Many of these, all an homage to Slender Man, were posted on the popular site Creepypasta for anyone to read.Īccording to these Creepypasta stories, Slender Man was a tall, faceless man with long arms and tentacles coming out of his back.
It was a viral success, and soon more series, and even a few homemade video games, made their debuts. Nearly five years to the day before Slender Man stabbing, a humor site called Something Awful organized a Photoshop contest that asked users to take a regular photograph and make it scary.Įric Knudsen/DeviantArt Slender Man has no face, long arms, always wears a suit, and often has tentacles growing out of his back. In fact, the only reason Slender Man exists is to scare people. Payton Leutner had good reason to be scared. How Slender Man Became An Internet Phenomenon She didn’t want to leave the girl sitting all alone during lunch, as she had found her that day two years before. Still, Leutner remained friends with Geyser. “But she really liked it and thought it was real.” “I told that it scared me and that I didn’t like it,” said Leutner. As their friendship grew, so did this interest, and soon it started to border on an obsession. They also bonded over their shared interest in the popular internet meme, Slender Man. Weier lived in the same apartment complex as Geyser, and the two began riding to school together. “We are not teaching children to believe in a fictional monster, nor are we teaching them to be violent,” Morales said.Public Domain Anissa Weier said that she truly believed Slender Man was real, and she stabbed her friend in order to prove his existence to the rest of the world. “I am deeply saddened by the tragedy in Wisconsin, and my heart goes out to the families of those affected by this terrible act,” Knudsen said in a statement.Ĭreepypasta administrator David Morales said the site clearly states that the stories there are fiction and its rules bar use by anyone under 13. Part Lurch from “The Addams Family” and part Freddie Kruger, the ghoulish, faceless Web creation is the obsession of his young fans.Ī spokeswoman for Slender Man creator Eric Knudsen and an administrator for, where the meme was published, have apologized since the first attack and said Slender Man does not teach children to be violent. Slender Man, a computer demon created by paranormal enthusiasts, is said to be a lanky, faceless creature in a suit who terrorizes and kidnaps children. She even created a world for Slender Man in the game Minecraft.” “We found things that she had written and she made reference to Slender Man,” the mother said. She said her daughter has mental issues, but said she never imagined her daughter would try to harm her. The Wisconsin victim, who was stabbed 19 times, is now recovering at home, while her alleged assailants and so-called friends, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, face first-degree attempted intentional homicide charges.Īfter hearing about the Wisconsin attack, the Ohio mom began to suspect her daughter was under the same influence. The knife assault follows a Slender Man-inspired attack days earlier by a pair of 12-year-old girls on their 12-year-old classmate, who was left for dead in a Wisconsin park. The girl, 13, is facing charges as a juvenile. The mother suffered multiple minor injuries, including a puncture wound on her back.
“She was someone else during the attack.” “I came home one night from work, and she was in the kitchen waiting for me, and she was wearing a mask, a white mask,” the suburban Cincinnati mother told a local television station. 'Slender Man' stabbing victim talks about the friends who tried to kill herĪn Ohio girl, under the apparent influence of the fictional Internet horror meme, attacked her mother last week with a kitchen knife, authorities said. Teen appeals Slender Man stabbing to Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge approves early release for teen in ‘Slender Man’ stabbing 'Slender Man' stabber to be released from mental health facility
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