So were they from specific tales or were they an amalgamation of various different stories that you've heard over your childhood?

So the gray man is probably the easiest one to start with.

That one did come from ghost stories that I had seen.

There are stories of like the white lady who will stand on the side of the road in a long white dress.

And you have random ghosts like that.

The gray man is supposed to be like a harbinger of death.

Like if you see... a gray man, ghost, someone near you is going to die.

Did you write anything before that or was it a case of, I really have this story to tell?