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 Post subject: Slender Man Now Linked to 3 Violent Acts
PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:16 pm 
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A fictional horror creature popularized by Internet memes is now linked to three violent crimes.

A week after two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls allegedly stabbed their friend 19 times to honor Slender Man, more real-life connections to the spooky character are emerging. A man accused of killing two cops and a civilian before committing suicide with his wife in Las Vegas on Sunday often dressed up in costume as Slender Man, a neighbor told KTNV.

And a Cincinnati mom told WLWT she thinks her daughter may have been inspired by Slender Man when she attacked her with a knife in their kitchen, wearing a hood and white mask.

Why Did 12-Year-Olds Stab Friend for Slender Man? Girls Charged in Slender Man Stabbing Expressed Regret: Police

A key to Slender Man’s appeal may be that he is faceless and Andrew Peck, a University of Wisconsin lecturer who studies Slender Man and other folklore, likened the amorphous Slender Man to the villain of so many campfire horror stories – a man with a hook hand.

“It can really be what you want it to be,” said Peck. “You can personalize the character and make it your own. He can be a lot of things, that’s what I think makes it so successful. That he’s mysterious and unknowable.”

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 Post subject: Re: Slender Man Now Linked to 3 Violent Acts
PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 8:36 pm 
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I'd have to say stupidity^ is linked to these acts.

Also I fail to see a connection to slender man in a case where someone simply dressed like him in his own home. By that logic you could say anything he did is linked to his crime. Assuming it was in his home at least, if his neighbor is the one that told about it.

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 Post subject: Re: Slender Man Now Linked to 3 Violent Acts
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Got myself a sweet slender man wallscreen, thanks for sharing.

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 Post subject: Re: Slender Man Now Linked to 3 Violent Acts
PostPosted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:56 pm 
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Also I fail to see a connection to slender man in a case
Well, they wanted to prove "Slender man" really did exist !

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