobody working at the site because it was a Sunday”.



The photo now seems to have an ominous feeling to it, seeing as the buildings in said photo were the original World Trade Centers. Initially, the man may seem like just a smudge, or scratch in the film exposure. However Mr. Miller has assured us that the man was present in every single picture he took on that side of the towers. The attached picture was the one used on the front of the paper, however, he has since stated that he redacted the man for the sake of a clear cover photo.



More reports of photos have been received as this case has gained notoriety. A 44 year old woman by the name of Deborah (who did not wish to disclose her last name to us) came to us with a photo her grandmother owned of her daughter (Deborah’s aunt). The picture is of a crowd of children playing outside while wearing gas masks. The picture was taken circa 1941 during World War 2 and is supposedly taken in front of an orphanage. Orphanages were often packed with children at the time as many of their parents had died in the war. The name of the facility was Deus E. Oswald’s Home for Unfortunate Souls. The orphanage burned down with two dozen children inside in 1943, just two years after the photograph was taken. In the window of this photograph. We can see the clearest sighting of the man who smiles. Watching and observing through the window.



One last notable piece of evidence was sent to us by a couple, Marie and Lara, who were touring Île de la Cité, Paris. In a picture they took of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, they noticed a strange looking man in a suit and tie smiling at the camera. “I thought maybe it was just some weird French guy or another tourist or something” said Marie. “ we looked at the pictures on Lara’s phone after we took them and immediately noticed him. But. We looked up and couldn’t find anyone in a suit. It was a hot day in Paris and most people were in t-shirts and pants” .It truly does seem as if this man is a constant throughout these images. But who is it? Why is he smiling? What is he doing?

The common theory among conspiracy theorists and Cryptozoologists is that this man can travel throughout history to different events. Much like an existing West Virginian piece of folklore known as the “Mothman”. We reached out to prominent online-cryptozoologist Adam Robertson on the reports and he proposed a theory of his own.



“This seems to be a man with the same suit and tie seen in the background of different photographs. That’s Obvious. No correlation there, right? Well when we look at the consistency throughout the images, we can start to paint a bigger picture. He is always a secondary character. The ‘Man’ always appears to be smiling. And probably the most interesting correlation of all: the photos all have negative or ominous feelings due to unfortunate events related to the area the picture was taken. 9/11, The bombing of Clementine Oswald Orphanage, Cherynobl, and Notre dame. In all these images, the photographers reported seeing no man. I think this man is simply there to observe the tragedies. I think this man is nothing but a sadistic witness”.



The man we now refer to as “The Witness” appears to be some sort of strange phenomena we just can’t explain. Despite what Robertson believes, some images have yet to be explained by his theory. A more recent photograph was also sent to us by the American Quantitative Underwater Association otherwise known as AQUA with what seems to be a smiling face lurking at the bottom of the Ocean. No tragic events have occurred off the coast of Japan where this submarine photograph was taken. Not yet at least.

