Slender Man Summary

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Peck, Andrew. "Tall, Dark, and Loathsome: The Emergence of a Legend Cycle in the Digital Age." Journal of American Folklore (2015): 333,348,370. ProQuest. Web. 6 Oct. 2015. Peak writes about the internet phenomenon that created a new type of folklore. Peck talks about how this faceless, tall figured creepy creature wearing a black suit made a presence through multiple sources online and created a frenzy of shares, comments, and conversation. This being is referred to as “Slender Man”, has caused online users to create mythical narratives and audio and visual supposed proof during its huge popularity increase. This caused conversation between present researchers to come up that this sensation was a new kind of digital folk practice. Peak goes

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