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Originally posted by Cobrastyle
What does the Slender Man do exactly, except having long ass arms and legs?  I don't see the scary.
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Depends on what story you're reading, it's a pretty gruesome lore.
The main theme of the original fictions was that he would lurk around, inspiring fear but a morbid curiosity in children, lure them to him, take them away, and their bodies would turn up in the woods perfectly sealed and preserved in plastic.
The main thing that makes people scared is the "Uncanny Valley" aspect to his appearance (he looks almost human, but just wrong enough that your brain flips into "danger" mode).
And if you subscribe to the theory that if enough people believe in something it becomes reall...
