Slenderman: He is described as wearing a black suit and as the name suggests, appears very thin and able to stretch his limbs and torso to inhuman lengths in order to induce fear and ensnare his prey. Once his arms are outstretched, his victims are put into something of a hypnotized state, where they are utterly helpless to stop themselves from walking into them. He is also able to create tendrils from his fingers and back that he uses to walk on looking something like a daddy long legs spider Whether he absorbs, kills, or mearly takes his victims to an undisclosed location or dimension is also unknown as there are never any bodies or evidence left behind in his wake to deduce a definite conclusion.
Not much is known, as no specific information has been found about his origins, but his objective and habitat are made very clear. He has the need to kidnap children (with the occasional adult who goes looking for him), and is seen right before the disappearance of a child or multiple children. He seems to prefer fog enshrouded streets and wooded areas as a way to conceal himself from being noticed. It should also be noted that children have been able to see him when no other adults in the vicinity could. Children also have dreams or nightmares concerning The Slender Man before their disappearance. Confiding these stories to their parents are met with the usual parental admonition: overactive imaginations.
Now that the citizens had been freed of their plague, they regretted having promised so much money, and, using all kinds of excuses, they refused to pay him. Finally he went away, bitter and angry. He returned on June 26, Saint John's and Saint Paul's Day, early in the morning at seven o'clock (others say it was at noon), now dressed in a hunter's costume, with a dreadful look on his face and wearing a strange red hat. He sounded his fife in the streets, but this time it wasn't rats and mice that came to him, but rather children: a great number of boys and girls from their fourth year on. Among them was the mayor's grown daughter. The swarm followed him, and he led them into a mountain, where he disappeared with them.
people agree that the Slender Man holds a strange power of children, just as in the dark fable “The Pied Piper of Hamelin.” He hides in the deep of the forest, People say that no one can behold the Slender Man up close, as was the case for the King in Yellow and great Cthulhu. The Lovecraftian element becomes even stronger, as some decide that the Slender Man is not of this Earth, but an inter-dimensional being.
I suspect that's the main reason I responded to the images. There’s a potency to the Slender Man, something that goes beyond definition. Certainly there’s the distance, and the stillness, and that monochrome anonymity. Traits common to stories separated by centuries. But mostly, there’s that nagging voice inside that whispers this should not be here. But, of course, it is here, and we have to deal with it. Late in the thread, one of the users suggests that by putting all their individual ideas and horrors together into this one figure, they may have given form to an actual boogeyman, a la Candyman. Silly, yes, but, after we wake from a nightmare, and the stars are still out, aren’t there at least a few seconds where boogeymen (and slender men) feel as real as anything else?
Because of its distinct appearance, and the mysteriousness behind it, the Operator Symbol quickly spread to other stories. It is now often used as a sign that a blog is a Slender Man blog; sure, events in the blog may be going normally, but then suddenly you see a little circle X, and you know what you’re going to be in for. The amount of attention that has been given to this single symbol has resulted in many stories using the symbol in their own ways, or making their own explanation for it. Since this is the Slender Man Mythos, we aren’t going to get anything near a real consensus, but that’s what makes studying this so much fun.
the theory of (X) acting as Slender repellant. In accordance with his claim that Slender Man cannot Slender-walk while being observed, the Operator Symbol acts as a giant eye, or a face, making Slender Man think he is being watched. This effect is only a temporary defense, not a permanent one; even if you cover every corner of your room with Operator Symbols, Slender Man will eventually be able to break through.
While this doesn’t work 100% of the time Operator Symbols acting as a defensive measure is very common, So if you’re a runner, this is the most likely effect of the Operator Symbol. It’s still a good idea to find out early on, before Slender Man starts acting aggressive, whether this is the case or not; you don’t want to be accidentally drawing him towards you by drawing symbols all over the place, thinking they will protect you.
Since i have just recently learned of
the Marble Hornets i will look into it some more and then give you a followup on my finding because as i said before this is creepier than any thing i've ever seen especially since i have seen him in my dreams and it was before i even knew who Slenderman was!
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