The Slenderman

It's been far too long since I posted here.  Life got the better of me, and I apologize for not keeping up with my duties.  I figured a fun little interesting post would be a good way to begin again, and Amusmental was the perfect counterpart for just such a post.  Your eyes did not deceive you; this post is indeed about The Slenderman.  Most people I know have at least heard of Slenderman.  Slenderman is an internet joke about a being who hunts children.  There's an entire world of supposed "sightings" and happenings, but the man who created the myth is steadfast that it's just that; a myth.  That's what makes this next picture so damn creepy.

I'm well aware that this has nothing to do with asylums, but I have to show this off. Amusmental took this photo with her mobile phone, and didn't notice the image until earlier today.  I'd jokingly made a comment about using an iPhone app I have to make it look like Slenderman is in a picture, and when she looked at the original image again, she thought I'd used the app already.  I'm probably explaining this wrong.  The easiest way to explain it is this: the following picture was NOT doctored with my iPhone app, and this is still what we saw. 

I'm not trying to jump into the hype of the Slenderman.  At the same time, I'm not going to say this ISN'T him, either.  I have an affinity for spooky things, and this is right up my alley.  So, yes.  I've been wanting to do some night photography at the Old North Bridge, where this picture was taken, and this is just another reason to do it!  I think a terrifying forest dweller who hunts children is the perfect way to bring Asylum Obscura back, don't you?!

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