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The Slender Man wears an old black suit sometimes described as circa 1920s, he is of course very tall and slender, but what is most commonly described are his long tendril like arms. He feeds on children, outstretching his arms and rendering his prey into a hypnotic state. Whether he does in fact eat them, or simply carries them off is unknown as no remnants are left behind. Although modern Western social media has safely relegated the creature to the realms of “urban myth” and more so “urban myth created on the internet”, that is far from the case. Welcome to the nightmares of almost every culture on Earth for the last three thousand years…
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Great post!
I’ve been hearing about the “Slender Man” all over the internet recently, wondering what he’s about. You write well without getting overly gung-ho, thanks for your awesome, creepy posts! Keep em coming, please! x
This is all stretching the truth….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgmgqmCiStE
In your video blog you defined your research as “a quick Google search”, which is probably why you failed to address the numerous other creatures around the world that so accurately meet Slender Man’s description.
The world of the paranormal is a place filled to the top with misinformation; I generally disregard anything that shows a lack of serious research in the field. Also, I see that you “hunt ghosts”… without doing your research this is an extremely hazardous endeavour.
The term “Slender Man” may have been invented recently, but the description of the creature definitely was not.