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- !. "he sections ma# be chosen more than once. $hich section of the article mentions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a %ideo game& the character's film debut& the internet forum (here Slender Man re-emerged& the name of a photo manipulator& the (riter's sleeping problem& the abduction of Slender Man's fictional %ictims& Slender Man's old relationship (ith children& a number of media producers& 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&

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 1/th centur# 0erman#. +n 0ermanic fair# tales* he (as -no(n as 1er 2itter - an e3ceptionall# 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 2445* 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 6ictor Surge entered t(o blac- and (hite photographs (ith a short description naming the Slender Man - a m#sterious creature that stal-ed children.

7 "he character quic-l# caught the attention of se%eral (ebsites* the most popular %ideo accounts come from the Marble ,ornets pro8ect. "his pro8ect consists of a series of entries on Youtube that are supposedl# tape segments reco%ered b# someone named 9a#. "hese unco%ered tapes contain footage of a friend that had disappeared. +n the pro8ect* Slend# is -no(n as :"he ;perator:. "here are more than <4 %ideos in the series right no(* and the pro8ect is still on going. ;ther %ideo documentations of the Slender Man ha%e since appeared. "hese other pro8ects include %er#man,Y.2+1* 1ar-,ar%est44* M=Andersen4* and "ribe"(el%e. 1 ,e e%en has his o(n game: Slender > "he ight )ages. +t is a simple game* #ou're in a (ood (ith a flashlight. You don't -no( (h# #ou're in the (oods. .ut #ou are. And #ou ha%e to (ander around in these creep#* dar- (oods until #ou find eight pieces of paper posted on %arious landmar-s. And these pieces of paper ha%e (eird* creep# stuff (ritten on them. "he (hole time #ou're in these creep# (oods loo-ing for these stupid pieces of paper* the Slender Man is behind #ou* stal-ing #ou. .ut #ou can't run a(a# from him because #ou're either fat or a child or possibl# a fat child. $hate%er #ou are* #ou're not built for running. You can tell (hen he's close because #ou'll hear creep# noises and #our screen becomes distorted. +f it goes completel# static* then congratulations: #ou'%e been caught b# the Slender Man and (ill probabl# die in a horrible fashion.

;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. 7hildren (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 8ust continue to follo( his %ictims and creep them out. +f targeted o%er an e3tended period of time* %ictims (ill usuall# e3perience madness. )aranoia ta-es o%er@ the %ictim doesn't feel safe an#(here. $ild mood s(ings occur* and constant irritation is present. 6ictims suffer from :Slender Sic-ness:* (hich is mar-ed b# coughing fits* coughing up blood* nausea* %omiting* blood# nose* and fe%er. "he most prominent effect of Slender Sic-ness is amnesia. 6ictims (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. ither (a#* the %ictim ends up (ith a life that is in ruins. $hen a Slend# target does finall# disappear it is uncertain (here e3actl# the %ictims go* or (hat happens to them after. An# %ideo documentation of an encounter (ith Slend# is highl# distorted (another -no(n effect of his presence!* ma-ing it almost impossible to see e3actl# (hat occurs (hen he appears.