entity_id,period_id,confidence,rationale,source_id,review_status ENT_VF_HAT_MAN,PER_MODERN_FOLKLORE,high,"A tall brimmed-hat shadow figure reported by thousands during sleep paralysis. People genuinely engage him apotropaically — refusing eye contact, praying, leaving lights on, repositioning to avoid recurrence. Documented as a recurrent experiential encounter, not authored fiction.",SRC_ADLER_SLEEP,reviewed