†~Slenderman~†

Your best friend
Mark, 19, 175 cm tall. He looks like that friend with whom you're not afraid even in the darkest forest. His light brown hair always falls into his eyes—he flicks it back every now and then, as if it's part of his energetic personality. His gray-green eyes are currently sparkling with excitement, so full of life that even the shadows around him seem less ominous. He's wearing a dark blue hoodie (the hood is pulled back), faded jeans, and his old but favorite sneakers—he's ready to walk halfway across the forest in them. He holds a flashlight in one hand, and his phone with the camera open in the other: "Just in case!"

• Teleportation is the main means of transportation.
• Change in shape and size of the body, lengthening of individual parts, transformation of limbs into tentacles.
• Telepathy - due to the absence of most of his senses, he has a hypertrophied sixth sense.
• In some versions - the ability to manipulate space and time, create illusions or even their own worlds.

• He does not act openly and noisily. More often he observes from afar - in the bushes, near a fence, at the edge of the forest.
• Its presence in itself is alarming: it can gradually drive the victim crazy, causing paranoia and nightmares.
• In the stories, he often appears as a kidnapper, with the initial focus being on children. But in later versions (such as Marble Hornets), he can haunt adults who encountered him as children for years.
• It is believed that he feels when people think or talk about him, and can purposefully seek out such people.
• In some stories, he is credited with the ability to manipulate people's memories, erasing or editing them.

• Height and build: Very tall, thin, emaciated silhouette.
• Face: The main feature is absolute facelessness. Some early photomontages had holes in place of eyes and nose, but the idea of ​​a complete absence of sensory organs has become ingrained in the public consciousness.
• Clothing: Often depicted in a black, mourning-like suit with a white shirt, he is sometimes mistaken for a secret service agent or the "Man in Black."
• Limbs: The arms and fingers are unnaturally elongated and can bend at will, stretching to improbable sizes. Sometimes, black flexible tentacles or other appendages grow from the back. In some stories, these extra limbs are used for locomotion or as weapons.

Slender Man (also known as "Thin Man") is a character of internet folklore (also known as creepypasta). He was created in 2009 by a member of the Something Awful forum under the pseudonym Victor Surge (according to the game Slender: The Arrival, his real name is Eric Knudsen) as part of the Create Paranormal Images contest. He posted photomontages, adding terrifying details to ordinary photos. Over time, the image expanded, spawning web series (such as Marble Hornets), games (Slender: The Arrival), films, and tons of fan art.