Who is the Grinning Man?

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Alien? Humanoid cryptid? Man-in-Black? Figment of the imagination? Or all of the above? This being who terrorises people in the dead of night is known by many names, but he needs only one...Who is the Grinning Man?
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[@drosera88]

Somewhere the 'Grinning Man' is watching this video saying "What?! I thought people wouldn't be scared if I was smiling!"

[@claudialomeli4048]

He's probably like "I heard humans like smiles; oh hey human! Wait, we're you going?"

[@TheMattc999]

drosera88 😁 well damn, I was just trying to be cool ya'll....

[@sandmart275]

"Hello, my fellow human child, care for a small conversation? Why are screaming, small human, I only wanted to talk about human things, like walking. Do you like walking, human child? " "Good evening, old human. I wish to have a conversation with you. I opened this curtains because I was unable to see your face and look at your eyes, I hear that is the common way of holding a conversation, no? Oh, you are unable to move, let me help you."

[@drosera88]

@J Thorsson Sleep paralysis is a pretty widely accepted phenomenon dude. I'm not saying for sure that your experience was just a hallucination due to sleep paralysis, but it definitely has a lot of the characteristics of a sleep paralysis episode. It sounds a lot like only episode I had, only it wasn't really scary or draining for me because the entity I saw wasn't really anything supernatural looking, just some waitress with roller skates standing in the corner of my room. Not really sure why my one sleep paralysis episode was so bizarrely not terrifying but I'm not complaining.

[@drosera88]

@J Thorson I never said it was proof that you were just hallucinating. For what it's worth, the period between waking and dreaming when sleep paralysis occurs could be a state where we are susceptible to supernatural phenomenon. If this is the case, then it would suggest we have some sort of sixth sense that is suppressed while awake, but active when our brains are transitioning between dreaming and waking. The brain is a mysterious organ and for all we know, we may one day discover many repressed abilities that allow us to perceive things that our five senses can't. It could even be some sort of quantum entanglement.

[@user-zf2kz5bq9i]

Poor guy turned his frown upside down, and now he's some kind of creep? There's really just no pleasing some people.

[@RichterBelmont2235]

He got thrown into a society that abandoned him and treated him like trash.

[@gunargundarson1626]

@@RichterBelmont2235 I guess his appearance only proves that we live in a society.

[@kohlcooke8789]

Hey, what do you get when you mix a poor, happy man with a society that sees him as a freak? YOU GET WHAT YOUR NIGHTMARES DESERVE!!

[@DrMackSplackem]

Hilarious.

[@ReariseGaming]

I'm dead. 🤣🤣🤣

[@lordlammi1562]

Do we really need to call him "the grinning man"? Indrid Cold is already a badass name.

[@nicholasadamson2103]

Indrid Cold is the mothman though, isn't he?

[@thatonefpsgamer1339]

Fr sounds like a name from red dead

[@turdfurgeson6444]

@@nicholasadamson2103No. indrid cold was seen in point pleasant, west virginia didn't the same time frame as the mothman but he's not the mothman.

[@blackreef3454]

Or Old Kindred. He may have been playing with words.

[@rachelmaio8309]

I have a suspicion we should not be saying that name

[@lilvampire7439]

“Imposing G I R T H of a Sasquatch” Oh my how lewd

[@garygood6804]

Big hairy throbbing ribbed pulsing girth

[@alexvalencia9300]

hot

[@atlas8631]

ara ara

[@MojaMegistus]

*Sees your imposing girth* OwO what is this?

[@Nobody-11B]

Everyone loves the Sasquatch's girth.

[@TheGrimmLeader]

Imagine this being true and the real story behind the grinning man is literally just an alien coming to this planet to spook folks and laugh his ass off when he got back to his spaceship lol

[@akeelbrown7675]

This is exactly what I'd do if I was an alien lool

[@courtneychristene1076]

Loving your way of thinking !!!

[@matthewfabacher]

"Bruh I spooked tf outta these three guys earlier man you shoulda seen it *laughs uncontrollably*"

[@Ascendedninja6]

Maybe it's interdimensional. Able to flicker in and out of this dimension by altering its frequency.

[@jackalope2302]

An outer space Ashton Kutcher. "You got punked, earthling!"

[@knatgeozirconium2030]

They always ask what is the Grinning Man, but they never ask HOW is the grinning man 😔

[@samuelperezgarcia]

Or why is the grinning man

[@HAPPY-wd2xl]

Indrid Cold

[@user-vf1zm1ee1l]

What is gamora

[@vuk.3866]

*big sad*

[@alexroskyar]

I'll do you one better, why is Grinning Man

[@frankreads8618]

I like the idea that the Grinning Man grins because he knows enough to know that humans find smiles comforting, but not enough to know how easily smiles can go from comforting to terrifying.

[@ryanlindback9393]

Chicken noodle soup?

[@lolabloo]

​@@ryanlindback9393😂

[@VexingWeeb]

That’s what I was thinking. Homie has the bigger is better idea so if smiling means to be nice and comforting , a REALLY big smile MUST mean even more nice and even more comforting Afterall , I’m pretty sure like a lot of encounters don’t have bad or evil encounters. He’s not attacking people or being aggressive (besides just walking straight up to people at night which itself can be pretty aggressive depending on context and how people see it ) Maybe he just wants a friend 😀

[@gourdy]

I think he smiles because he hates you so much

[@matiasluukkanen7718]

Or rather, it knows all too well how to turn something meant to be assuring and friendly into a tool of terror.

[@gebriccatembung8084]

that would be me at 2 am about to devour the cheese in the fridge

[@manasuars.3341]

Asking the important questions.

[@mariamerrill5875]

Lols love these replys

[@paskizephyr]

That cheese better be orgasmic to grin like that

[@mimmoventurino6562]

I do the same with gorgonzola

[@dianasnow2866]

I need to keep more cheese on hand. I feel...so plebian😞

[@ghostfacegirl180]

I feel like Indrid Cold would be the kind of alien who would make sure you return from your abduction with no long term injuries and with any traumatic memories from the abuduction erased.

[@ArjunChatterjeeIN]

damn that's cool.... or Cold!

[@westvirginiaboy4491]

Mo sore bunger?

[@RadagastBrown420]

I pimp slapped the grin right off Indrid Cold's face.

[@gnarkill12B]

And hopefully fix that back problem 😆

[@amandasmith7314]

I wonder if the grinning man is an alien who was told humans like eye contact and a big smile, so he goes around staring and grinning and wondering why he still doesn't have any friends.

[@revenevan11]

He's trying his best!

[@feartheturnip]

makes sense to me, and he just cant pull off that likeable fake smile. like most autistic people....

[@Dennis-up8uf]

I had the same thought. This was probably the alien’s really really half assed attempt at a human costume.

[@brendansheerin8980]

@@revenevan11 i know right

[@sadkittycat0220]

It's more feasible that he isn't actually an extra terrestrial and just some kind of fae or leshy, as the " fairy people" are absolutely not the stereotypes that corps. Like Disney want you to believe, or that fairytale would like you to believe. The labyrinth, whether the writers or anything are aware are actually talking about one type of fae people you could fall prey to without knowing, they have their own social rules, laws, and such and breaking them can very much be your undoing if you aren't careful which is why those of us who know alot about thay kind of thing, whether they are pagen, Christian, or anything else will yell you to never "piss off the fairies" the kind in labyrinth would actually be considered either benevolent or kind vs the other crap you could fall prey to like grinning man, oftan predators try to lure their prey into a false sense of security, he obviously is either really bad at making friends, or really bad at trying to hunt. If you know what I mean.

[@d.lan3y]

I like the grinning man. He doesn't hurt anyone. Hasn't killed anyone. Just shows up, gives you a scare, and then you never see him again. Nice.

[@hamburger2726]

D. Laney he literally just vibes in your house for a Lil bit and then heads tf out and people accuse him of being a meanie :(

[@Biotear]

I mean, better than most cryptids. Dude just vibing.

[@StormFox_1]

@@midwest1389 suuuuuure buddy

[@VerySimplyEl]

Classy

[@ThtSunbreaker]

He is the "Fuck you" of cryptids

[@lostmarimo]

and the scariest of them all.. Man-Man

[@alexroskyar]

Man bear pig

[@glassmobile8942]

The Man-Man cometh. He seeks a new addition to his collection.

[@nayeemhaque1064]

He’s just a face enthusiast! No need to worry.

[@petterihaverinen4210]

@@glassmobile8942 Thus becoming Man-Man-Man

[@lbstocks55]

@@petterihaverinen4210 mancubed

[@HartlyLion]

Damn, Monsters Inc's new employee seems more successful than Sullivan!

[@cwemysupwemy2790]

6:35 "who's that?" *Buffed tall man appears* My head: *pillar men theme intensifies*

[@ferrisuki5540]

Creamy Supremy I was looking for this

[@natebenson3409]

Kono Dio da!

[@oskhuphosku]

Oh, you're approaching me?

[@arturiapendragonkingofknig9808]

Thank you so much. Now I can sleep tonight

[@Ramuk]

OH MAI GAWWWWD!!!!

[@mousetreehouse6833]

I love the way he hops out of his spaceship and strikes up a chatty conversation with the salesman.

[@napatora]

and then visits him periodically. dude's got maxed out charisma, just makes friends with anyone

[@baragon1236]

The Grinning Man just wants somebody to lift weights with him.

[@benjamindotten6992]

Brah

[@nelzelpher2088]

I would lift with the guy

[@LTPottenger]

None of these bastards will spot him, I hate that

[@huntclanhunt9697]

I totally would with him. Seems like a cool guy.

[@palmerphotojournal5403]

"Hey, can you spot me on th-wait no! Don't run please! Dang it..."

[@deferencetodusk]

UFO lands in front of you, blocking the road, asking you about everything around telepathically. Guess I'll just give him the ol "how do you do"

[@user-zf2kz5bq9i]

What boggles my mind, is that the alien is somehow confused by the glow on the horizon, and that he is apparently too stupid to realize it's the lights from the town he saw over there as he was landing his ufo.

[@daroachdoggjr5799]

"what is that strange illuminated place, a military instillation? A port?" "Nah, it's a just a town" "haha yeah my bad haha...."

[@rboss5919]

@@user-zf2kz5bq9i I mean maybe this is his first visit to Earth or his first visit since widespread lighting was available in cities. We dont know what alien civilization looks like on his planet or other planets hes visited. Considering his tendency to appear in nighg time hours, his species may be nocturnal and therefore their settlements wouldnt have needed the same amount of lighting. So it's not really hard to imagine that a city glow might look alien to him.

[@deelite19]

an alien species learns that humans smile when we are being friendly...

[@revenevan11]

He's trying his best!

[@Astra_Dystopium]

😂😂😂

[@StoneCorazon]

Yeah but is it funny or terrifying?

[@latviandragon2718]

@@StoneCorazon could be both

[@filmandfirearms]

That would make a lot of sense. Trying to fit in without knowing the finer details of our behavior

[@ChellyBean]

Them: "So what's with that stupid grin?" Grinning Man: "Life's been good to me. Eheheheh."

[@aleksander8497]

good one

[@jumpmanj8350]

Very nice Jack reference.

[@jonservo]

Perfection lol

[@JackHawk78]

Why don't we hear this from Grissom?

[@hl6813]

“Indrid Cold” such a badass name. Wish it was mine lol.

[@normalplayer7377]

You could legally change your name?

[@hl6813]

Arthur 737 Don’t worry, I will

[@normalplayer7377]

@@hl6813 Cool

[@baronsaturday9560]

:)) My sister's called Ingrid. A common name in Holland.

[@salmanmosharraf5847]

@@baronsaturday9560 is she ever......... cold?

[@joeyb7408]

Indrid Cold: when you head into town and tell about me... can you introduce me as.. *Joker?*

[@selinajo]

If I saw the grinning man my first thought would be “just a crackhead”

[@greggaines3045]

Lol that gas😂🤣

[@patriciaroysdon9540]

Flakka!

[@toaolisi761]

Yeah, just a crackhead that clearly works out on a daily basis.

[@michaelflaherty7737]

I had an experience with this we were camping in my friends woodland property and we saw this man at first we thought it was just somf homeless of crack head but later that night as we were trying to sleep he kept looking and putting his hand on the top of he tent were you can see through we had no idea of this creature we just thought it was just some weird dude

[@Syrasruse]

@selina jo "Could be a crackhead, that got hold of the wrong stuff!"

[@ThatCrimeGuy]

Okay, this one is messed up. In part due to the fact when I was about 5, I was asleep in bed. I woke up and saw a man standing over my bed, leering down at me with this grin which stretched cheek to cheek. I remember him wearing a suit, and hat... like the ones the MIB wore. He was also really pale, and his eyes looked like they were fixed wide open, no blinking. As he was looking at me, he tilted his head. He looked sinister, but when I think back, I believe it was more intrigue. Anyway I remember screaming which startled the man, who then ran out of my room and leapt over the banister on to the stairs. There was no sound of him hitting the stairs though. I got up and ran to the landing, looked over and saw nobody there. I told my mum and she just brushed me off, as you'd imagine any parent would. Obviously there was no trace of him. I never realised until now that there was lore about a "grinning man". But watching this gave me real chills. It was probably my runaway imagination, but yeah, I tell people about this when the subject of scary experiences comes up. I thought I'd share mine here.

[@bentroyce256]

I saw the exact same thing when I was around 5 or 6 during sleep paralysis. Dark figure, wearing a hat, smiling cheek to cheek, and also had a cape. It terrified me.

[@thatman8562]

.olleH

[@CYON4D]

I also saw a stickman like figure with a hat when I was a kid.

[@stefan_4508]

That sounds more like the shadow man/shadow people than the grinning man

[@austinscoins6804]

@@thatman8562 you got me messed up rn i looked the guy in profile pic for the first time in a few years to show my mate cuz he didn't know about him and i go on here to watch a vid and see u in the comments

[@coolbluelights]

Whenever I see "Grinning man" I automatically think of the creepy guy on Courage the cowardly dog with the shaver who kept being naughty.

[@distane8376]

If I started a rock band it would be called Converations with Indrid Cold

[@juangarza4593]

Distane 83 nicccccceeee,,,realllly nicccccceeee!!!!!!,,,👹👹👹👹👹👹

[@edmundscycles1]

Definately a prog rock band.

[@judofry]

That’s actually not bad, nice 👍

[@SundayMourningLove]

I love it! That's an awesome name for a band!!

[@faetherflye]

You could easily name the band "Conversations with Indrid Cold" and call it "CIC" for short, pronouncing it "sick". It would work.

[@axonoxa]

The grinning man look like the Yee dinosaur 😂meme

[@sonjayor]

Oh my! So on point 😂

[@JeremiahWolfe-tz6gk]

Indrid cold: Yee.

[@potatohead5986]

Grinning man is what girls see when i smile at them (except im not 7ft and mascular)

[@Raccon_Detective.]

*AYAYAYAYA*

[@9annax]

Grinning man: "but... But... My mom said to me when I was a little boy that I should smile more so people would find me nice"

[@exgn0cksgames214]

Bruh,the grinning man looks goofy af

[@sheldon-cooper]

6:54 WHAT AN ABSOLUTE UNIT

[@defenderofmychildren8013]

Everyone needs to hit that like button to help this amazing channel get notoriety. ..it's well deserved!

[@CYON4D]

I automatically read "notoriety" in the narrator's accent and voice. As a non-native English speaker I've never heard that word being used so frequently anywhere else.

[@BedtimeStoriesChannel]

I used "notoriety" once in this entire episode. It was used three times in Flight 19, but that was written by the other guy and frankly, I didn't notice when recording - gee I guess I don't let little things like that bother me ;-) Then once more in Ourang Medan and twice in Men in Black. That's seven instances in 40 episodes.

[@CYON4D]

Bedtime Stories Thanks for the detailed answer. I didn't mean to sound rude or offensive. I learned that word from this channel and just wanted to point it out. Keep up the great work, I am actually a big fan of your videos, cheers.

[@BedtimeStoriesChannel]

Arethrid Haha, I know you weren't being rude (I did put a wink in there), I just got a bit worried I was overusing that word, lol

[@22Tesla]

I didn't want to sleep tonight anyways. This thing..... it's the face of horror itself.

[@pharoahtaharqa4018]

You think he's bad...wait until you see his superiors. MUCH WORSE!

[@kevlarburrito6693]

it really isn't that scary...though that's subjective I guess.

[@iternetsearcher4177]

The grinning man i saw him once i was a wee little 7 year old...and i saw him i was on top a a bunk bed it was i think during winter face pale white an unhuman smile looking at me from the ladder to get down from the bunk bed and i was frozen my mouth could'nt move and his didnt as well his luaghs saying you will be mine and i tried to speak mouth not moving i weakly said go to hell and i blinked he was gone i rushed to my mom crying i slept next to her that night. But he must have been big becuase i almost touch the top of my room while laying down on the bunk bed. And his smile malice hate wanting

[@TheSmileMile]

When the Grinning man was looking through the window, I couldn't help thinking about the "Me and the boys" meme.

[@adastial2104]

You beat me to it my friend

[@battleax10]

"noticed how incredibly tall and well built this figure was" grinning man, you got a compliment

[@suspiciousde862]

Wait... he's incredibly muscular and tall, always grinning, he's bald, and his last name is "Cold"... *THAT'S FRIEZA'S DAD.*

[@rodneyruspin7044]

Suspicious De Stone Cold. As well.

[@Maharlikan_1898]

9:23 ok what if the Grinning Man is hunting down the Mothman? now that's gonna be legendary

[@zoidberg8433]

Asking the real questions here bravo

[@jameswatson5807]

Say what moth man will badly fuck up grining man, hat man black eyed kid's. The old hag, all in the same night and not even break a sweat. There are some things you just don't mess with and one of them is mothman, my gut feeling that he's a good guy amongst all this fuckery.

[@CYON4D]

Maybe he is here to release it upon the town?

[@sirpepeofhousekek6741]

​@@jameswatson5807The mothman being a good guy this whole time would be hilarious.

[@jameswatson5807]

@@sirpepeofhousekek6741 Nah not really blieve me when I tell you I would rather see moth man than the hat man on a dark and lonely country lane.

[@meg4891]

wondering if the entity slaps a grin on its face via costume or whathaveyou, as a copy of what he sees in the human world. Might he assume that he can buy our trust for just a mo if he is seeming to smile? of course we cannot be fooled because WE smile with the eyes as well, as spoken of in this video. thanks for another top notch creation!!!

[@romariod19]

My thoughts exactly. That may also explain the cheap imitation of a suit.

[@juliameredith6165]

As I was watching, some books on my bookshelf fell over and gave me a goddamn heart attack

[@baruchben-david4196]

I dunno... it's scary, but evidently this thing never hurt anyone.

[@revenevan11]

He just heard that humans like smiling and find it calming/reassuring/friendly lol... He's trying his best!

[@flashkraft]

10:20 something very similar happened to me around 2006. I was living on the second floor of a building and there was a small balcony area outside my window that was fully enclosed by other nearby buildings and only accessible from a door in my apartment. I awoke one night in a cold sweat and saw a dark grinning man staring in through the window like he was standing in the balcony area. I sat up and he faded away. I was wide awake for hours after that until the sun came up.

[@lucasa8795]

sleep paralysis probably

[@IntroDJ101]

Shoot it.

[@emmanuelgoldbergstein8769]

Hes still watching:)

[@sadkittycat0220]

Well there's a interesting fellow out here in Arizona USA thay actually exists and you don't need to have been just sleeping and oftan never do when you see this guy. Hes like grinnning man but you dont first see him or see you in your home but he will follow you there if he finds it he trues very hard to "blend in" in order to follow and watch you but he dosent if you keep staring whilst staying still he will keep changing things about his appearance to try to seem "normal" but his slow walk is like the one in it follows, and if you think of him or what you saw too much he will be whereever you've moved to or are staying within the night somehow. I know I'll be probably seeing him tonight just from even writing this down as my recollection of the memory is like leaving a text message with the area I'm located and an invitation to come as soon as possible.peopme have many bases for this phenomenon as hebisnt just isolated to Arizona he has gone by many names but certain things never change, like his behavior and the fact he always has pale face, you and your friends always see him in the distance when your alone, and he's tall and qalks slowly towards you if he's trying to follow you home or to where your staying that night. Your only hope is to get to a highly populated area as soon as possible and very brightly lit. He will stalk you from your window but I've not met many where he entered their homes and I'm lucky to have never been the type he feels welcome to enter mine or the friends houses I've stayed at who saw him even prior to meeting me

[@rlsjunior797]

These people probably saw Lena Dunham.....

[@advenassaurus5670]

XD

[@dubuyajay9964]

Oof.

[@Blanderr]

Can't be, the thing they saw was well built

[@javiergonzalez5739]

Yea this channel rocks and this gentleman has a cool voice.

[@elenchus]

and he's VERY gentle

[@elsiekrauze9825]

He sounds a lot like chills or Mr nightmare

[@othergeorgea]

Elsie Krauze no he doesn’t lmao thankfully

[@Let-the-fandom-begin]

3:53 Me: he cant be that bad 4:30 Me: WHAT DA FU-

[@jaiyuzivert]

I feel like a “Frowning man” would be scarier

[@V0L74GE_H4CK]

note to self: never watch a bedtime story video about the grinning man at bed during night. also great video as always. keep up with the very spooky work, i'm looking forward for more nightmare full to keep me up!

[@rtyuwixnan8945]

V0L74GE_H4CK Why?😞 I'm scared.....I'm a kid....Is it bad?Or will it just give you nightmares?😞😭

[@juangarza4593]

V0L74GE_H4CK damnnn....now u tell me!!!🤣🤣🤣im getting into the story...skarry stuff...stay scared guys great stories n artwork!!!😉!!!...real or fake ..????,,who knows???🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@wickedlateok1697]

I’m lying in bed in a pitch black bed room...I think I’ve made a deadly mistake

[@MizBryteEyez]

V0L74GE_H4CK especially when you are home alone for the night!

[@mariabeales4773]

Yup made the same mistake when I was alone the other night - never again! 😂

[@deerfuhrer5286]

Never ever change your style bedtime stories. This is perfect!

[@andreasneo9906]

Amen

[@Saibachap]

14:00 Me and the boys giving sleep paralysis to people

[@PlasticGhoul]

The grinning man is just Ryuk from death note

[@planexshifter]

That’s why I ALWAYS have apples.

[@yuungboys888]

I think that the first two accounts of the “grinning man “ were actually aliens somehow trying to impersonate the look of humans but still just not getting in right, who knows if they got their stuff together and live amongst us....

[@adequatelysizedart5200]

“Is there a bogeyman in your town?” Well yes here we had this dude who has his head tilted creepily, spoke with a monotone, eery voice, he didnt move his legs, just kinda glided and he talked in incomprehensible terms. Rest in peace, Stephen Hawking💙

[@seiros575]

OMG NOO 😭

[@souhiyori8640]

When he said the following: Lizard Man, Boogey Man, Invisible Man, etc... I thought the next "Man" was Mega Man.

[@hughjanus8908]

With eyes like that I Bet it can watch a tennis match without moving it’s head!

[@briethey-them9542]

When death stares at you, Stare right back. You might just scare the life into death itself.

[@rjzavala87]

Yea. U gotta invoke Jesus' name with all your might

[@Fitzy_Fitz]

when I was growing up my village had a type of boogeyman, my cousins father would get so drunk had forget where he lived and tried to open peoples door and when he thought he was locked out he'd fall asleep on the front garden

[@cucumber623]

yeah a lot of us have been that special kinda drunk

[@dominicchessington7211]

Thanks for my weekly dose of shit my pants. Amazing episode once again, please do one on the Wendigo!

[@BedtimeStoriesChannel]

The Wendigo is coming my friend. One of our top patrons has already requested it as a reward for his pledge. Keep your eye out for Season 5 :-)

[@Fabian6980]

Dominic Chessington some say hes an alien I say he's not real

[@dominicchessington7211]

Fabian69 Neither are many horror movies. Don't stop them being scary.

[@Fabian6980]

Dominic Chessington I never said he wasnt a creppy creature he is but he's still not real lol

[@ThatBoiChrist]

My face when i bust = The Grinning man

[@benjamindotten6992]

🤣

[@dakotaodowd6836]

I've built a thesis around the prospect that maybe they're not malevolent? I mean, they're prone to showing up at abnormal spikes in paranormal activity, so maybe they're scientist researching something that doesn't happen as oftenly-- if at all on their own worlds. And with watching people whilst they're sleeping, we do that to animals we're trying to understand all the time. And to a race of star-faring extraterrestrials we'd be fairly sentient animals. I mean, they'd shown no prompt aggression to the individuals that they were observing, and they did so whilst those individuals were under high spectral-stress. That sounds like something an intellectual would do to attempt understanding that creatures environment. I mean, the activity also halted when they'd left? So, maybe they're tied to the removal, or frightening off of more harsh abnormals? Just a thought.

[@thecrtf4953]

Interesting idea!

[@garygood6804]

The grinning man wants to take our jobs!

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@garygood6804 how American of you

[@AliasUndercover]

If he's an alien, maybe his face is just shaped that way. I get people saying I look angry all the time, but I'm not.

[@emmathompson6470]

Jeez and I thought it was just resting bitch face....lol

[@celtdoggy]

It was our local dentist who was continually arrested for being a peeping Tom. (True story!)

[@SuprememessageNG]

The drawing of him made me laugh so hard.

[@adastial2104]

Not the only one my friend

[@Macachee]

Which one?

[@genxtasy9914]

that salesman didn't take off when that thing came to him?

[@runlarryrun77]

Maybe he thought he would get a lead & some commission?

[@johnwallace3566]

Genxtasy 99 a real salesman always makes the sale. He prolly sold that man a vacuum 💰

[@ItsArgus]

@@johnwallace3566 or a timeshare in Barbados

[@samuelperezgarcia]

I thought he was under mind control and couldn't bolt.

[@prodimitry5596]

Why would he

[@pelicansdontkayak]

I'm not scared by much. Especially pictures of silly grinning alien whatevers. But that thing is disturbing. I don't even want to see its picture again.

[@timothyswag3594]

Mothman vs Grinning Man. They got some beef.

[@taraortiz]

I never comment with a personal story on videos like these.. But: five seconds into this I welled up with tears as the long forgotten memory came flooding back. I saw one of these grinning men at the foot of my bed when I was 15. His face was pale and white, his head enlarged and his grin was absolutely twisted and terrifying. I don't remember what happened after that. I must have hidden under my bedsheets.. but I remembered it upon waking. And then forgotten it until this very moment

[@patrickkelmer6290]

I also had an encounter when I was 15, but it was outside and I only learned of who that entity is a year later.

[@jackwilson9468]

Every time i hear west Virginia Country roads starts playing in my head, Please send help ;-;

[@imperialguardsman5726]

COUNTRY ROOOOADS TAKE ME HOME TO THE PLAAAAAACE I BELOOOONG WEST VIRGINIA,MOUNTAIN MAMA TAKE ME HOOOOME DOWN COUNTRY ROADS

[@XuntosIzor]

That's actually normal, you don't have a condition

[@Shipwright1918]

And I thought greys were scary...This thing is like the Slenderman and Heath Ledger's version of the Joker got together and made an Eldritch abomination love-child together. Have to say I enjoy these videos, and my hat's off to you for the excellent production quality, but I will say you pretty well scared the crap out of me with this entry. My own fault, I guess. Aliens/UFO's are a fascinating subject for me (bit of a side hobby, guess you could say I'm a skeptical believer), but I'll be the first to admit watching stuff about them can make it hard to sleep. I want to know more, but I also want clear airspace above my neighborhood and no nocturnal visitors of the unearthly kind in my house or in the woods beyond.

[@psychodad4434]

Why are you scared of fictitious things?

[@TheAKgunner]

You said it!

[@Macachee]

How are the greys that scary?

[@Shipwright1918]

@@Macachee It's more about what they've been alleged to do moreso than anything to do with their form or anything. Greys are short and spindly, so they're not really physically imposing. They're also the unknown, and man has been scared of the unknown since ancient times.

[@m.j.1470]

I had an imaginary figure in my childhood, too. Except that he was more of a running man that would run along the road as I rode in the car. There was always some limitation to this creature, too. Like he could only jump from mailbox to mailbox or he had to run along the top of fences and jump over driveways or something similar. I never "saw" this thing, I was merely aware that he was grey, lanky limbed and ran on all fours. I wasn't afraid of him, I just knew that whenever my parents drove in the car, I would be followed by this thing. Everyone I know, friends, siblings, cousins, all the young folk currently have or have had this imaginary figure follow them. I often wonder what happened to the human body to have this cultural mass effect as we evolved into modern humans from cave people.

[@mattrocde]

As a child, I've often imagined that there was a running man who would jump from object to object as I looked out the window. I wonder if these are the same things?

[@nope6021]

Omg I used to get the same thing. My town has lots of roads lined by thick forest and I'd imagine this blank slate of a person running beside the vehicle having to jump over deer fences or fallen trees or portruding culverts.

[@controbot2557]

I also got this feeling whenever I'm in a car, I'm 17 now and I'm still feeling whatever this is. Though I usually imagine the creature staring at me while he was running side by side

[@scaranpannoir]

The grinning man's face slowly becoming clearer and clearer: Me: V-Voldemort??? Edit: After listening to the rest of the video narrative: Also me: If this Grinning Man ever appear in such ways as you said, then he(?) wouldn't be called an alien or a demon, but simply a pervert -,-

[@mr.spider6859]

Voldemort wishes he could be that muscular.

[@sweet_ume3902]

that last one is probably sleep paralysis.. i mean ive had some freaky cases myself. One time I awoke unable to move and heard someone walking into my room and I was unable to turn in bed to look at my door. Finally I was able to turn around and no one was there, but when I rolled back over to go to sleep, in my bed with me was a girl who was rotting, screaming at me and had white dead eyes. Then another time I awoke and again could not move and I swear I could hear my eyes thumping back in forth in my head. I was also aware I was awake and having sleep paralysis, so I was screaming at my boyfriend to please wake me up. Finally I broke free and woke up and he was still awake and I asked him, " was I yelling?" and he said, "no.. you were sleeping soundly." Then lastly I awoke and again knew I was stuck in sleep paralysis and this time I was laying on my side and sitting atop me was a giant dog and I mean like demon dog thing and it felt like it was 200 pounds and its neck was really long and bowed over my head and its muzzle was against my ear and it was screaming a human scream into my ear. I suffer from repeat sleep paralysis and have now gotten use to it.. I also suffer from exploding head syndrome a lot. That's when you are starting to fall asleep and you hear a loud bang, like a door being slammed and it wakes you up. None of it scares me anymore, I just assume I have some sort of sleep disorder or high anxiety.

[@Nathangoldstein2]

Whoa that doesn't seem fun at all

[@DrMackSplackem]

That sounds scary indeed. A lot of what you mentioned are probably somewhat familiar to most everyone, only your experiences are more frequent, more vivid and with greater recall, and each episode persists for a far longer period than average. I wonder if people with this condition tend to posess a crazy sharp memory in general, and this could be a possible symptom. I could be totally off base with my hypothesis, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

[@gabrielksanchez7283]

I used to have that exploding head thing too. Mine sounded like a taser.

[@im_bobby_mom]

My childhood boogeyman was a dead man that had, according to legend, been cut in half and dumped in a cubby thing in my block of flats...and the next day one half of his body mysteriously disappeared. I lived in absolute fear for years. Man, now there's a macabre blast from the past.

Jesus H. CHRIST! That sounds horrendous! Did that really happen for sure did you find out? Where was that?

[@potatohead5986]

My bogeyman during childhood was my uncle

[@RobertK1993]

Sleep paralysis .

[@CenturianEagle]

Robert Kelly I have had sleep paralysis at least once a month since I was 14-15 and I’m 28 now. I’ve explored it up and down (I used to get it so much that I eventually just accepted it wasn’t going to go away and so decided I was going to explore it when it happened again, and that’s exactly what I did, for instance I employed astral projection techniques like picturing a spot on the ceiling and mentally pulling my ‘body’ towards it, I tried this because I was reading on astral projection induction techniques one day for fun and I realized they all seemed to require relaxing and inducing this buzzing state before doing anything else, And i noticed that it sounded a lot like sleep paralysis, so I tried one of them out. The one I tried actually seemed to work because as we all know you can’t move during sleep paralysis, and trying to is just futile, however imagining a spot a certain distance from you that you try to mentally imagine pulling yourself towards; seems to work. Well anyway, like I said, I really really really know sleep paralysis well, almost every nook and cranny of that experience, and I didn’t see anything in this episode about the grinning man, to indicate that anything was sleep paralysis related. But that’s just my opinion, and maybe i misinterpreted what you were saying

[@Floratic]

@@CenturianEagle be careful your body doesn't get occupied by a spirit or malevolent force while you're out of your body.

[@blackbird7781]

Sleep paralysis is actually pretty much a part of your brain, waking up before other parts. It is why you can't move due to those being voluntary movements. As for your breathing, that is how much one truly needs, and is how much the lungs take in essentially when on autopilot.

[@blackbird7781]

As for the monsters you see during sleep paralysis, those are caused by fear and adrenaline due to not being able to move, as well as the memory part of your brain essentially still making dreams... So those monsters are essentially nightmares bleeding into the real world

[@decksbecoolin4842]

It's possible to break free from sleep paralysis although it's like trying to lift up a 5000 pound bench press. Once you do however release yourself from the paralysis. You'll only realize it was just in your imagination and find yourself waking up from a deep sleep

[@defenderofmychildren8013]

There are some great bedtime stories on reddit written by a park ranger... you should check them out... the creepy stairs that appear deep in the woods...the faceless man... I would love your take on it!

[@BedtimeStoriesChannel]

I have heard of those and yes they are on our to do list :-)

[@OssamabinKenny]

Defender of my children by "The stairs" are work of fiction by this girl whom has had alot of interviews on the subject So many people do No research and believe things just based on their popularity and that's how myths spread

[@BedtimeStoriesChannel]

OssamabinKenny Yes, I have heard this about the stairs. That said, Rudolph Fentz is a work of fiction. And possibly Carl Pruitt and the Ourang Medan, but that doesn't really concern us, a creepy story is a creepy story. We will always question them in our episodes and lay out the possibility that they're fake :-)

[@defenderofmychildren8013]

Bedtime Stories looks like your story was stolen kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIPHlJamqLRnZ9E

[@dominicchessington7211]

Dude, these stories are public record. They are actual accounts from real people, published in newspapers and magazine articles throughout history. This guy is just taking those accounts/experiences and writing them in his own style and presenting them to us in his own brilliant way. He doesn't own the copyright on what happened to these people, only the printed words he's using to describe the events. I could write an article on the grinning man encounters if I wanted and reference what is described here, as long as I don't copy his words exactly, I'm not breaking any laws. Not that I'd need to; why bother when he does such a good job already!

[@MoStLy1aWaKE]

Indrid Cold has been hunting the Mothman across the galaxy for millenia. Mothman attempted to evade Cold by landing on a backwater planet on the edge of the galaxy, however he couldn't help his cruel tendencies. When he found that this planet had a lesser form of intelligent life he began his sadistic spree of games. The Mothman was a malevolent creature that went on to cause the chernobyl reactor melt down and other disasters wherever he went. However his activity was drawing near to it's end when Indrid Cold finally managed to find his dwelling place. A planet known to it's inhabitants as "Earth". Immediately after landing he asked one of the native life forms as many questions as he could to try and figure out what his options were. He then formulated a plan to put an end to the Mothman once and for all. It was on the Silver Bridge that Indrid Cold made his final confrontation with the Mothman. He attempted to stop his plans to destroy the city. The resulting battle between them ended up destroying the bridge, and many innocents were killed in the cross fire of their god-like powers. Powers that would've seemed like the forces of nature itself to lesser beings. Cold was unable to save everyone, however he did manage to finally put Mothman to rest. With Mothman dead, the native life forms were saved. But something more, he now felt that this small, pale, blue speck on the edge of the galactic plane was worth keeping an eye on. It had earned a warm spot in his cold and lonely space-faring soul. From time to time he now returns to ensure that there are no more alien threats to the planet and to study the native species. Despite his frightening appearance he is careful to ensure that none of his test subjects are harmed.

[@justanothernerdydude4391]

"Did your childhood have a boogieman?" I have a Paigen witch for a mother....... Monsters, monsters everywhere.

[@-----Alcatraz------]

Boy this man ripped, he must be related to the Pillar men from JoJo.

[@jiyanmehta7250]

Ayayayayee

[@jiyanmehta7250]

Menacing intensifies

[@-----Alcatraz------]

@H M OH NOOOOO

[@pookamonsta]

so glad im not watching this right before i go to bed. but somehow i feel it will pop into my mind as im trying to sleep.

[@nd4864]

Another amazing video. You guys put so much effort into making these and it really shows

[@JB-or9yw]

Omg I've seen a grinning face. This face is comparable to the one you see on Disturbed's "Ten thousand fists" album cover. I could only see it with my eyes closed. Nothing but smiling face. Also saw a man in a suit with tie. He had the face of a Cheshire Cat Both are 2 different entities without a name

[@gerry5134]

I can remember waking in hospital to a grinning man. Only he kept repeating "now then, now then, how's about, clunk click, how's about, Jim I'll fix it for you !"

[@CenturianEagle]

Love this channel, and the idea of indrid cold always scared me, so I’m glad it was covered. There is a cool radio interview with Derenberger on KZbin describing his story shortly after the first of his alleged encounters with indrid cold. What’s weird too is that indrid cold allegedly spoke to him telepathically from outside the truck/van on the PASSENGER side, which is super creepy, I believe he said he was pulled over on the shoulder, and that whoever remained in the ship, raise the ship up while indrid spoke to him outside the truck (he saw a persons arm inside the craft, so there was someone/something inside the craft which I guess he claimed had piloted it to raise the craft up high into the air ) so maybe this is why he claimed that indrid spoke to him on the passenger side, as it would have been safer for him if vehicles drove by (and he said that several vehicles did in fact drive by) just some interesting points that I remember from listening to that radio interview a few years ago, hopefully I got them right. Though it’s online for those of you who want to listen to them yourselves. I believe there is also one from his daughter who had claimed to have seen the beings many times herself, and she stated that indrid cold had even showed up to her fathers funeral, so maybe his face isn’t allllll that crazy looking if he was able to make an appearance at a funeral. Or perhaps only she could see him? Who knows. Keep up the great work guys!

[@BedtimeStoriesChannel]

CenturianEagle Great comment. I've never seen the interview with Derenberger so I will have to check that out. I did read a lot of stuff about his experiences and transcripts of a couple of interviews where he mentioned that they described themselves as disgraced members of an alien race (or their exact words; fallen angels). I think the grinning man he saw was more human looking and many people who have apparently seen him have said that he could pass for human, but on closer inspection you can tell that something just isn't quite right. Kinda similar to MIBs. Anyway, thank you for your post :-)

[@CenturianEagle]

Bedtime Stories thanks! Can’t wait till the next one !!

[@LSD97123]

I have seen a lot of videos and information on the internet about an alien working in the secret service for president Obama, what is your opinion on that?

[@CenturianEagle]

Sithira Weerasinghe who are ya asking? Sorry if the question was meant for bedtime stories to answer. But to me personally I find it hard to have an opinion on that since I’ve never heard anything about it and also there’s probably nothing to really base it on, like I doubt there’s any clues and there certainly isn’t any evidence or it would be pretty well known and talked about. But yeah, apologies if you weren’t asking me, and sorry also if it sounds like I was trashing the theory or whatever, that wasn’t my intention. Plus who knows, not saying it wasn’t the case I’m just saying it’s too hard to know one way or the other

[@adelestevens]

About 1984 I saw the grinning man for the first time. He was in my bedroom watching me as I woke up but I was paralyzed and I watched him until he seemed to just dissolve into the darkness just as I found that I could suddenly move again. I read in years after about "night terror" and thought it must have been that. The second time I saw "the grinning man" was during the daytime while I was awake. I was walking down a path which passed under an abandoned railway via 2 foot tunnels (one tunnel then into the open and then a second tunnel). As I entered the first short tunnel I could see right through to the other side and saw a VERY tall man standing off to one side dressed in what I would describe as a tight fitting metallic blue tracksuit. I had the oddest feeling I had seen this man before and I didn't like him so I turned around and started back up the path again and looking back I couldn't see him anymore. Until I saw this video today I never knew there was such a thing as "The grinning man"!

[@Arto257]

Right, I'm sleeping with my rifle tonight.

[@ArjunChatterjeeIN]

PRESS F FOR PRAYERS

[@mapleflag6518]

Don’t worry they never have hurt anyone.

[@butsmash]

With your greatswor

[@jack1701e]

I always saw Indrid Cold as a sort of salesman, like in some other art of him he looks like one. Mike Woodrow seeing him in his ship and being asked about the people in town puts me in mind of someone seeing who potential customers can be and he's asking a fellow salesman for advice.

[@grimtheghastly8878]

4:51 I don't know why but the drawing kind of reminds me of that one meme where the triceratops was singing and the T-Rex cuts him off by yelling "Yee!"

[@JeremiahWolfe-tz6gk]

Indrid cold: Yee.

[@JennyfaninSweden]

"I can see what you did there, also, other there" -The Grinning Man

[@ManofSex69]

I busted out laughing as his face slowly appeared

[@WhistleAndSnap]

Luck Von BonBon it’s the eyes - top tier derp XD

[@Jcaps77]

Looked like a toddler tried to draw Voldemort.

[@coffeefox2k]

Luck Von BonBon he really said (. )u( .)

[@ominousmaximus]

The way he is saying bogeyman' is killing me 😆😆😆

[@Lighthazzles]

I'm newly subbed to this channel, the material is very leftfield and extremely creepy. Thanks. The case of P.C.Alan Godfrey ufo encounter in Todmorden would be great ;)

[@BedtimeStoriesChannel]

Tino We've done an episode on that; check out "The Strange Death of Zigmund Adamski"

[@Lighthazzles]

Bedtime Stories Indeed you have I watched that Adamski one the other night and saw the Godfrey case covered. Absolutely excellent! The artwork compliments the deadpan narrative perfectly. I remember reading about the George Adamski case on the front page of my local paper back in 1980 as I have lived not far from the todmorden area all my life. Very strange indeed. Thanks once again for this channel which I now watch nightly.

[@tabulafora9904]

I've had sleep paralysis before which would sound exactly like alien abduction stories as a child. Mine involved creatures that looked like faceless manikins and a underground area where they somehow examined me. I think its more of a common dream issue than a real abduction.

[@ghostcohort8412]

i could’ve sworn that the ‘grinning man’ or ‘smiling man’ was just a disfigured man who went out walking at night to not scare other people :(

[@alancoyne7642]

You're thinking of Green Man, very very sad story

[@mapleflag6518]

At least he is famous.

[@CharlesXavier]

Grinning Man: Why so serious?

[@patavinity1262]

I don't believe in anything supernatural at all, but it's interesting to me that I used to sometimes imagine something very similar to this as a child. When I was in bed I would picture a tall man standing in the doorway, staring at me and grinning at me. The grin would appear to grow wider and wider, absurdly, impossibly so, rather in the manner of some optical illusion. In my mind, he was a Native American (looking back, this was perhaps influenced by the Cleveland Indians logo), or at any rate had brown skin and long hair, and large dark eyes. For some reason, I'd just lie there and think about this; even though it would freak me out, at the same time it fascinated me. I can still see very clearly the image of him in my head when I remember it.

[@reeiss]

I watched this video a week ago, but had to rewatch it today as something strange happened last night. Me and my gf did the usual things. Followed the dog out to pee then took him in his bedroom. And went to sleep at 2345. When I woke up the following morning (today) the front door was wide open. The temperature inside was 10^C/50^F. Three months ago some neighbours had reported that two men had been ringing on doors and walking around the houses in the neighbourhood. Probably burglars planing something. Because of this I installed a Nest iq outdoor camera. The camera had noticed that at 0205 the front door opened it self. I also have a Yale door lock witch it confirmed that the door was locked when we got to bed, but did not register the lock to be unlocked again during the night. As the door was opened the camera also picked up a loud clicking noise. The noise accrued again at 0314, 0322, 0409, 0416, 0520. No motion was detected. The dog was not awoken. Perhaps there’s a natural explanation to this. And perhaps Indrid came to visit us and forgot to close the door.

[@yvonnehaman622]

What???? And How has No one had a Reply to this

[@melikey3758]

That was a demon. 👹

[@nuviaerivez5876]

I don't know what to say about this except that obviously it's freakishly good story. Something to write and share.

[@ArjunChatterjeeIN]

Do you still have the backup footage? If yes we would like to scrutinize It!

[@garygood6804]

You need to show the video or stfu

[@charlesgoldberg8825]

Since I live in New York City we have no bogeyman but New York City does have legends of some of the most realistic cryptids such as Alligators in the sewers, rats the size of cats in our subway system (which I have actually seen on the subway tracks), and most recently, stories of pythons that were discarded pets living in Central Park.

[@KingHew]

alright look here’s my theory. i’ve watched this episode about 20 times and i love it. I think that Indrid Cold is a part of a hunting organization like the men in black and saves humans from the supernatural. the clicking noise that girl heard was some type of scanner and Indrid was hunting the mothman. probably aliens or something, but if anything i think they are here to help us and are just misunderstood. thanks for coming to my Ted Talk

[@TheRealityWarper08]

Probably shouldn't be watching this at 3AM. Whatever.

[@gjbeaudry1484]

You guys are on the precipice of something great!!! Keep up the good work and your rewards are soon to manifest!!!

[@KKMM-7200]

I love getting a horror high, this is great!

[@death2theworld]

BLOODDRAGON 7200 interesting way to describe it

[@domotormate]

Another chilling story that will probably cause me to lose a lot of sleep. This is right up there with your most frightening ones, along with The Evil Within and the one on Christopher Case. Still afraid to re-watch that one. Great work. I would love to see your take on Robert the doll.

[@courage7909]

This story hit a little different because I'm also a McRae and have had many horrible episodes of night paralysis and paranormal incidents that still haunt me today i cant even sleep in my own living room anymore without feeling dread or being watched..

[@courage7909]

And yes im american my family came here from scotland back in the late 1700s

[@larrywolf2509]

"Ok, ok. Look, I need to get information on these people and their cultures for the Scientific Council and where to find fuel to get home. Now, they do this thing called "smiling" to not appear unfriendly, so, let's do that. Like this, I think... Right. Smiling. Ok. We can do this Indrid. We can do it. Friendly!"