The Dead Man's Notes are a collection of six scattered notes found next to a corpse on north Neely Street in the South Vale area, which appears in Silent Hill 2. The author of the notes was certain of being able to see demons that ate human beings, but his friend didn't see anything. Because of this, the writer believed that what he was seeing was merely an illusion.

The rest of the note acts very much like a tutorial to the player, warning them that the monsters are attracted to light and sound, and the importance of landing the finishing blow. The end of the notes points toward a gruesome end to the author, and most likely the reason why they're lying dead in the middle of Neely Street.

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