[Paranormal][NMS]

"Walmart is a classy place. If you google Walmart right now you are bound to get tons of pictures of people being unsavory. I'm not trying to be mean, but it is amazing how many people will go out in public looking like they just crawled from a grave. Anyway this story isn't about Walmart, I just happened to be there when I saw something that scared the hell out of me.

In Washington state in my hometown I only went to Walmart when it was convenient. I'm a outdoorsman and almost always end up going directly to the back of the store to the camping section. This was a Wednesday before 11am so most people were at work and the store was practically empty back there, which was all the better for me. I was going hiking soon and needed to pick up a new water bottle and back pack.

The presence of camo stuff told me I was reaching my destination and I stopped to window shop "As Seen On TV" products and other things that I didn't need or that were out of my price range. There was no clerks in my area, which isn't unusual, but in my peripheral view suddenly a figure walk between the isles. I hadn't seen anyone that close to me since I'd entered the store and it started me, I think I jumped even. I remembered then that I had a question about a certain brand and decided to follow the figure in case it was a clerk. I reached the end of my isle and no one was there, so I moved forward and looked down other isles in that direction and also found no one. This all took about 5 or 10 seconds from when I had decided to follow and I was walking fast so they shouldn't have been able to out run me. It made no sense, so I decided I probably didn't see anything to start with and returned to my original isle and was looking at Yeti bottles. Then BAM, the figure walks by again from the SAME direction, heading towards the SAME direction. There was no mistaking it this time. There was someone there and I again headed in their direction hoping to get a answer to my question and I was almost jogging that time. Again I found nothing in the whole department. Not one soul and I checked the isles twice. What the hell? This is the point when I realized this was kind of freaky.

I'm wondering if I need glasses or something and go to the other end of the sports department. This time was different when I saw it. A large solid black figure stepped in front of me, it came from one end of the isle to the other and then it walked into the shelves where it disappeared. I was 26 and until that point in my life had never experienced anything supernatural. I think I said "what the hell?" loudly but I don't remember. This thing was like 6ft tall and looked male. It wasn't a blur, just black. Like if you're watching a movie in a theater and someone stands up in front of you and appear to be all black.

I decided to bail and headed straight for the exit. I couldn't help but scan down every isle. I was scared that this thing was following me. I passed through the different departments, paint, tools, automotive, and even passed a couple shoppers minding there own business. Then I saw it again. The same shadow, the same walk but coming towards me. I don't even know what isle it was it just happened so fast. I fell on my side as I turned to run, completely tripped over myself. I guess my body couldn't keep up with my mind. After I fell I blinked and when I opened my eyes it was gone again.

I ran out of that store and got plenty of weird looks doing it. They probably thought I was insane or stealing something. I have no idea what I saw that day but I got the idea of a shadow man by researching it online except I wasn't dreaming. I was in a Walmart during daylight hours for Gods sake. It's been a while now but I now can't help but look down isles in stores or the rows of my apartment building now. I scare myself when I notice normal shadows, especially late in the day. I don't want to ever see that again."