[Note: I felt that, due to the length
and sheer volume of information, it would be easier to divide the
sections of the text by dashed lines. The first section essentially
describes Slenderman and some of his known power or influences. The
second section outlines the subconscious images that have been with us
that resemble him. The third section in this document lists sightings
which have been shared. There is also a section of links and other key
points or questions which may or may not have been addressed yet at the
very end. I did my best to make sure no piece of information seems more
important than another. This information is compiled from a discussion on Facebook, thus it can reference others in that group. Feel free to ignore this.]
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Profile of Slenderman - His Influence and Power(s) :
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Slenderman. Not much is known about him for certain, but what is known is that he is a very curious being. One which many people wish to know more about. We should start with the things which are commonly expressed about any supernatural powers or influences he may have.
First, the basic image of Slenderman. Often stylized Slender Man, Slenderman, or Slendy, this being is known to be abnormally tall and thin (slender, you might say) in body build. He has a deathly, eerily pale complexion, with a mostly black wardrobe to match. This is often in the current form of the modern suit, as it is often understood he is able to slightly alter his appearance. Although he has a head, he has no hair and is entirely void of expression as he has no facial features. Some encounters describe a possibility of Slenderman having a nose, but he is not known to have eyes, lips, or ears. His height tends to vary on the specific account of his appearance, though most people describe him as being somewhere between 7 and 10 feet tall. Additionally, he is thought to be able to extend his arms for the purpose of entrapping people in them. He is also thought to be able to produce extra limbs, usually in the form of tentacle looking appendages on his back. These are not always seen, but when they are it seems that they are used for the purpose of walking among the trees.
Slenderman has been said to have various powers, especially over the human mind, and several types of influences over people. He directly influences those he takes from their environment, but he also affects people which he uses as his agents or "Proxies" to take action on behalf of him or under his coercion. People known as Proxies are also directly under his control, though seemingly robbed partially or completely of their own free will and rational thought. Slenderman is often known for driving said Proxy to carry out a number of actions, sometimes going to such lengths as to incite violence or murder against others.
Sometimes, there is what's commonly called an Operator Mark (Slenderman sometimes goes by the name Operator) either in the mind of a person being affected by Slenderman or on a nearby surface where he could potentially be lurking. It is sort of a common symbol associated with him, and it looks like a circle with an X through it. If you type "Operator Mark" in a google search you will find some, most likely. It has been said people who are under Slenderman's influence can sometimes become obsessed with drawing this mark as well.
Thomas speculated that this influence Slenderman has over others could be the cause of somebody "creating" an image of him on an internet forum for a contest, thus bringing this creature to our conscious mind's forefront as an unsettling, unwelcome guest among us. This seems entirely plausible to me, and I wouldn't be surprised it was at least in some way the truth. Though it's understandable if this is harder to believe for others.
It is fairly obvious to those that have seen information on Slenderman before that his influence over people is not limited to passive behavior. He has been known to "stalk" or watch closely people he has interest in, at times actively making himself known to anyone under his watch. It is apparent that those who he makes himself known to often experience their senses dulling, as a sort of hypnotism he uses to draw people in to his clutches. Often those who have seen him have reported being deathly afraid to go closer, as a survival instinct might often alert us, but that this "comforting" vibe he gives off could be something similar to a snare for anyone he wishes to make his victim.
Slenderman's victims? Most are never found. On the off chance that some of them are indeed found, they are often discovered in the form of corpses found impaled on (either manually sharpened or unsharpened yet broken) tree branches. As far as we know, the woods are the only known location where any known victims have been found. Why this is the case is not really known for certain, but there are a few ideas as to why this could be the case.
* The woods could be a place for him to simply work undisturbed in the mangling and dismembering of his victims. He could go there for privacy, or simply because it is more relaxing.
* The impaling of corpses on branches could itself have ritualistic meaning to this entity, though the possible significance of such a ritual has not become clear to us as of yet.
*Since he is often seen there, and evidence of his "work" is often left for discovery there, it is a distinct possibility that this could be reminiscent of fondness to the woods in particular, which could mean that he simply prefers to be there. This could possibly indicate that it his home or something of a natural habitat.
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Subconscious Images or Knowledge :
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People who have studied things similar to Slenderman know that it is possible to carry subconscious knowledge of such a thing in the back of one's mind. There have been multiple times where it has been noted that people have some kind of notion or awareness that a being or entity that highly resembles Slenderman has existed. This seems a frequent occurrence, both on an individual and a collective basis.
This often manifests itself as images resembling him, sometimes in dreams or simply ideas in the active imagination. These often occur long before the concept of who or what Slenderman actually is has been introduced into the mind from an outside source or influence. This makes the instances especially curious, as the same concept stemming from multiple people who have never been influenced is something to take notice of. This could point to the substantial existence of Slenderman in one way, the way some people are simply aware of other kinds of spirits in the backs of their minds when they are young yet still unable to interpret them. The fact that people have "seen" him in their mind's eye without knowing anything about theories explaining him, or even simply suggesting he exists, might imply that he has been around long enough to have made quite an impact on quite a few.
Below I'll go into detail about instances when this has been demonstrated. If you or anyone else has an occurrence like this to add, feel free to do so or to let me know about it so that I may. I'd also be happy to add as much or as little detail s you like of your personal account.
The first person to note here is Amelia. She described her feelings after having initially seen photos of Slenderman on a link and thought it looked familiar. She expressed that she asked herself something along the lines of "Are you sure it hasn't already been around?"
For me, personally I have had images of him in my mind on more than one occasion. The very first episode of this happened around October (2011) when a friend of mine confided in me that he encountered something much like Slenderman. I had never heard of Slenderman at that point, so when he mentioned it, I had no clue what he meant. He lead me to some videos and I began to realize the creature was oddly familiar. I was in the process of re-organizing my desk at the time, so I had some pictures and doodles scattered on the top. I happened to look over at an old doodle of mine, which I had drawn about a year previous to that, if not more. The idea behind the doodle came to me entirely at random. I simply started wondering what a man who had no face would actually look like. I imagined a tall man with a pale, expressionless face. I ended up doodling his "face" or head, and tucked away the drawing until I had pulled it out to organize. I looked at it and realized he looked strikingly similar to Slenderman, at which point I became very interested in learning more, and did further reading upon the subject.
In the other group, Angelique expressed that she had always had a fear of an entity which seemed to be very similar to Slenderman. She said she had the fear ever since she was a child, and was reminded of it by an episode of Buffy. She didn't really go into much more detail than that, but it is notable that she had experienced this fear since what seems like years before having heard of Slenderman at all.
Thomas McGuine also commented that Slenderman could be "some manner of creature that has been among us always and has taken his 'current' form in our modern era." This seems more than likely to me, especially when I look at the evidence of his image in people's minds which have existed without being shaped by others.
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Sightings or Encounters :
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There have been many instances during which an entity or being which is particularly reminiscent of Slenderman has actually been sighted, encountered, or seen in some way shape or form. Some people believe that having a dream involving or related to Slenderman can count as an "encounter" as this could be evidence of being under his direct or indirect influence. For this reason, I will most likely include any dream related events in this portion.
Currently, there doesn't seem to be a known reason why some people who have encountered Slenderman have not been harmed or influenced by him. There are many ideas that could be presented as far as how to explain this. One idea is that he is very chaotic in his methods, or at least he seems to be, and it's possible one of his prime objectives after he has "targeted" or influenced someone could be to incite as much chaos and fear as possible. This could point to a possibility that he feeds from fear, or simply that he enjoys stirring it up inside people before abducting or killing them. This is not unlike the methods some serial killers use, to maximize the terror and fear in their victims.
There have been countless sightings of Slenderman, some of which have come about in this group's discussion. I'll do what I can to include as much detail as I can with what was shared. I'll start with my own, not because I feel my own are more important, but simply because I know my account better than I know someone else's.
When I first got involved with Slenderman, as I mentioned previously, it was due to a friend mentioning him to me. He didn't know how to best describe his physical appearance to me at the time, so he directed me instead to watch part of a video from the Marble Hornets video series.
If you are not familiar with Marble Hornets, I will give you a brief description. It is essentially a series of videos on youtube which at first are very convincing of Slenderman influencing the shooting of a short film. It is a film about a film, I guess you could say. Slenderman makes numerous appearances throughout the series. Marble Hornets is a work of fiction and should not be taken as real physical sightings of Slenderman.
When I first began watching them, I was unsure if the videos were fake. At the beginning they are fairly convincing, but after a few videos you can tell the forced acting and visual affects and such are limitless. This was how I first "learned" about Slenderman. I watched each video, hanging on every second, all in one night. Then I went to sleep, a bit unnerved at simply the idea that what I was seeing actually could be possible, even though the videos were faked. When I woke up (I sleep on my side) I lifted my head and looked towards my door. I believe I briefly saw what resembled Slenderman for just an instant, standing in the center of my room. I don't often recount this when I first mention that I have had an encounter with Slenderman. This is because it is entirely possible that since I was not "fully awake" my subconscious mind could have shown me something which was not really there. I acknowledge this to be a distinct possibility, but I am sharing it because it still influences my thinking.
The next time I "ran into" Slenderman, I was on a walk at night, sometime just before New Years Eve. I had become accustomed to walking at night because there have been several strange instances which I find are more easy to investigate and understand at night. On that particular walk, I was going to a spot I had been to before, one where I had run into a shadow being and had been investigating it further, when I was stopped by a being which introduced himself as a Gatekeeper. Whether the Gatekeeper is relevant to Slenderman in any way shape or form, I still do not know for sure. But I feel I should include it, simply because it was right after I had finished conversing with this being that I saw what I did. He appeared out of nowhere, despite the fact that I wasn't even thinking of him. I noticed the tall, thin, dark body in front of some nearby trees, about 11 o'clock in front of me. It was night, so it was dark outside, but his body was distinct and different from the darkness around him. I continued to look and saw his pale looking head, and instantly my vision went blurry. The air around the being in front of me seemed highly ethereal, almost swirling around and within him. He seemed to be like a ghost, yet more physical than that. At this time, my mind had remembered that some Slenderman accounts said something similar about the senses being dulled, something along the lines of "My mind was trying to prevent me from seeing what was in front of me." Then I felt myself being drawn into him, which made me extremely nervous. At that point I realized the blurriness in my vision was a defense mechanism of some kind, an alert, as if to wake up my senses and get myself out of the situation I was in. I was sensing danger and feeling fear, but I also felt a sense of trying to be comforted. I realized he was trying to soothe me, to coerce me to come closer. But I took notice of my instinct, and snapped myself out of it. I was able to hurry down the street and get back into my house, and when I got in I was shaking. I felt as if he was following me, which made me anxious.
Later, I noted that what I saw was more of a head with corrupted or missing facial features, as opposed to it appearing his face had been torn completely off or something of that nature. Whether this is how he actually appears and looks, I'm not sure, and it is possible what I "saw" was merely a product or effect of his energy. Though it seems to be common throughout many encounters.
A couple weeks after that (not sure of the exact date, but I could check later) I had a dream in which I was having a weekend house party with some of my friends. I noticed Slenderman's pale face peering in at me through a window of the house, and I noticed he turned his head and moved out of the window, as if he had noticed something. Then I saw the pale white silhouette of Masky (from Marble Hornets) who is sometimes associated with Slenderman. I took my friend into the kitchen to tell her what I saw, and noticed the pale faces still looking at me in the reflection of some kind of glass. It was either a window, or a TV, or something of the reflective sort. A girl in the other room also noticed this and panicked, fleeing the house and screaming. Then what appeared to be a shadowy appendage (much like Slenderman's many "tentacles") came out of the shadows and stopped her, grabbing her and slamming her against the house until she died. Note that this was merely a dream I had, and as such the significance may not be as much as a normal encounter. But he did appear to me there, and thus it is at least somewhat relevant.
Thomas also mentioned previously that he had a dream in which Slenderman had been mentioned. His post was as follows: I had a dream where he was off to the side in the distance. I had asked about what is truth and some kind of jaguar / spotted cat type being answered something about Slender Man creating the universe. Note that Thomas also expressed that he didn't necessarily believe this to be the truth, but simply mentioned that it's what his dream had told him.
Michael, who was also involved in he discussion mentioned that he had seen Slenderman. He noted in a post after sharing his sightings that he took a more solid form when appearing to Michael, as opposed to my more ethereal, semi-solid perception. Here is exactly what Michael's account of his sightings said: The first time I saw him, I was home alone. It was pretty late, I was about to go to my room to sleep when I heard something behind me. I turned and saw what looked like a man in a suit standing in the doorway to the far room. Needles to say, I sprinted to my bedroom and locked the door behind me, until the next morning. The second time, it was storming really bad outside. I had opened the door to look out, and I could barely make out the shape of something very tall and thin standing in the road, but I'm not entirely sure that was him. The third and last time was after I moved. I saw his reflection behind me in a mirror, but when I turned around, no one was there.
As far as sightings of Slenderman go, no many people are able to completely verify their encounter. To be able to do this, there would need to be either footage, photos, or another witness or account from someone who was also there. Because of the things necessary to make an encounter or sighting completely verifiable, people are often skeptical of singular firsthand accounts without any additional evidence. This is because people can often be in a mindset where they can mistake non-Magickal items or occurrences to be something more than they are, more so when they are tired or mentally / physically exhausted. Despite this, first hand accounts, even the kind you cannot completely verify, seem to be the most detailed accounts of what happens when he is near or how a person being affected by him feels. If anyone else has any sightings to add, you are more than welcome to, or you may tell me about it and I can add it for you if you like.
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Other Questions to Ponder or Consider :
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Who does he go after? When? Where? How often?
What defense(s) is (are) there against Slenderman?
In various sightings, is he known to be more solid or more blurry / etheral?
Does his impaling of victims on trees have ritualistic meaning? What kind?
Maybe he is a deity himself? If not, maybe he could be connected to one somehow? What kind of deity would he be similar to and why?
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LINKS :
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http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/slender-man
http://www.mythicalcreaturesguide.com/page/Slender+Man
http://
http://marblehornets.wikidot.com/slender-man
http://
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/
http://ufosearchonline.com/ufo/2010/09/slender-man-sightings/
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UPDATES:
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February 27th, 2012 - Created the document presenting the entire fact basis
March 1st, 2012 - [UPDATE]: Added information on the Operator Mark
I'll also show you a sweet dream next night...
Mistress Lenore
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Profile of Slenderman - His Influence and Power(s) :
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Slenderman. Not much is known about him for certain, but what is known is that he is a very curious being. One which many people wish to know more about. We should start with the things which are commonly expressed about any supernatural powers or influences he may have.
First, the basic image of Slenderman. Often stylized Slender Man, Slenderman, or Slendy, this being is known to be abnormally tall and thin (slender, you might say) in body build. He has a deathly, eerily pale complexion, with a mostly black wardrobe to match. This is often in the current form of the modern suit, as it is often understood he is able to slightly alter his appearance. Although he has a head, he has no hair and is entirely void of expression as he has no facial features. Some encounters describe a possibility of Slenderman having a nose, but he is not known to have eyes, lips, or ears. His height tends to vary on the specific account of his appearance, though most people describe him as being somewhere between 7 and 10 feet tall. Additionally, he is thought to be able to extend his arms for the purpose of entrapping people in them. He is also thought to be able to produce extra limbs, usually in the form of tentacle looking appendages on his back. These are not always seen, but when they are it seems that they are used for the purpose of walking among the trees.
Slenderman has been said to have various powers, especially over the human mind, and several types of influences over people. He directly influences those he takes from their environment, but he also affects people which he uses as his agents or "Proxies" to take action on behalf of him or under his coercion. People known as Proxies are also directly under his control, though seemingly robbed partially or completely of their own free will and rational thought. Slenderman is often known for driving said Proxy to carry out a number of actions, sometimes going to such lengths as to incite violence or murder against others.
Sometimes, there is what's commonly called an Operator Mark (Slenderman sometimes goes by the name Operator) either in the mind of a person being affected by Slenderman or on a nearby surface where he could potentially be lurking. It is sort of a common symbol associated with him, and it looks like a circle with an X through it. If you type "Operator Mark" in a google search you will find some, most likely. It has been said people who are under Slenderman's influence can sometimes become obsessed with drawing this mark as well.
Thomas speculated that this influence Slenderman has over others could be the cause of somebody "creating" an image of him on an internet forum for a contest, thus bringing this creature to our conscious mind's forefront as an unsettling, unwelcome guest among us. This seems entirely plausible to me, and I wouldn't be surprised it was at least in some way the truth. Though it's understandable if this is harder to believe for others.
It is fairly obvious to those that have seen information on Slenderman before that his influence over people is not limited to passive behavior. He has been known to "stalk" or watch closely people he has interest in, at times actively making himself known to anyone under his watch. It is apparent that those who he makes himself known to often experience their senses dulling, as a sort of hypnotism he uses to draw people in to his clutches. Often those who have seen him have reported being deathly afraid to go closer, as a survival instinct might often alert us, but that this "comforting" vibe he gives off could be something similar to a snare for anyone he wishes to make his victim.
Slenderman's victims? Most are never found. On the off chance that some of them are indeed found, they are often discovered in the form of corpses found impaled on (either manually sharpened or unsharpened yet broken) tree branches. As far as we know, the woods are the only known location where any known victims have been found. Why this is the case is not really known for certain, but there are a few ideas as to why this could be the case.
* The woods could be a place for him to simply work undisturbed in the mangling and dismembering of his victims. He could go there for privacy, or simply because it is more relaxing.
* The impaling of corpses on branches could itself have ritualistic meaning to this entity, though the possible significance of such a ritual has not become clear to us as of yet.
*Since he is often seen there, and evidence of his "work" is often left for discovery there, it is a distinct possibility that this could be reminiscent of fondness to the woods in particular, which could mean that he simply prefers to be there. This could possibly indicate that it his home or something of a natural habitat.
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Subconscious Images or Knowledge :
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People who have studied things similar to Slenderman know that it is possible to carry subconscious knowledge of such a thing in the back of one's mind. There have been multiple times where it has been noted that people have some kind of notion or awareness that a being or entity that highly resembles Slenderman has existed. This seems a frequent occurrence, both on an individual and a collective basis.
This often manifests itself as images resembling him, sometimes in dreams or simply ideas in the active imagination. These often occur long before the concept of who or what Slenderman actually is has been introduced into the mind from an outside source or influence. This makes the instances especially curious, as the same concept stemming from multiple people who have never been influenced is something to take notice of. This could point to the substantial existence of Slenderman in one way, the way some people are simply aware of other kinds of spirits in the backs of their minds when they are young yet still unable to interpret them. The fact that people have "seen" him in their mind's eye without knowing anything about theories explaining him, or even simply suggesting he exists, might imply that he has been around long enough to have made quite an impact on quite a few.
Below I'll go into detail about instances when this has been demonstrated. If you or anyone else has an occurrence like this to add, feel free to do so or to let me know about it so that I may. I'd also be happy to add as much or as little detail s you like of your personal account.
The first person to note here is Amelia. She described her feelings after having initially seen photos of Slenderman on a link and thought it looked familiar. She expressed that she asked herself something along the lines of "Are you sure it hasn't already been around?"
For me, personally I have had images of him in my mind on more than one occasion. The very first episode of this happened around October (2011) when a friend of mine confided in me that he encountered something much like Slenderman. I had never heard of Slenderman at that point, so when he mentioned it, I had no clue what he meant. He lead me to some videos and I began to realize the creature was oddly familiar. I was in the process of re-organizing my desk at the time, so I had some pictures and doodles scattered on the top. I happened to look over at an old doodle of mine, which I had drawn about a year previous to that, if not more. The idea behind the doodle came to me entirely at random. I simply started wondering what a man who had no face would actually look like. I imagined a tall man with a pale, expressionless face. I ended up doodling his "face" or head, and tucked away the drawing until I had pulled it out to organize. I looked at it and realized he looked strikingly similar to Slenderman, at which point I became very interested in learning more, and did further reading upon the subject.
In the other group, Angelique expressed that she had always had a fear of an entity which seemed to be very similar to Slenderman. She said she had the fear ever since she was a child, and was reminded of it by an episode of Buffy. She didn't really go into much more detail than that, but it is notable that she had experienced this fear since what seems like years before having heard of Slenderman at all.
Thomas McGuine also commented that Slenderman could be "some manner of creature that has been among us always and has taken his 'current' form in our modern era." This seems more than likely to me, especially when I look at the evidence of his image in people's minds which have existed without being shaped by others.
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Sightings or Encounters :
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There have been many instances during which an entity or being which is particularly reminiscent of Slenderman has actually been sighted, encountered, or seen in some way shape or form. Some people believe that having a dream involving or related to Slenderman can count as an "encounter" as this could be evidence of being under his direct or indirect influence. For this reason, I will most likely include any dream related events in this portion.
Currently, there doesn't seem to be a known reason why some people who have encountered Slenderman have not been harmed or influenced by him. There are many ideas that could be presented as far as how to explain this. One idea is that he is very chaotic in his methods, or at least he seems to be, and it's possible one of his prime objectives after he has "targeted" or influenced someone could be to incite as much chaos and fear as possible. This could point to a possibility that he feeds from fear, or simply that he enjoys stirring it up inside people before abducting or killing them. This is not unlike the methods some serial killers use, to maximize the terror and fear in their victims.
There have been countless sightings of Slenderman, some of which have come about in this group's discussion. I'll do what I can to include as much detail as I can with what was shared. I'll start with my own, not because I feel my own are more important, but simply because I know my account better than I know someone else's.
When I first got involved with Slenderman, as I mentioned previously, it was due to a friend mentioning him to me. He didn't know how to best describe his physical appearance to me at the time, so he directed me instead to watch part of a video from the Marble Hornets video series.
If you are not familiar with Marble Hornets, I will give you a brief description. It is essentially a series of videos on youtube which at first are very convincing of Slenderman influencing the shooting of a short film. It is a film about a film, I guess you could say. Slenderman makes numerous appearances throughout the series. Marble Hornets is a work of fiction and should not be taken as real physical sightings of Slenderman.
When I first began watching them, I was unsure if the videos were fake. At the beginning they are fairly convincing, but after a few videos you can tell the forced acting and visual affects and such are limitless. This was how I first "learned" about Slenderman. I watched each video, hanging on every second, all in one night. Then I went to sleep, a bit unnerved at simply the idea that what I was seeing actually could be possible, even though the videos were faked. When I woke up (I sleep on my side) I lifted my head and looked towards my door. I believe I briefly saw what resembled Slenderman for just an instant, standing in the center of my room. I don't often recount this when I first mention that I have had an encounter with Slenderman. This is because it is entirely possible that since I was not "fully awake" my subconscious mind could have shown me something which was not really there. I acknowledge this to be a distinct possibility, but I am sharing it because it still influences my thinking.
The next time I "ran into" Slenderman, I was on a walk at night, sometime just before New Years Eve. I had become accustomed to walking at night because there have been several strange instances which I find are more easy to investigate and understand at night. On that particular walk, I was going to a spot I had been to before, one where I had run into a shadow being and had been investigating it further, when I was stopped by a being which introduced himself as a Gatekeeper. Whether the Gatekeeper is relevant to Slenderman in any way shape or form, I still do not know for sure. But I feel I should include it, simply because it was right after I had finished conversing with this being that I saw what I did. He appeared out of nowhere, despite the fact that I wasn't even thinking of him. I noticed the tall, thin, dark body in front of some nearby trees, about 11 o'clock in front of me. It was night, so it was dark outside, but his body was distinct and different from the darkness around him. I continued to look and saw his pale looking head, and instantly my vision went blurry. The air around the being in front of me seemed highly ethereal, almost swirling around and within him. He seemed to be like a ghost, yet more physical than that. At this time, my mind had remembered that some Slenderman accounts said something similar about the senses being dulled, something along the lines of "My mind was trying to prevent me from seeing what was in front of me." Then I felt myself being drawn into him, which made me extremely nervous. At that point I realized the blurriness in my vision was a defense mechanism of some kind, an alert, as if to wake up my senses and get myself out of the situation I was in. I was sensing danger and feeling fear, but I also felt a sense of trying to be comforted. I realized he was trying to soothe me, to coerce me to come closer. But I took notice of my instinct, and snapped myself out of it. I was able to hurry down the street and get back into my house, and when I got in I was shaking. I felt as if he was following me, which made me anxious.
Later, I noted that what I saw was more of a head with corrupted or missing facial features, as opposed to it appearing his face had been torn completely off or something of that nature. Whether this is how he actually appears and looks, I'm not sure, and it is possible what I "saw" was merely a product or effect of his energy. Though it seems to be common throughout many encounters.
A couple weeks after that (not sure of the exact date, but I could check later) I had a dream in which I was having a weekend house party with some of my friends. I noticed Slenderman's pale face peering in at me through a window of the house, and I noticed he turned his head and moved out of the window, as if he had noticed something. Then I saw the pale white silhouette of Masky (from Marble Hornets) who is sometimes associated with Slenderman. I took my friend into the kitchen to tell her what I saw, and noticed the pale faces still looking at me in the reflection of some kind of glass. It was either a window, or a TV, or something of the reflective sort. A girl in the other room also noticed this and panicked, fleeing the house and screaming. Then what appeared to be a shadowy appendage (much like Slenderman's many "tentacles") came out of the shadows and stopped her, grabbing her and slamming her against the house until she died. Note that this was merely a dream I had, and as such the significance may not be as much as a normal encounter. But he did appear to me there, and thus it is at least somewhat relevant.
Thomas also mentioned previously that he had a dream in which Slenderman had been mentioned. His post was as follows: I had a dream where he was off to the side in the distance. I had asked about what is truth and some kind of jaguar / spotted cat type being answered something about Slender Man creating the universe. Note that Thomas also expressed that he didn't necessarily believe this to be the truth, but simply mentioned that it's what his dream had told him.
Michael, who was also involved in he discussion mentioned that he had seen Slenderman. He noted in a post after sharing his sightings that he took a more solid form when appearing to Michael, as opposed to my more ethereal, semi-solid perception. Here is exactly what Michael's account of his sightings said: The first time I saw him, I was home alone. It was pretty late, I was about to go to my room to sleep when I heard something behind me. I turned and saw what looked like a man in a suit standing in the doorway to the far room. Needles to say, I sprinted to my bedroom and locked the door behind me, until the next morning. The second time, it was storming really bad outside. I had opened the door to look out, and I could barely make out the shape of something very tall and thin standing in the road, but I'm not entirely sure that was him. The third and last time was after I moved. I saw his reflection behind me in a mirror, but when I turned around, no one was there.
As far as sightings of Slenderman go, no many people are able to completely verify their encounter. To be able to do this, there would need to be either footage, photos, or another witness or account from someone who was also there. Because of the things necessary to make an encounter or sighting completely verifiable, people are often skeptical of singular firsthand accounts without any additional evidence. This is because people can often be in a mindset where they can mistake non-Magickal items or occurrences to be something more than they are, more so when they are tired or mentally / physically exhausted. Despite this, first hand accounts, even the kind you cannot completely verify, seem to be the most detailed accounts of what happens when he is near or how a person being affected by him feels. If anyone else has any sightings to add, you are more than welcome to, or you may tell me about it and I can add it for you if you like.
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Other Questions to Ponder or Consider :
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Who does he go after? When? Where? How often?
What defense(s) is (are) there against Slenderman?
In various sightings, is he known to be more solid or more blurry / etheral?
Does his impaling of victims on trees have ritualistic meaning? What kind?
Maybe he is a deity himself? If not, maybe he could be connected to one somehow? What kind of deity would he be similar to and why?
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LINKS :
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http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/slender-man
http://www.mythicalcreaturesguide.com/page/Slender+Man
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http://marblehornets.wikidot.com/slender-man
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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/
http://ufosearchonline.com/ufo/2010/09/slender-man-sightings/
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UPDATES:
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February 27th, 2012 - Created the document presenting the entire fact basis
March 1st, 2012 - [UPDATE]: Added information on the Operator Mark
I'll also show you a sweet dream next night...
Mistress Lenore
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