Raymond Robinson, long known as the "Man without a Face", was the hero of a thrilling horror story for many Americans. Local tourists would drive along his road in hopes of meeting the Green Man or Charlie No-Face; they became disappointed to see no such person.
Human history is full of dozens of interesting and even frightening stories. However, few of them contain a tragedy and a great "misunderstanding" as striking as the story of a man named Raymond Robinson. After a terrible accident as a child, Robinson was doomed to life-long loneliness. His doctors said it was a miracle that he survived the accident. The unfortunate man's face was greatly deformed after the accident, causing Robinson to shut himself up in the house so as not to frighten other people. But what happened to Robinson would lead him to be nicknamed "The Man Without a Face" and become a local horror myth. Let's look at the details together.
Raymond Robinson was born in 1910 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Still in his childhood, he had an accident from which it was almost impossible for any human to escape alive. At the age of 9, Robinson did something he should never have done to get a closer look at a bird's nest on a lamppost. Climbing the pole, Robinson fell on the electrical wires, where an electric current of 11,000 volts, according to some sources, and 22,000 volts, according to some sources, passed…
Raymond Theodore Robinson (October 29, 1910 – June 11, 1985) was a disfigured American man whose years of nighttime walks made him into a figure of urban legend in western Pennsylvania. Robinson was so severely injured in a childhood electrical accident that he could not go out in public without fear of causing a panic, so he went for long walks at night. Local tourists would drive along his road in hopes of meeting the Green Man or Charlie No-Face; they became disappointed to see no such person. However, they passed on tales about him to their children and grandchildren regardless, and people raised on these tales are sometimes surprised to discover that he was a real person who was liked by his family and neighbors.
The survival of a person caught in such a high electric current could only be described as a miracle.
The name of the miracle in Beaver County was recorded as Raymond Robinson! The unfortunate boy survived the accident, causing everyone around him to be shocked, especially the doctors who treated him.
However, the devastating scars of this terrible accident could not be expected. Raymond Robinson lost his sense of smell and vision and his right arm after the accident. But among the obvious scars of the accident was something else that would turn Robinson into a local horror myth.
Raymond Robinson's face is almost completely deformed from his accident
For this reason, Robinson locked himself in the house "thinking it would scare people outside". This seclusion would continue throughout the unfortunate man's entire life. However, Robinson still could not avoid being the subject of a local horror myth…
He didn't step outside during the day, only leaving his house for short walks after dark.
Robinson's preferred route for these short walks was the side of Highway 351 near his home. Americans who regularly drive this road have discovered the presence of a mysterious man pacing on the side of the road, appearing only after dark. The man on the side of Highway 351 was spoken about, with many claiming that he was a monster that appeared at night to scare people…
Americans living in the area have started visiting Robinson's hiking trail to get a closer look at this mysterious man!
Some of the people who embarked on an exciting quest to find the "mysterious beast" were truly frightened by the sight they encountered. The legend of the "Man Without a Face" emerged as a product of this fear. In the 1940s and 1960s, hundreds of Americans visited the area in hopes of witnessing this horror story up close and encountering Robinson.
So much so that Robinson's walking path had become the first stop of some tourist groups in the region… Even parents who wanted to keep their children at home resorted to the story of the Man without a Face and frightened their children with this story. Raymond Robinson took his place among the dozens of horror myths in the United States…
Just as there were those who saw the Faceless Man as a real horror figure, there were also people who were friends with him.
After years of solitude, Robinson had at least found friends who were partners in his short walks. Those who managed to communicate with him closely witnessed that Robinson was a very calm and affectionate person, far from being a horror figure.