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Slender Man Reading - Part 2
You are going to read an article about the popular horror icon:
Slender Man. For questions 1-12
choose from the sections of the article (A-F. !he sections ma"
be chosen more than once.
#hich section of the article mentions
1 a $ideo game%
2 the character&s film debut%
3 the internet forum 'here Slender Man re-emerged%
4 the name of a photo manipulator%
5 the 'riter&s sleeping problem%
6 the abduction of Slender Man&s fictional $ictims%
7 Slender Man&s old relationship 'ith children%
8 a number of media producers%
9 a strange t"pe of malad"%
10 the character&s current relationship 'ith children%
11 a h"pothesis relating to Slender Man&s origins%
12 a portable light source%
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Slender Sickness
A ersonall") *&m a big fan of Slend". !here are $er" fe'
monsters that can genuinel" creep me
out) and this gu" is one of them. * ha$e spent more time than
*&m 'illing to admit losing
sleep because of a Marble +ornets entr" or chic,ening around in
Slender.
Although he has no certain origin) !he Slender Man m"th ma" date
bac, as far as 1th
centur" /erman". *n /ermanic fair" tales) he 'as ,no'n as 0er
itter - an eceptionall" tall
man dressed as a ,night or a ro"al figure. *n those times) he
'as meant to be a cautionar"
tale for children.
So ho' did he ma,e it to the $ast internet%
*n 2334) Something A'ful Forums launched a paranormal picture
contest in 'hich
participants 'ere required to ta,e ordinar" photos and digitall"
manipulate them into
something creep" and sinister. !hen those photographs had to be
posted on a number of
paranormal forums as authentic photos. A user b" the name of
5ictor Surge entered t'oblac, and 'hite photographs 'ith a short
description naming the Slender Man - a
m"sterious creature that stal,ed children.
6 !he character quic,l" caught the attention of se$eral
'ebsites) the most popular $ideo
accounts come from the Marble +ornets pro7ect. !his pro7ect
consists of a series of entries
on Youtube that are supposedl" tape segments reco$ered b"
someone named 8a". !hese
unco$ered tapes contain footage of a friend that had
disappeared. *n the pro7ect) Slend" is
,no'n as 9!he perator9. !here are more than ;3 $ideos in the
series right no') and the
pro7ect is still on going.
ther $ideo documentations of the Slender Man ha$e since
appeared. !hese other pro7ects
include
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< ld-school Slend" 'as $er" $iolent. +e displa"ed highl"
aggressi$e beha$iours such as
impaling his $ictims on trees) lea$ing them to bleed to death)
or ripping out a $ictim&s
organs. 6hildren 'ere his sole target.
+o'e$er) the modern Slender Man is not quite as $iolent) but
someho' much more sinister
than his older counterpart. !he modern Slender Man is passi$e
aggressi$e to'ard his
$ictims. +e 'ill stal, his target continuousl") and torment the
indi$idual b" repeatedl"ma,ing his presence ,no'n in an in$asi$e
'a" - appearing inside or around the target&s
home) on a road during tra$el) at the 'or,place 'hen the target
is alone) or 'hile the
target is sleeping. !his elimination of an" safe ?one tends to
spar, uneasiness and paranoia
in the $ictim. +o'e$er) Slend" 'ill probabl" not attac, for a
long time. *nstead) he 'ill 7ust
continue to follo' his $ictims and creep them out.
F *f targeted o$er an etended period of time) $ictims 'ill
usuall" eperience madness.
aranoia ta,es o$er@ the $ictim doesn&t feel safe an"'here.
#ild mood s'ings occur) and
constant irritation is present. 5ictims suffer from 9Slender
Sic,ness9) 'hich is mar,ed b"
coughing fits) coughing up blood) nausea) $omiting) blood" nose)
and fe$er. !he mostprominent effect of Slender Sic,ness is amnesia.
5ictims 'ill often a'a,en 'ith no idea
'here the" are) 'hat the" are doing) or ho' the" got there.
Memor" loss can be a period of
hours) da"s) 'ee,s) or e$en months. *t&s undetermined
'hether this memor" loss is a
defense mechanism triggered b" an encounter 'ith the Slender
Man) or the 'or, of Slend"
himself.
