Slender Man began as a 2009 creepypasta created on the Something Awful forums, a tall faceless figure in a suit who stalks victims in forests and photographs. The free 2012 game Slender: The Eight Pages turned that myth into a first person hunt for notes while static grew stronger as he approached. Its capture moment, when the static erupts and his face fills the screen, became one of the most copied horror game endings online and is still reused in gameplay edits, parodies and jumpscare memes.