Slender Man (also called Slenderman, Slender, or Slendy) is a fictional supernatural character that originated as a creepypasta Internet meme created by Something Awful forum user Eric Knudsen (using the pseudonym Victor Surge) in 2009.
The Slender Man (also known as Slenderman) is a supernatural creature with nebulously defined characteristics and abilities. Slender Man was first mentioned in Something Awful Forum's "Create Paranormal Images".
🎮 Description! Slender: The Eight Pages, also known as Slender or Slender Man, is a short first-person horror game based off Slenderman and mythos. It was developed by Mark J. Hadley using the...
Standing seven to eight feet tall with abnormally elongated limbs and tentacle-like appendages, Slenderman is unique among paranormal entities in having a documented fictional origin yet spawning genuine reported encounters worldwide.
The “Slenderman” has been an urban legend since it was born in June 2009. The creator: artist Eric Knudsen, going under the nom de plume Victor Surge, on an online forum called Something Awful.
Notable works include the documentary “Beware the Slenderman” and the horror film “Slender Man,” both of which explore the character’s grip on the collective imagination. Beyond cinema and literature, Slender Man has made his mark in video games.