
The Slender Man: From Urban Legend Across The Blurred And Brutal Lines Of Reality
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- January 4, 2022
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What is perhaps most interesting about the Slender Man legends is that it is very much a case of urban folklore with definite and documented origins, one that we have seen grow before our collective eyes. And in doing so, it has offered those who research or simply have an interest in such things as legends, myths, and folklore, the opportunity to see such a legend grow and develop right in front of them, and so perhaps offering how such legends and myths of ancient times grew and maintained their presence in the human psyche thousands of years later. And also why, despite, in this case, the solid, concrete documented origins, some people still insist they have had genuine encounters with this mysterious figure.

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This “Slender Man” urban legend/myth is reminiscent of the old 1980s Horror series of movies titled “PHANTASM”…in which the ‘bad guy’ was the “Tall man”…probably inspire by that Slender man urban myth.