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Community => Recreation Commons => Topic started by: Unorthodox on September 23, 2013, 08:16:22 PM

Title: Tracking an urban legend.
Post by: Unorthodox on September 23, 2013, 08:16:22 PM

OK.  Slenderman.

If you know it, great, if not, it's not really worth your time. 

I was fortunate to see the beginning of the slenderman legend, but grew bored and moved on... it's recently changed...

Someone making a costume this year confused the hell out of me by putting tentacles all over it.  So, I went looking and see all kinds of wierdness has been added recently.   

I don't want any links or anything, I can get those.  Just curious what, if anything, y'all know about it. 

Title: Re: Tracking an urban legend.
Post by: Buster's Uncle on September 23, 2013, 08:19:42 PM

Never heard of it, that I recall.

You've sort of obligated yourself to tell the story now...

Title: Re: Tracking an urban legend.
Post by: Unorthodox on September 23, 2013, 08:23:28 PM

It started as a photoshop contest for 'paranormal photos' (you can see why I was there for the beginning), but this entry overshadowed the contest and has taken a life of it's own.  Couple recent movies (and some more coming out) borrow heavily off it.

Title: Re: Tracking an urban legend.
Post by: Buster's Uncle on September 23, 2013, 08:25:15 PM

Go on...

Title: Re: Tracking an urban legend.
Post by: Unorthodox on September 23, 2013, 08:26:16 PM

Would be counter productive to my experiment here. 

Title: Re: Tracking an urban legend.
Post by: Arbee on September 23, 2013, 09:38:58 PM

I've played Slender and seen memes and references to it on Facebook, but I never saw any of the original discussion or photos.

Title: Re: Tracking an urban legend.
Post by: JarlWolf on September 23, 2013, 11:29:29 PM

I've seen it off and on, and I've seen enough young folks get over-hyped about it online. I got sick of hearing about it constantly and don't want to even bother with it for the most part.

(Not saying I am snuffing out my interest in this subject- just I've had more then an earful about it.)