![]() Initially created by Eric Knudsen as part of a photoshop contest to craft realistic-looking paranormal images on the Something Awful internet forum, Slender Man slipped from the grasp of his originator as easily as he can allegedly travel between his dimension and our own. But the slipperiness of motive is appropriate. Their reasoning behind this was fuzzy and overlapping: Payton’s death would prove their worthiness to serve as Slender Man’s human “proxies,” it would prove the existence of Slender Man himself, it would protect their families from being killed in Payton’s stead. Fascinated by the fictional stories, pictures, and videos of the creature they encountered online, the girls-immersed in a folie à deux reminiscent of the true crime behind Peter Jackson’s film Heavenly Creatures and any number of other lethal pairings-decided to murder their friend. They were inspired to kill by a creature called Slender Man-a tall, faceless entity in a black suit and tie who’s part urban legend, part modern fairy-tale monster, part J-horror/David Lynch knockoff. The pair, who were 12 years old themselves at the time of the stabbing, currently await trial as adults for the crime.Īsk the girls themselves, however, and they’d cite an imaginary being as an unindicted co-conspirator. The Wisconsin 12-year-old was stabbed 19 times by her friend Morgan Geyser, in collusion with her other friend Anissa Weier. Who’s to blame for the horrible thing that happened Payton Leutner? On one level at least, the question is easy to answer, and that answer is not in dispute.
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