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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.

==Origins==
The Slender Man is a fictional character depicted in various images posted by SomethingAwful forum user '''"Victor Surge"''' on June 10th, 2009.  The first post featured two pictures and included the following quote: "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..."

Contrary to popular belief, the SomethingAwful forum thread "Create Paranormal Images" was not intended as a contest, but was instead intended to be used as a way to supply the internet with a large quantity of fresh scary pictures (Other websites such as the imageboard 4chan, and it's "/x/" board feature similar pictures).

==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>

====List of YouTube Series in Relation====
DarkHarvest00

EverymanHYBRID

MLAndersen

TJAProjects

TribeTwelve


====List of Blogs in Relation====
Can You See The Words (Related to EverymanHYBRID)

CUT!

Just Another Fool

Scared

Seeking the Truth

The Tutorial

WhiteElephants



==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.

==References==
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