Maybe your subconscious is trying to indicate that you suppressed aspects of your self that need to be healed or resolved. All of the parts of ourselves that we deny or despise, our fears, pains and angers, go into making our shadow. But there are a surprising number of redeeming qualities in it as well, and there is much that we can learn from facing it head on and healing it piece by piece.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology)

Perhaps when it removed its hood, it indicated that you are ready to know it for what it is: You.