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I am just appauled by this.
I am a mom of a 10 and 8 year old. I will ask them tonight if they have heard of Slenderman.
My Daughter does hang around on youtube but has never mentioned slenderman. They do, though play minecraft.
I don't think that these kids did this because of the slenderman meme. I would be interested to see if they have come across someone posing as slenderman somewhere and see their internet accounts to see what has been accessed. They seem to have a lot of knowledge that I HOPE my children don't have and a lust for blood which is sick.
They should be tried as adults. They know right from wrong. They tried multiple times that night from what I Can read to kill this other girl and made an informed choice to leave her there and not get her help. Even told her how to slow the bleeding (which was a lie!).
I think, though that if I created this slenderman character, I would be pulling it. Deleting it. Stopping it. I couldn't live with myself otherwise. I don't believe in censorship. I believe in making responsible decisions when the costs are too high.
Slender Man was a fictitious character created for a joke website. It's like a modern version of Bloody Mary, urban folk tales.
It's hardly realistic to sane people.
I am not sure why two 12 year olds would think it's real. That's why I think they must have mental issues. (delusional)