The Internet is The New Woods (Monsters, Ostension, & Moral Panics)
Digital Folklore
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Slender Man Transgresses Our Categories of Reality and Fiction
Slender Man transgressing our categories of reality and fiction. To play in that particular space invites questions around belief. We're all on some level willing to engage wanting to be pulled in. 12 year old Morgan Geyser and Anisa Wire are accused of attempted murder of their 12 year old friend when police say they lured her into the woods and stabbed her 19 times. According to court documents the two plotted to kill their friend to please Slender Man a demon like fictional character on the horror site Creepypasta.
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