have only been a few sporadic — and unconfirmed — reports of the Grinning Man and his ilk. The first is from April 23rd, 2009, when a blogger known only as H. R. Zapruder posted a very brief encounter with he believed to be a Grinning Man while driving near Roswell, New Mexico:

“Soon afterwards, I drove past a man standing in the brush, I thought he was hitchhiking so I sped past, you know, hitchhikers = bad news. Anyway, I didn’t think much of it at first but as I sped by, I noticed a green glistening so I inspected the rear view mirror. I saw the man from behind, he was bald and over 6-feet tall, wearing a sparkling green jacket, the rest was obscured by theBEING told your child has cancer is the last thing any parent wants to hear.

But when Hanna Dickenson claimed she only had weeks to live without overseas medical treatment, her parents — struggling farmers from Swan Hill in Victoria — vowed to help her at all costs.

The only problem? It was all a lie. In reality, the then-19-year-old party animal just wanted the cash to fund a lifestyle of drugs, booze and overseas trips.

Dickenson blew tens of thousands of dollars in cash raised by her family and friends, after convincing them she only had weeks to live back in 2013.

The Melbourne real estate agent, who is now 24, pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court to seven charges of obtaining property by deception, The Herald Sun reported.

Dickenson told