Slenderman Legend

Now this post may contain facts, or what looks like them. As for myself, I do not believe in Slenderman. I believe the myth has been around for years, but that it is no more than just that. A myth. A movie was being made based off of the legend of Slenderman at the same time that there seemed to be quite a few more "sightings" of him with no actual evidence of the people or investigations to back up the information. Of course, this is just what I believe...But I could be wrong.


I was going through some books in the library the other day, when I stummbeled on the myth of the Slenderman. The legend has been around since the 16th century and has been as popular in 2012 as it was back then.

 Often depicted as a tall, thin figure wearing a black suit and a blank face, Slenderman can apperently lengthen and shorten his four hands that protrude from his back at will. He is said to be the cause of missing children all over the world. As of late there has been more witnesses that have come forward with their stories of their children and the Slenderman, and even some actual police evidence has surfaced of an interveiw of a man who's daughter had been taken right in front of him by the Slenderman.



On the left hand corner of what was a picture taken of the Henderson Farm, we see a small distortion claimed to be the Slenderman. This photo was taken of the Henderson Farm the morning before his daughter went missing. In the police investigation Mr.Henderson claims that right before he went out to the barn to find his daughter, she had left and called out to her dad that, "The tall man had come back to play with her," again.

The Henderson Horse Farm, located outside Tryon in Polk County, NC, was situated on land owned by the Henderson family since the mid 1800s. By 1953, the farm was owned and run by Ted Wilcox Henderson (41 years old), Judi Henderson (wife, 36), and Tracy Henderson (daughter, 6). On the morning of June 15th, neighbors called local police complaining of hearing screams and the sounds of gun fire originating from the property.
Sherrif Clint Denterman and two deputies, Dan Parks and Chris Fine, arrived at the farm at 8:34 AM. They found that horses in the barn had been torn apart, "almost as if attacked by wild animals." Inside the main house, reports stated the presence of fresh blood throughout the living room, kitchen, and hallway.
Ted Wilcox Henderson was found in the bedroom, barricaded behind furniture. Next to him was the body of his wife, killed by a shotgun blast to the chest. Ted still had the weapon in his hands. Dan Parks was quoted as reporting:

"Ted had a freaked out, far off look in his eyes. He seemed to not realize that we were in the room. We asked what happened. Where was his daughter. But he didn't answer."

Ted was charged with the murder of his wife. However, due to his catatonic state, he was admitted to Jenkins Mental Hospital in Sandy Plains, Polk County. Ted remained in a catatonic state for over three years. On the third anniversary of the murder, Dr Dauton on June 15th, 1956 refer to a "Skinny fella… suit… looking at me…" who had taken both Judi Henderson and her daughter Tracy. Ted claimed that Judi begged him to shoot her, and felt that he had "saved her" by doing so. However, after lamenting that he had been unable to stop the "skinny man" from absconding with his daughter, Ted commenced to "slam his face repeatedly" into the steel table at which he was seated, having to be restrained and sedated by hospital orderlies. Less than seven hours later, at approximately 3:00 am the 16th of July, Ted was found dead in his room after apparently escaping his restraints and chewing through his own wrist, severing the ulnar artery and bleeding to death. The body of Tracy Henderson was never found.



A news report of another missing girl in Sterling City, California.



These are only a few of the reports believed to be the work of the Slenderman. Continuing this statement there will be a few pictures that are documented and proven to be true pictures that have not been doctored before or after they were taken. I ask you to have an open mind looking at these photographs.  




   
All children in this photo were reported missing within two weeks of this photo being taken.