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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. 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 aliens called ''Thin Men'' were inspired by the Slender Man mythos.

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