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The Slender
Man was created in a contest launched on the Something Awful forums on June 8,
2009, with the goal of editing photographs to contain supernatural entities. On
June 10, a forum poster with the user name "Victor Surge" contributed
two black and white images of groups of children, to which he added a tall,
thin spectral figure wearing a black suit.[2][3] Previous entries had consisted
solely of photographs; however, Surge supplemented his submission with snatches
of text, supposedly from witnesses, describing the abductions of the groups of
children, and giving the character the name, "The Slender Man".
The Slender
Man is described as very tall and thin with unnaturally long arms, often ending
in tentacles. It has a pale featureless head and appears to be wearing a dark
suit. The Slender Man is associated with the forest and has the ability to
teleport.