POST#3: Urban Legends: Slenderman

This 2012, the game Slender Man became popular among the teenagers because of its jump scares and can actually give you chills. They say that it is fun aside from it being creepy that might give you a little heart attack at times.

In the game, the player’s objective is to collect all eight pages with certain messages on it that is located within the forest.  To get all the eight pages, you must navigate the whole forest without getting caught by Slenderman. As pages were collected, Slenderman will continuously follow you as the background music changes to suspense that will make you experience tension.

Based on Jen McEntire's article which I have found while researching about this particular legend, entitled Urban Legends: The Terrible Legend of Slender Man, Slenderman or Der Großmann (in German means “Tall Man”) is believed to be a really tall and thin man, with the height approximately of 6 to 7 feet(some says that it is possible that he's 15 feet tall), faceless, dressed in a black business suit and has an arm that has a length of 2 meters. It is said that he only captures and kills children who are 16 and younger some says that he rapes them to death (worse than pedobear). He has the power to control an individual, and he also has long tentacles and numerous arms that he can stretch up to 34 feet, enough to catch his victim. If he catches you, you’ll be waking up, tied, in a place where he was killed and he will ask you a question. If you get the right answer, he will break both your arms and legs, and if you get it wrong, he will slowly stick his long fingers on your neck down to get your heart.

Slenderman was a man who was killed and beaten by a log, stabbed with 2 feet stick, hung from a tree and his limbs pulled out from their sockets. In daytime, Slenderman most likely show up in open areas with trees, empty woods, or any are that is filled with trees. And at night, he often shows up in open windows, dark rooms, blank TV screens, sometimes, in large crowds of people. We don’t know, maybe there will be a day that Slenderman is right beside you. I also have read that Slenderman used to show and roam around with hot girls at night. So it can be a one reason for you to close your doors and windows at night!

Jen McEntire also stated a story in relation to Slenderman, a Romanian folktale that tells us a story of twin sisters: Sorina and Stela that were led into the woods by their mother. They could see Der Grossman (or Slenderman) close by; waiting, and dressed as a nobleman. His arms were long and boneless as snakes and sharp as swords. Under the order of Der Grossman, the mother, told Stela to draw a circle in the ground with a knife and have Sorina lay down in the middle of the circle to be cut open. Stela rejected her and ran home to hide under her bed. When their faher returned home, Stela told her father what happened and her father went out to search for her mother. The girl fell asleep and awakened by a knock on the door. "Open the door, it's your father," the voice said. The girl refused. "Open the door, it's your mother," the voice continued. Refusing once again, the door opened and Stela saw her mother holding her twin's head, cut off, and her father's on the other hand. Stela asked her why, and her mother said "Because, there is no reward for goodness in this world, nothing but cold steel teeth and scourging fire for all of us. And it's coming for you now." After that, Der Grossman killed Stela.

The story shows how Slenderman can control humans, and on how he kills children. He seems unstoppable, ain't he? Based on TheLost's article about Slenderman, There are signs and symptoms that Slenderman is coming for you.

○ Coughing up blood
○ Slenderman can mess with technology
○ Memory loss
○ Hallucinating
○ Nighmares about him
○ Drawing the symbol (a circle with an "X" through it)
○ Diarrhea
○ Vomiting

It is said that children can see Slenderman while adults couldn't, they also have dreams about Slenderman before their disappearances. And he seems to befriend those children first before abducting them.

Also, Slenderman has this following traits:

○ Slenderman will find interest in a victim for reasons unknown
○ It would then contact the victim, if it is a child, he will present himself as friendly.
○ Not to mention, he also stalks adults eventually and they have their common traits: they have been through a terrible tragedy in life and the tragedy might been made by Slenderman himself.
○ If an adult, he will stalk the victim for a long time that will give the victim a "Slender sickness" that causes paranoia, nose bleeds, nightmares, hallucinations appearing to only sick person, and any other dangerous symptoms.
○ Eventually, it would abduct the victim into nearby forest, where they would be killed.
○ In 'messy' cases,  he may remove the evidence of it's existence by causing fire on their home, place of work, or school.
○ Death of the victim originally occurred through an odd means- the victim would be impaled on branches with very tall trees while still alive, and bleed to death. The organs will be individually removed, then placed in plastic bags. They would then be replaced into the body, in their original positions, with the plastic bags. The victim's corpses do not show any sign of struggle.

There are also some videos and footage about Slenderman, as they recorded the stalking and attack scenarios of Slenderman. One of them is Marble Hornet, which is he recorded himself on how Slenderman followed him.

Moreover, I accidentally found this video, and it really captured my attention. I couldn't tell if it’s real of not because it seems real. This shows that this world is full of mysteries, I mean, where did these stories come from? There are still a lot of unanswered questions. That’s why there are people who don’t know where to believe. Though we are not sure and still confused, we have to be prepared and aware. We don't know, maybe, Slenderman will come after you to get you.