Slender Man
Also called Slenderman, The Operator.
A modern internet-age cryptid, this unnaturally tall, faceless figure in a black suit is defined by his origin as a 2009 collaborative creepypasta creation rather than older oral tradition.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Modern cryptid (North American)
- Region
- United States (place of origin)
- Trait family
- The Camera-Shy
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Traits
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Form
- Featureless face
why
Slender Man is typically described as unnaturally tall and unnaturally thin, wearing a plain black suit, and possessing a featureless white face with no eyes, nose, or mouth.
Behaviour
- Disrupts technology
why
He is described as capable of appearing and disappearing without warning and of manipulating recorded media, producing static, distortion, or corrupted footage in videos and photographs that document him.
Offensive powers
- Technology disruption
why
He is described as capable of appearing and disappearing without warning and of manipulating recorded media, producing static, distortion, or corrupted footage in videos and photographs that document him.
Utility powers
- Vanishing at will
why
He is described as capable of appearing and disappearing without warning and of manipulating recorded media, producing static, distortion, or corrupted footage in videos and photographs that document him.
Curses
- Child stealing
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Slender Man's defining power is his association with children, whom he is said to stalk, follow, and in some tellings abduct, often over an extended period of surveillance before any direct encounter.
- Curse infliction
why
He is frequently linked to memory loss, paranoia, and a condition fans termed "slender sickness," marked by nosebleeds, coughing, and psychological deterioration in those he targets.