The Slender Man

[MimiTheMuse]

A friend of mine has spent a decade scaring the crap out of me. So what has she exposed me to now? The Slender Man. At this point I'm just wondering what you all think? Is this really the meme created at the Something Awful forum for a photomanip contest? Or is it truly a paranormal being recorded through different periods of history? They say he's a heirgylph, then they say he's a photomanip. So I'm trying to figure out if this is an actual paranormal phenomena or an urban legend born of the internetz? And yes, knowing this will help me sleep better tonight, lol.

[Aayden]

It appears to be fake from what I can tell. I wouldn't let it worry you to much.

[Heliotrope]

I <3 Slenderman

[cetaphobia]

I was in the thread on Something Awful when it was created. It's fake.

Now whether or not it's become a tulpa... that's a different story.