Slenderman and Tulpas

[Rafterman]

The latest episode of Monstertalk is up and the hosts are talking about Slenderman and the Tulpas.

If nothing else, you'll learn where the term Creepy Pasta comes from.

Enjoy.

http://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/monstertalk/14/07/30/

SLENDERMAN IS AN INTERNET CREATION made for a contest on the Something Awful website. Its creator was Victor Surge (whose real name is Eric Knudsen). The character is tall, thin, faceless, wears a suit and is often shown in the background of otherwise innocent photos — sometimes with tentacles creeping shadowy from behind his back. His fictional story is that he compels children to kill.

On May 31, 2014, two young girls in Wisconsin attacked a third with a knife and alleged that their motivation was to become proxies of the Slenderman and to go live in his mansion in the woods. Why would they believe that a fictional creature was real?

Since the creation of Slenderman the character has “gone viral” and spun off numerous art and fiction stories. And some fans of the Slenderman believe that he is real — either existing already from time immemorial, or that he exists now, brought to life by the combined belief of millions of humans in the form of a living creature known as a Tulpa.

In this episode we interview Joe Laycock and Natasha Mikles, who help us find out more about Slenderman and Tulpas and the reality of their supposed ancient heritage.

[Sundew]

Here is a guy who does professional horror makeup and goes on chat sites, in this case as Slenderman. The reactions are interesting.

[Coralie]

Here is a guy who does professional horror makeup and goes on chat sites, in this case as Slenderman. The reactions are interesting.

I saw this not long ago. He also did Jeff the Killer in one video and the reactions were priceless! Supposedly, the more you know about Slenderman, the closer he gets to you. I have also watched gameplay on YouTube of the Slenderman based games, one of which has you go into a mining facility in a mountain. Aside from being stalked by Slender, you also had to watch out for this deranged, fast moving man/woman who would start off creeping up on you, but at any moment would burst into a sprint and be on top of you trying to tear you to shreds!

I got into the Creepypastas over the spring and enjoyed them.

Slenderman has been both creepy and interesting to me, because he is a faceless entity that doesn't necessarily need a reason for taking victims, or at least that's the way it appears.

[MrBene]

Here is a guy who does professional horror makeup and goes on chat sites, in this case as Slenderman. The reactions are interesting.

Was sort of funny, but he should have done it a lot more creepier, like without a light pointing straight to his face.

[bubblykiss]

SYMPATHY FOR SLENDER MAN SONG