Ever since Minecraft Beta, there has been a very strange figure roaming the players' worlds.

At first only few people saw this mystery character, but as his popularity grew, many people claimed to encounter him in their worlds.

He had the same skin as the default Steve character, but with empty, white eyes.

As his popularity grew, people named the strange apparition, or "dead miner," as he was believed to be.

"Herobrine."

Herobrine soon was known by most Minecrafters. They described the strange marks he left behind in their games: leafless trees in forests, 2X2 tunnels underground, and perfect sand pyramids in the middle of oceans.

However, as time passed, many players claimed the strange creature to be a fake. Herobrine became a myth.

Yet people still claim to see him, to this day.

Personally, I doubt his existence. However, the stories and videos posted about him are intriguing.

I say: he is probably a hoax.

But he could also be real.

The following story was published by an early minecrafter who played Minecraft Alpha version 1.0.16_02. He has claimed to see Herobrine.

I had recently spawned in a new world in single-player Minecraft. Everything was normal at first as I began chopping down trees and crafting a workbench. I noticed something move against the dense fog (I had a very slow computer so I had to play with tiny render distance). I thought it was a cow, so I pursued it, hoping to grab some hides for armor.

It wasn't a cow though. Looking back at me was another character with the default skin, but his eyes were empty. I saw no name pop-up, and I double-checked to make sure I wasn't in multiplayer mode. He didn't stay long, he looked at me and quickly ran into the fog. I pursued out of curiosity, but he was gone.

I continued on with the game, not sure what to think. As I expanded the world I saw things that seemed out of place for the random map generator to make; 2x2 tunnels in the rocks, small perfect pyramids made of sand in the ocean, and groves of trees with all their leaves cut off. I would constantly think I saw the other "player" in the deep fog, but I never got a better look at him. I tried increasing my render distance to far whenever I thought I saw him, but to no avail.

I saved the map and went on the forums to see if anyone else had found the pseudo-player. There were none. I created my own topic telling of the man and asking if anyone had a similar experience. The post was deleted within five minutes. I tried again, and the topic was deleted even faster. I received a PM from username 'Herobrine' containing one word: 'Stop.' When I went to look at Herobrine's profile, the page 404'd.

This story can be found on Herobrine, from the Minecraft Wiki.