Glimmer Man: Cloaked Beings That Move Among Us

by Lon Strickler, Kyle A. Philson, Cameron Hale

In quiet neighborhoods, wooded trails, empty hallways, and dimly lit bedrooms, ordinary people report the same impossible a humanoid shape shimmering like heat in the air—distorted, translucent, and unmistakably present. Not a ghost. Not a trick of light. Something cloaked.

Glimmer Man gathers chilling firsthand encounters from individuals who never expected to witness the unexplained. A homeowner glimpses a ripple crossing the living room. A hiker senses movement beside the trail and sees the air bend into the outline of a figure. A child calmly describes the “clear man” standing in the corner of her room. Separate stories. Identical details.

Researchers Lon Strickler, Cameron Hale, and Kyle A. Philson examine the striking similarities between accounts, exploring possible explanations—from advanced unknown entities to interdimensional phenomena and undiscovered lifeforms that exist just beyond normal perception.

Blending compelling testimony with thoughtful analysis, Glimmer Man invites readers to reconsider the boundaries of reality.

192 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 24, 2026

About the author

Lon Strickler is a fortean researcher, author and intuitive who writes and mentors on a variety of subjects.

Lon is a resident of Hanover, Pennsylvania. At an early age, Lon realized that he had the ability to sense spiritual energy and found this useful in the field when conducting investigations. Most of his early field work concentrated on spiritual activity at historical locations, in particular the Gettysburg & Antietam battlefields.

In 1981, Lon experienced a "Bigfoot" encounter near Sykesville, MD while fishing on the south branch of the Patapsco River. As a result of the incident, he included cryptids as an important part of his research.

Lon started the 'Phantoms and Monsters' blog in 2005, which has steadily grown in popularity and read daily by thousands of paranormal enthusiasts, investigators and those seeking the truth.

Lon's research has been featured on hundreds of online media sources. Several of these published reports have been presented on various television segments, including The History Channel's 'Ancient Aliens',' Syfy's 'Paranormal Witness'​, 'Faked or Faked: Paranormal Files,' & Destination America's 'Monsters and Mysteries in America.'​ As well, he has been interviewed on several radio broadcasts, including multiple guest appearances on 'Coast to Coast AM.'​ He was also featured on Destination America's 'Monsters and Mysteries in America'​ television show for 'The Sykesville Monster'​ episode.

In 2014 Lon and Sean Forker founded 'Arcane Radio' in which they both host with Butch Witkowski.

Reviews

[Janalyn, the blind reviewer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Glimmer Man by Lon Strickland is a book about personal experiences seeing a strange entity that looks opaque it’s shaped like a man and reminds most people of the villain in the predator. I really love phenomenon books like this and it always amazes me that’s so many people see the same thing and have the same details. So when I saw the author had this new book coming out I could not wait to read it and I really did enjoy it and I was glued to the pages but my only negative is that a few stories were repeated more than once and he gave updates on some people‘s stories such as how he got in contact with them afterward but there were some where people asked to be contacted and there was no update on the story I found that irritating because if you’re gonna tell Additional info on one not why not tell us what happened when they ask you to contact them I hope that makes sense. Either way I would definitely recommend this book just be weary some stories repeat but it’s not enough to ruin the book. #TheBlindReviewer,#MyHonestReview,

[WILLIAM J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read

I found in intriguing how many of the experiences only fit loosely into the same box. One common factor is the description. My interest in this subject has now expanded based on what I read here.