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Slender-Man
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'''Slender Man''' is a fictional creature first created in 2009 by user "Victor Surge" on the Something Awful forums, as part of a contest.<ref>{{cite web|author=Victor Surge|title=Create Paranormal Images|url=http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3150591&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=3#post361861415|publisher=Something Awful Forums}}</ref> The character has since been used in various projects by other Internet users.

==Physical properties==
The Slender Man is frequently depicted as a tall, thin entity resembling a human male clad in a typical business suit. He is sometimes shown with long, tentacle-like appendages protruding from his back. He also seems to be able to stretch his body and arms to unnatural lengths. He is also noted to lack a face, ears, or hair, having only a smooth, blank head. Some people who have seen him are forced to lick his willy, scratch his bum and eat French toast off his cleavage. In the original images, he is shown in the background and appears unnoticed by those around him.{{fact|date=January 2012}}

==Internet popularity==
The Slender Man has become an increasingly popular antagonist for [[alternate reality games]] and video series online. Among the most popular, Marble Hornets features a variant of The Slender Man, referred to as The Operator. .<ref>{{cite news|author=Nolfi, Joey |title=The 'Marble Hornets' Web series becoming a smash on 'Net |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11236/1169306-67-0.stm |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=August 24, 2011 |accessdate=January 17, 2012}}</ref>

Other notable series include EverymanHYBRID and TribeTwelve.

==In popular culture==
Endermen, from the game [[Minecraft]], took its name from Slender Man.<ref>{{cite web|last=Presson|first=Notch|title=Notch posts images of new Mob|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/j09ma/notch_posts_images_of_new_mob/c28388j|publisher=Reddit}}</ref>

In the upcoming strategy video game [[Xcom: Enemy Unknown]], the enemy titled ''Thin Man'' was inspired by the Slender Man mythos.

==References==
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