Denver:Hatman
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| Cape Name::Hatman{{#set:Identity=Hatman}} | |||||||
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|Meta element og-image=https://wiki.wormrp.com/w/images_wormrp/6/63/The_Hatman.jpg}} Sadly bereft of a hat currently. | |||||||
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| Author | Author::Nashoid (capes) | ||||||
| Pronouns | he/him | ||||||
| Alignment | Alignment::Villain | ||||||
| Affiliation | Affiliation::None (Location::Denver) | ||||||
| Status | Status::Active | ||||||
- ◆Topic: Who is the Hatman? An Analysis
- In: Boards ► United States ► Minnesota ► Devilfish
- BaphometLives666 (Original Poster) (Verified Essayist)
- Posted On July 7th 2020:
Much of his early career is shrouded in mystery and unintentional misinformation.
It is believed that he has been active at least since early 2006, which is the earliest verifiable account of his presence. Hatman's victims have on numerous occasion's have attempted to document their encounters online.
The lack of photographic or video evidence, but disconcerting subject matter would ultimately lead to subsets of the online horror-fiction community, under the impression that the victims were writing stories or roleplaying.
While never growing to the popularity of fictional online horror characters like The Rake, Slender man, the Hatman had still inspired a large number of fictional works, having his own dedicated tags on fan-art & fanfiction sites, as well as dedicated discussion threads on horror image/discussion boards.
In 2016, one of the Hatman's stalking victims began documenting & recounting his encounters, which had been going on for a month prior, recording text, audio, video, and live-streaming frequently to try and convince people he wasn't joking around and doing an elaborate ARG. (Links are compiled in the comments)
This eventually culminating in the 17th phone livestream, in an urban area where he is accosted by a mugger, only for the Hatman to reveal himself in defence of his stalking victim, badly maiming the assailant. The footage of the struggle is poor quality, no doubt due to the cameraman's panicked fleeing taking priority over documentation. This went briefly viral, with watchers praising the quality of the acting, and the production value & editing.
The following day an official news report from the PRT about the incident, confirming that he not only exists, but to contact the PRT if he sighted. The reaction to this news is mixed, vindication from former victims of his stalking, genuine horror from many. The #HATMANLIVES stayed trending for 38 hours before being buried by news from the Newest E3 game releases, and a US Senator being indicated in a insider trading scandal.
The existence of so many fabricated stories, detailed roleplay, & dramatized web-series makes going back and documenting genuine encounters from online encounters, for an official rap sheet has been largely unsuccessful.
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