The character became an internet meme with countless pictures, videos and stories circulating online typically involving Slenderman stalking, abducting or traumatising victims, mainly children. It's a nightmarish story that will be told in depth as a new HBO documentary called Beware The Slenderman airs this week in the US. Despite being stabbed 19 times, Payton remarkably survived the attack with the knife barely missing vital organs. Following the attack the girls told police that the mythical white-faced man had told them to do it. Police say the girls had plotted for months to carry out the attack to impress the Slenderman.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 24, 2017 08:01 UTC