The Slender Man

**Valigarmander** · 11-28-2009, 05:54 AM

Marble Hornets: Slender Man

Check it out if you dare. And don't look behind you.

Luigiman7 · 11-28-2009, 09:50 AM

Why is it that creepy people like this target children?

**X-3** · 12-01-2009, 09:42 PM

Seems to be part of an ARG. Those things seem pretty cool from what I've read.

...videos can be pretty chilling.

Click to view video.

Random User · 12-19-2009, 11:02 PM

That's creepy... Did anyone else read about and see the video responses about totheark?

**Galefore** · 02-16-2010, 04:29 PM

Sorry to bump, but Marble Hornets is the ****ing ****.

I think I've made at least ten of my closest friends paranoid for life since introducing them to the ARG. I love it. It's so great that what would have otherwise been some random creepypasta meme turned out to be one of the better "mythical monsters" of our age.

I've become such a fan that I have my own theories and **** as to the solution to the mysteries at foot, but I won't go on about that.

**X-3** · 02-19-2010, 09:56 PM

I read more about this stuff last week. Didn't have a good night sleep.

Vapor · 02-24-2010, 01:54 PM

I just checked out Marble Hornets. It looks fun.

I was reading the main page and, being a reader of Lovecraft, TOTALLY CRACKED UP when they mentioned "A researcher from Miskatonic University".

**Galefore** · 02-24-2010, 02:15 PM

^That would be Dav. He's plays a lot of ARGs, and has been involved in all of the major Slenderman themed ones thus far. And yes, he's obviously a Lovecraft fan.

Zaden · 03-28-2010, 04:15 PM

Something Slender This Way Cometh
It's a video. If you watch it, be sure to bring an extra change of pants.

Also, MarbleHornets on YouTube just released Entry #25 for all of us Slender-fans.

**Galefore** · 03-28-2010, 04:21 PM

Am I the only one who thinks he saw good old Slendy in the news report? It looked like he was standing near a tree while they were shooting footage of the fire.

**Galefore** · 05-25-2010, 03:48 PM

Man. They need to do part 2. I'm waiting to lure an unsuspecting friend into watching all of the MarbleHornets videos with me (so I can view them for the collective one-billionth time) to sate my thirst for this, but it's so damn good that it's gonna be hard to let them enjoy their little hiatus.

If anyone's interested, they did a Q&A on the SomethingAwful thread about MH. No story related stuff, just behind the scenes. They didn't drop any deets about part 2, either. But man. Does my breath smell bated? Yes.

Zaden · 06-10-2010, 03:45 PM

Okay, this "gimme twenny dollas" crap is gettin' hecka old. Slender Man needs a new theme song.

*Candy Man music*

Who can 'nap your children?
Impale them in a tree?
Cover them in blood and leave an organ bag or three?
The Slender Man! The Slender Man's here!
The Slender Man's here and he has one goal in mind:
To invoke your darkest fear!

Who can take a black suit,
Wrap it in a tie?
You can never see his face; it doesn't matter if you try.
The Slender Man! The Slender Man's here!
The Slender Man's here and he has one goal in mind:
To invoke your darkest fear!

The Slander Man would kill
Just for a thrill!
He's your manifested terror.
Ubiquitous but nowhere!
Talk about a childhood nightmare!

Who can take the darkness,
Rip it with your screams?
Magnify the horror and implant it in your dreams.
The Slender Man! The Slender Man can!
The Slender Man can 'cause he's waiting in your room
And he knows when you'll be home.

**Galefore** · 06-10-2010, 04:02 PM

^Yeah, the creators of MarbleHornets hate it too. It's probably the real reason they disabled the comments. I wanted to kick a puppy every time I saw "NO WIFIN IN DA CLUB". :P

What's really scary about [The Operator] (his in-universe name) is that nobody really knows what the **** he does to you. Aside from the paranoia and some suggested deaths, in the Marble Hornets universe his presence isn't so much deadly as it is ominous and terrifying. That's so much scarier, for some reason, than if he just popped up and ripped some dude's throat out onscreen. Other versions of Slender Man haven't shied away from violence (especially the Just Another Fool variant), but man... MarbleHornets Part 2 can't come soon enough.

heh · 06-11-2010, 02:22 PM

bwahahahahahhaha i remember the SA thread where slenderman was created.

great stuff though

not sure why this would be in the paranormal fourm when it doesn't even pretend to be an real thing though.

Zaden · 06-11-2010, 02:50 PM

^If you read "Create Paranormal Images" on SomethingAwful you know darn well his creators wanted people to think he was real.

Don't forget that [most people say] even H.P. Lovecraft believed in the stuff he wrote.

heh · 06-11-2010, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zaidon

^If you read "Create Paranormal Images" on SomethingAwful you know darn well his creators wanted people to think he was real.

Don't forget that [most people say] even H.P. Lovecraft believed in the stuff he wrote.

except that they were "convincing" people to think he was real in a thread called "create paranormal images". A thread in which everyone was using photoshop to insert ghosts and ufos into images. And on the website it specifically says "created on the SA forums".

e: also HP Lovecraft didn't believe in things he was writing, he had a psychosomatic disorder that caused him to have night terrors which inspired his horror writing. also later in life he suffered from hysteria and depression (and racism :/)

**Galefore** · 07-06-2010, 08:28 PM

Just found out that MarbleHornets' creators are apparently from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as discovered by the use of some coordinates they provided and the magic of Google maps and through the confirmation that the Red Tower is only an hour away from Tuscaloosa, which even fits how long Jay said it took him to drive there (though on SomethingAwful some people have claimed that canonically it's set in Kentucky, which is a claim that has not been verified). I kinda figured they were from my neck of the woods, because Tim has a thick southern accent and Alex and J aren't far off from having one themselves. I think it's pretty cool that the series is and has been filmed only about 2 hours and change away from where I live, though.

Zaden · 07-09-2010, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bats with Hats

except that they were "convincing" people to think he was real in a thread called "create paranormal images".

That's an ambiguous position to put the prepositional phrase "in a thread". If you're trying to say that they were convincing the people in the thread, they weren't. Nor were they doing the convincing in the thread. They were going to convince everybody else outside the thread. Of course they couldn't do it in the thread itself! That's why they put him on YouTube and the Marble Hornets wiki.

Random User · 07-15-2010, 12:54 PM

I believe the Marble Hornets series is over, now. I haven't seen any twitter updates or new youtube videos.

**Galefore** · 07-15-2010, 09:43 PM

^The creators confirmed that only Part 1 is over, and that they are planning the second part as we speak. In the mean-time, the "EverymanHYBRID" series on Youtube is a cute distraction and should keep you busy enough while you wait for more MH stuff.

11-28-2009, 05:54 AM	#1
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,222 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,553 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	The Slender Man Marble Hornets: Slender Man Check it out if you dare. And don't look behind you. __________________

06-11-2010, 02:22 PM	#14
heh Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: lo-ca-tion; Noun- 1. a place or situation occupied: That house is in a fine location Gender: Posts: 9,766 Thanks: 706 Thanked 946 Times in 619 Posts	bwahahahahahhaha i remember the SA thread where slenderman was created. great stuff though not sure why this would be in the paranormal fourm when it doesn't even pretend to be an real thing though. Last edited by heh; 06-11-2010 at 02:22 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

07-06-2010, 08:28 PM	#17
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,255 Thanks: 1,357 Thanked 823 Times in 532 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Just found out that MarbleHornets' creators are apparently from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as discovered by the use of some coordinates they provided and the magic of Google maps and through the confirmation that the Red Tower is only an hour away from Tuscaloosa, which even fits how long Jay said it took him to drive there (though on SomethingAwful some people have claimed that canonically it's set in Kentucky, which is a claim that has not been verified). I kinda figured they were from my neck of the woods, because Tim has a thick southern accent and Alex and J aren't far off from having one themselves. I think it's pretty cool that the series is and has been filmed only about 2 hours and change away from where I live, though. Last edited by Galefore; 07-06-2010 at 08:36 PM.

11-28-2009, 09:50 AM	#2
Luigiman7 ~)´◡｀(~ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: representin da bronx yo Gender: Posts: 17,303 Thanks: 1,099 Thanked 992 Times in 698 Posts Blog Entries: 8	Why is it that creepy people like this target children? __________________ ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ＷＯＮ’Ｔ　ＹＯＵ　ＢＥＣＯＭＥ　Ａ　ＭＡＧＩＣＡＬ　ＧＩＲＬ？

12-19-2009, 11:02 PM	#4
Random User Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Floating aimlessly somewhere. Gender: Posts: 2,941 Thanks: 284 Thanked 118 Times in 95 Posts Blog Entries: 4	That's creepy... Did anyone else read about and see the video responses about totheark?

02-16-2010, 04:29 PM	#5
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,255 Thanks: 1,357 Thanked 823 Times in 532 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Sorry to bump, but Marble Hornets is the **ing . I think I've made at least ten of my closest friends paranoid for life since introducing them to the ARG. I love it. It's so great that what would have otherwise been some random creepypasta meme turned out to be one of the better "mythical monsters" of our age. I've become such a fan that I have my own theories and ** as to the solution to the mysteries at foot, but I won't go on about that.

02-19-2010, 09:56 PM	#6
X-3 No avatar, no justice, no dreams, no hope! Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,507 Thanks: 732 Thanked 1,158 Times in 751 Posts Blog Entries: 10	I read more about this stuff last week. Didn't have a good night sleep.

02-24-2010, 01:54 PM	#7
Vapor Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: WHERE IT'S AT Gender: Posts: 5,211 Thanks: 314 Thanked 412 Times in 248 Posts	I just checked out Marble Hornets. It looks fun. I was reading the main page and, being a reader of Lovecraft, TOTALLY CRACKED UP when they mentioned "A researcher from Miskatonic University".

02-24-2010, 02:15 PM	#8
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,255 Thanks: 1,357 Thanked 823 Times in 532 Posts Blog Entries: 5	^That would be Dav. He's plays a lot of ARGs, and has been involved in all of the major Slenderman themed ones thus far. And yes, he's obviously a Lovecraft fan.

03-28-2010, 04:15 PM	#9
Zaden Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: in the beak of a mighty condor Gender: Posts: 991 Thanks: 273 Thanked 87 Times in 51 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Something Slender This Way Cometh It's a video. If you watch it, be sure to bring an extra change of pants. Also, MarbleHornets on YouTube just released Entry #25 for all of us Slender-fans.

03-28-2010, 04:21 PM	#10
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,255 Thanks: 1,357 Thanked 823 Times in 532 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Am I the only one who thinks he saw good old Slendy in the news report? It looked like he was standing near a tree while they were shooting footage of the fire.

05-25-2010, 03:48 PM	#11
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,255 Thanks: 1,357 Thanked 823 Times in 532 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Man. They need to do part 2. I'm waiting to lure an unsuspecting friend into watching all of the MarbleHornets videos with me (so I can view them for the collective one-billionth time) to sate my thirst for this, but it's so damn good that it's gonna be hard to let them enjoy their little hiatus. If anyone's interested, they did a Q&A on the SomethingAwful thread about MH. No story related stuff, just behind the scenes. They didn't drop any deets about part 2, either. But man. Does my breath smell bated? Yes.

06-10-2010, 03:45 PM	#12
Zaden Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: in the beak of a mighty condor Gender: Posts: 991 Thanks: 273 Thanked 87 Times in 51 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Okay, this "gimme twenny dollas" crap is gettin' hecka old. Slender Man needs a new theme song. Candy Man music Who can 'nap your children? Impale them in a tree? Cover them in blood and leave an organ bag or three? The Slender Man! The Slender Man's here! The Slender Man's here and he has one goal in mind: To invoke your darkest fear! Who can take a black suit, Wrap it in a tie? You can never see his face; it doesn't matter if you try. The Slender Man! The Slender Man's here! The Slender Man's here and he has one goal in mind: To invoke your darkest fear! The Slander Man would kill Just for a thrill! He's your manifested terror. Ubiquitous but nowhere! Talk about a childhood nightmare! Who can take the darkness, Rip it with your screams? Magnify the horror and implant it in your dreams. The Slender Man! The Slender Man can! The Slender Man can 'cause he's waiting in your room And he knows when you'll be home.

06-10-2010, 04:02 PM	#13
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,255 Thanks: 1,357 Thanked 823 Times in 532 Posts Blog Entries: 5	^Yeah, the creators of MarbleHornets hate it too. It's probably the real reason they disabled the comments. I wanted to kick a puppy every time I saw "NO WIFIN IN DA CLUB". :P What's really scary about [The Operator] (his in-universe name) is that nobody really knows what the **** he does to you. Aside from the paranoia and some suggested deaths, in the Marble Hornets universe his presence isn't so much deadly as it is ominous and terrifying. That's so much scarier, for some reason, than if he just popped up and ripped some dude's throat out onscreen. Other versions of Slender Man haven't shied away from violence (especially the Just Another Fool variant), but man... MarbleHornets Part 2 can't come soon enough.

06-11-2010, 02:50 PM	#15
Zaden Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: in the beak of a mighty condor Gender: Posts: 991 Thanks: 273 Thanked 87 Times in 51 Posts Blog Entries: 5	^If you read "Create Paranormal Images" on SomethingAwful you know darn well his creators wanted people to think he was real. Don't forget that [most people say] even H.P. Lovecraft believed in the stuff he wrote.

07-15-2010, 12:54 PM	#19
Random User Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Floating aimlessly somewhere. Gender: Posts: 2,941 Thanks: 284 Thanked 118 Times in 95 Posts Blog Entries: 4	I believe the Marble Hornets series is over, now. I haven't seen any twitter updates or new youtube videos.

07-15-2010, 09:43 PM	#20
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,255 Thanks: 1,357 Thanked 823 Times in 532 Posts Blog Entries: 5	^The creators confirmed that only Part 1 is over, and that they are planning the second part as we speak. In the mean-time, the "EverymanHYBRID" series on Youtube is a cute distraction and should keep you busy enough while you wait for more MH stuff.