The Slender Man (also known as Slenderman) is a fictional supernatural character that originated as a creepypasta Internet memecreated by Something Awful forums Eric Knudsen (also known as "Victor Surge") in 2009.[1] It is depicted as a thin, unnaturally tall humanoid with a featureless head and face and wearing a black suit.
Slender Man
An artistic depiction of the Slender Man
First appearanceJune 10, 2009 on a Something Awful postCreated byEric KnudsenPortrayed byJavier Botet (In the film Slender Man)InformationGender: Male
Stories of the Slender Man commonly feature him stalking, abducting or traumatizing people, particularly children.[2] The Slender Man is not confined to a single narrative but appears in many disparate works of fiction, typically composed online.[3][4] Fiction relating to the Slender Man encomes many media, including literature, art and video series such as Marble Hornets, wherein he is known as The Operator. Outside of online fiction, the Slender Man has become an internet icon and has influenced popular culture, having been referenced in the video game Minecraft with the Enderman character and generated video games of his own, such as Slender: The Eight Pages and Slender: The Arrival. He has also appeared in Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story, the film adaptation of the Marble Hornets YouTube series, where he was portrayed by Doug Jones, and will apear in an eponymous film, where he will be portrayed by Javier Botet.
Beginning in 2014, a moral panic occurred over the Slender Man after readers of his fiction were connected to several violent acts, particularly a near-fatal stabbing of a 12-year-old girl in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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The incident with the stabbing was pretty bad. But they can’t blame the creepypasta for it since it didn’t force them to do it. Still it’s a creepy story none the less. A tall faceless entity that stalks you and could take you into purgatory.