Slender Man Myth

[-Drifter-]

The constant trend in all the 'slender man' mythos is that the more research put into the search for the entity; the more that it comes in contact with the researcher.

Sounds like you just fucked us all over then. After all, humans are curious beings

EDIT: After watching entry one, I can't say I'm convinced. It looked pretty fake. The photo montage video was interesting though, some of the pictures are a bit... unnerving.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

A well detailed myth is almost indistinguishable from a well detailed hidden truth. Especially when people want to feel part of something bigger.

Look at the Flying Spaghetti Monster, originally made to mock religion, it's now become a religious icon.

A mock religious icon

Check the interwebs and tell me it's noodley appendages haven't reached religious status on some sites

 

[Ultrajoe]

Discussion of classified material pertaining to development projects is restricted here on the escapist, this thread is in violation of those edicts.
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Go about your business, do not concern yourself with Slender Man or the Silent Watching. It is not important and irrelevant.

Have a nice day

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[DemonicVixen]

Is this going to turn into another one of those "3am post your scary stories threads"?

Spoiler: Am I going to have to post a photoshopped picture of a dog with an orange again?

He's not that scary, actually I can barely see what everyone is talking about. Kind of looks like a telephone pole that someone put a tshirt on (actually if I saw a telephone pole with a tshirt on, I would probably become traumatized and cry a little).

Haha that pic scares me lol. As for this thread, i've never heard of this "slender man" but i now get the feeling i'm seeing him. Thankyou for warping my mind with creepy tales that i usually fall for and end up going crazy because. Now every shadow i see will look like him.

 

[BGH122]

Bravo! Quite right too, I doctored the photos and put the stuff in there, I want to see if anyone believes it ;D

This Marble Hornets stuff is so obviously viral advertising for an upcoming film.

I had a feeling you were having a laugh there, mate.
The worrying thing is, I don't think everyone else did.

It's really quite scary how many people buy into viral advertising and ghost stories.

Really my point wasn't so much to mock as to elucidate the fact that people, as you immediately picked up on, view the world through their own personal lens. That's why the images have the Slender Man in levels of varying obscurity.

This Marble Hornets stuff is so obviously viral advertising for an upcoming film.

I'm not so sure thats the reason behind it. People enjoy making these myths, maybe it was just fun?

Yes, perhaps, but given the relatively low costs for 'suspenseful' voyeuristic films, like the Blair Witch Project and the success of viral marketing coupled with the fact that the superimposed/occluded Slender Man shots in the video are a touch too professional to have come from a random fear monger (video editing is much, much lengthier than photo editing) it appears that they're either a film student's project or advertising. The twitter feed, in-depth wikis etc all suggest advertising because whilst it is conceivable that a student might leak their awesome cool film project why would they create all the rest of it?

 

[IxionIndustries]

Ehhh? Pardon my ignorance, but I still have no clue what the fuck this "Slender Man" is. All I could gather was that some really tall entity that goes around and murders people.

Please elaborate, because I am completely out of the loop...

 

[the1ultimate]

This reminds me of a myth I heard about a grey man, who was big and had red eyes. Although I'm pretty sure he was tied to a specific mountain somewhere. Although fog did thicken as he approached. There's a couple of anecdotes about him, including some hikers, and a crashed fighter pilot in world war II I think. In fact if you pick up any general paranormal book there will likely be some reference to similar stories.

The devolution of a legend to meme status? Not so good.
That video though... Still scary. Makes me wonder if it's easy to make a scary "factual" video with a soundtrack like that, and a couple of b&w photos.

 

[.Warheart]

I had only lurked this thread until now.

Aftermath: Didn't sleep until 6am. Monster Ripper + this nightmarefuel is a bad combo.
Oh well I'll have to do with 5 hours of sleep.

 

[the1ultimate]

I wonder, has anyone linked this [http://jafool.wordpress.com/] yet?

Fixed? Pretty sure that this is the website you mean?

It seems fairly unrelated to a casual glance except for some references to someone disappearing after contact with the supernatural.

Anyone else know what it's about?

 

[McHanhan]

"we didn't want to go, we didn't want to kill them, but its persistent silence and outstretched arms horrified and comforted us at the same time..."

1983, photographer unknown, presumed dead.

Oooooooooh creepy.

I don't see it. What's the scary part here?. The kid with a blurry face?

 

[Ralphfromdk]

some of the videos it looks to me like it's some guy in a suit... maybe it's the goverment stalking him those guys do all kinds of silly stuff..

but.. when people in the U.S. experience stuff like this... why in the name of the spaghetti monster, don't you just buy a gun and shoot the bugger who's stalking you if it's real, well.. then you're f'ed anyway.. but if it's just a stalker, then there's one less xD

anyway.. i'm glad i got the day of tomorrow so i can stay up all night with games and loud music <.<

 

[Kaboose the Moose]

Are there any actual videos, or just the black & white photo montage?

I dunno; there seems to be alot of literature on this type of thing; but only the "Marble Hornets" videos seem directly related.

I do like the Marble Hornets videos, it's a very interesting ARG.

 

[Jedamethis]

"we didn't want to go, we didn't want to kill them, but its persistent silence and outstretched arms horrified and comforted us at the same time..."

1983, photographer unknown, presumed dead.

Oooooooooh creepy.

I don't see it. What's the scary part here?. The kid with a blurry face?

The unnaturally tall 'slender' man in the middle?

 

[McHanhan]

"we didn't want to go, we didn't want to kill them, but its persistent silence and outstretched arms horrified and comforted us at the same time..."

1983, photographer unknown, presumed dead.

Oooooooooh creepy.

I don't see it. What's the scary part here?. The kid with a blurry face?

The unnaturally tall 'slender' man in the middle?

Oh is that what it is?. Though it was a low hanging branch or something. Huh, it's not very scary.

 

[Jedamethis]

"we didn't want to go, we didn't want to kill them, but its persistent silence and outstretched arms horrified and comforted us at the same time..."

1983, photographer unknown, presumed dead.

Oooooooooh creepy.

I don't see it. What's the scary part here?. The kid with a blurry face?

The unnaturally tall 'slender' man in the middle?

Oh is that what it is?. Though it was a low hanging branch or something. Huh, it's not very scary.

No, but it is a little unnerving...

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

Here's a vid i found on it,it might help

GAH, fuck. That video is giving me chills +_+

 

[Ralphfromdk]

i've watched the MarbleHornets series on youtube.. aaaand... either it's blair Witch "2", or there is some scary stuff going on D: the slender Man's minion (mask guy) knows how to run a camera ...........

*edit* okay i just ruined it for myself.. started to google the Slenderman because i was bored, and all the pictures of him in his black slim suit, just reminds me of good old jack from "a nightmare before christmas" xD well.. atleast i can sleep now

 

[lewism247]

Here's a vid i found on it,it might help

GAH, fuck. That video is giving me chills +_+

Surprised there isn't any films about him

WE SHOULD DO THAT!

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

Here's a vid i found on it,it might help

GAH, fuck. That video is giving me chills +_+

Surprised there isn't any films about him

WE SHOULD DO THAT!

YES. VERY YES.
You find actors, I'll start typing the script. What about that guy who was Lurch in the Adams Family, is he still alive?

 

[lewism247]

Here's a vid i found on it,it might help

GAH, fuck. That video is giving me chills +_+

Surprised there isn't any films about him

WE SHOULD DO THAT!

YES. VERY YES.
You find actors, I'll start typing the script. What about that guy who was Lurch in the Adams Family, is he still alive?

Nooooooooooo

He died in 1979

Bad times