According to the internet, in June of 2009 there was a paranormal photoshop contest on the Something Awful forums. In a nutshell people were to take normal photos and make them creepy by photoshop manipulation, and then try to pass them off as authentic proof of something paranormal on a real paranormal website. A couple of days later a user with the name Victor Surge posted the following 2 pics. If you wish to see where it all started click here to go to the Something Awful Forums.
Who, or what exactly is Slender Man? An article from the Monstropedia website says this about Slender Man:
Slender Man's Appearence
Like its origins, the appearance of the Slender Man remains subjective, varying across related media. It is typically depicted as being an abnormally tall (ranging anywhere from 7-foot-tall (2.1 m) to the size of a large tree or house), skinny, humanoid figure, with a faceless or deformed head, usually lacking several or all of the face's sensory organs. It is usually depicted as wearing a a plain black suit and tie, reminiscent of the Men in Black, though this is often implied to be a part of the entity's body or a form of shapeshifting. It is occasionally shown to have something of a malleable body, enabling it to stretch and contort its limbs and body in to a variety of shapes, as well as produce a number of tentacle-like appendages, which are often shown has having the ability to ensnare the Slender Man's victims.
Slender Man's Behavior
The Slender Man is typically depicted as an observant, malevolent, and lurking being, stalking its victims for long periods of time while slowly driving them to insanity with paranoia and sickness. Other adaptations point to a more violent Slender Man, which kills its victims by eviscerating them and hangs plastic bags of blood from trees.
Slender Man's Power
Besides the ability to physically grow extra limbs, the Slender Man has a number of psychologically-based powers, typically the ability to induce memory loss, insomnia and insanity in its victims. In some cases, the extent of its power over the mind has seen it creating mindless minions seemingly bent to his will. The Slender Man's physical presence has been shown to induce coughing and sickness, as well as various degrees of audio-visual distortion in electronic media, a trait often used to denote its presence in Slender Man video series. In extreme cases, it has also been depicted with the ability to warp time and space and teleport.
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Some people have created Slender Man video series that have really added another dimension to the myth. So much in fact people actually believe it is real despite it being publicly known that the whole Slender Man story is a fabrication. One such series is a Blair Witchesque production called Marble Hornets. The creators did a really good job with this series and make you sometimes wonder hmmmm, maybe this is real, which of course it is completely fake. I spent a couple of days watching Marble Hornets and thoroughly enjoyed the series. I am going to post the whole series here on my blog. If you enjoy horror movies and the likes you will certainly enjoy Marble Hornets. The following are other decent Slender Man photo creations. Even though they are fake it is easy to think if that shit was real, it would be really fucking creepy.
Marble Hornets Video Series Soon To Follow...
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