The Roos Carr Figurines

 What a creepy couple of little buggers these are .....

The Original Slender Men?

You wouldn't want to mess with them .... even though they are only between 35 and 41 cm tall.

Spectre of the Brocken

When I recently blogged on the urban legend of the 'Slender Man' .....

I thought that would be the end of the matter. Particularly since the origin of the myth was well known and documented.

The Manchester 'Canal Pusher'

The Story – Known as “The Pusher” …. A serial killer has been stalking the canals of Manchester, pushing people into the canals. He has killed dozens of people, and the police are not any closer to catching him, or are suppressing the truth about his existence.

Manchester Has Many Canals ......

There are about 10 miles of canals running through central Manchester, dating back to the city's industrial heyday in the 18th and 19th Centuries, and there could easily have been the basis of another public transport system in the city had a little bit of imagination or foresight been shown in the 1950’s. But instead, the story claims that the canals are underused crime hot-spots, where a killer can stalk with impunity.

When Urban Myth Meets Reality

I first stumbled across the 'Slender Man' urban legend round about 2010, when a version of this picture was circulating the Internet. I didn't think much about the image ....

One Of The Two Pictures That Started The Myth

.... A creepy enough image I guess, but explainable with shadows, background trees and foreshortening, photo editing etc.