Who is the Hunter? (Little Nightmares 2 Theory)

Theory: The hunter escaped the "pale city" and now lives on that island. He put a bag over his head so he doesn't get drawn to the signal and to cover up his distorted face. He now does taxidermy to avenge his dead loved one.

Mostly every other villain: magic or body manipulation Hunter:BANG

The teacher: I use my long neck The doctor: I crawl on ceilings The hunter:I use gun

“What is the hunters purpose?” Me: to hunt?

I thought taxidermy meant he didn't pay taxes

I think its a shame that noone is pointing out that the child sitting at the table is around 3 times bigger than six and mono.

My guess is that the hunter escaped from the city, and the signal man sent people to his forest to kill him, so he became completely isolated and shoots everyone on sight.

thin man: oooooooh spooky teleportation teacher: haha giraffe neck go brrr doctor: i disobey the laws of gravity hunter: so anyway, i started blasting

Usually a heart with an arrow through it still represents love or being in love at least that’s what I always thought. Idk could be wrong

So, every theory I've seen so far is in agreement that the Hunter is probably a tragic figure who went insane from grief, is trying to recreate his dead family through taxidermy and might be at least partially dead/taxidermied, himself. Alrighty, then!

Either the chalk in Six's room is how many children he has kidnapped, or how many days Six has been in there

You can see him after the elevator on the lady’s quarters. He’s in a painting on the stairs

About the theory that the Hunter is helping The Maw collect children... it might be possible that the Hunter doesn't know what happens to those children after the Ferryman whisks them away. Look to the comics; all of the children that the Ferrymen took to The Maw (the one who escaped the North Wind, the girl who defeated the Mirror Monster), they were all convinced to go willingly with the Ferryman... because they thought that The Maw would provide safety from the evils of the outside world (North Wind, Mirror Monster, Broadcaster, etc). It's only after they got there that they realized that The Maw really wasn't any better. What if the Hunter also doesn't know that The Maw isn't any better than the mainland? From what we can tell, the Hunter is only a loose associate of The Maw at best; while he may provide services such as skin-made masks, he obviously isn't anywhere near as tethered to The Maw as the Janitor or Chefs. Therefore, it's highly likely that the Hunter has never actually been to The Maw himself (especially considering that The Maw's official bio literally states that nobody who has entered has ever left alive). So, how could he be working for The Maw without actually knowing what it's like? Well... he could if someone told him what it's like. And there's only one person fit to give an explanation to the Hunter about a place like The Maw: The Ferryman. We know the Hunter most likely had a family who he lost tragically 10:53 as the taxidermied man, woman and larger kid sitting at a table demonstrate, they most likely represent the family he lost. Given the Hunter likely had a child himself, why would he want to send more children to their deaths aboard The Maw? The answer is simple: he wouldn't. However, that's NOT what the Ferryman told him. Just like how the Ferryman told the lost children that The Maw would protect them from the outside world's dangers, it's likely that the Ferryman tricked the Hunter into trapping kids for The Maw by telling him that The Maw would ensure the kids would be protected from the outside world's perils. He's trapping kids and then handing them off to the Ferryman thinking that they'll be taken somewhere better, not knowing he's handing them off to the belly of the beast.

The hunter has a walk and presence, that makes me think only partially in control. He has a movement like a puppet/marionette (its slight...I almost missed it), but snaps back after a short while... almost like his backstory/grief wont let him forget (cant be fully controlled) maybe that's why he didnt kill six...just a thought, just my personal theory.

Is it safe to say that the reason Roger's "face" is rolled down over his eyes, is to protect him from being hypnotized by the broadcast?

If you’re theory with that he shot himself and didn’t die does that mean that the hunter isn’t dead after six and mono shot him but he just got more messed up I don’t know just thought about it

Mike: The Hunter is a dangerous man that have an interest in taxidermy. Me: Funny hat. He is British!

The hunter looks like he's stuffed himself. He has cotton coming out of his shoulder and torso 🤔

My theory is that the hunter is directly inspired by the serial killer Ed Gein, who was famous for killing his preys, living with human remains and the arranged body of his mother in his house. He was actually wearing the same outfits as the hunter, which is very accurate for me.

Anyone gonna tell him that Little nightmares 2 has actually become a "Prequel"