CREEPYPASTA FILES 3 (MOVIE EDITION): THE TALL MAN

Lying dormant somewhere in the world of the dead and undead, is the Tall Man from the Phantasm-franchise. Before being dubbed the Tall Man, he was once known as Jebediah Morningside; a quiet mortician from the 19^th century. Years of doing his undertaker-duties of burying the recently departed began to take a toll on Jeb’s mind, causing him to become somewhat fascinated with the world of the living and that of the dead. Well ol’ Jeb created a machine that allowed him to traverse between time and space. During his first excursion, he experienced something that resulted in a complete change in his being; henceforth, he would now be known as the Tall Man.

The Tall Man appears as…a tall, elderly, white-haired, crowning (balding), grimace-faced man, dressed as a mortician, in a tailored all-black suit, white shirt and black tie. He rarely speaks, as he prefers the use of his animated and story-telling facial features. Want to know where WWE-superstar The Rock pulled his signature eyebrow-raise; check out the scowl from the originator of the raised eyebrow, the Tall Man.

The mysterious Tall Man hordes several unique capabilities; superhuman strength (he can hold an occupied coffin in the air with a single arm), telekinetic powers, as he can control people and inanimate objects, shapeshifting into other people (including women), and a freaky fact (as if those were not enough); if an appendage is severed or amputated from his body, said part will become an insect of something evil that will now do his bidding. He is rarely alone, as he calls upon his posse of the undead; reanimated corpses from gravesites nearby. He takes the cadavers, crushes the body down to the size of a dwarf, removes their brain and voila! A completely new minion to take orders!

His weapon of choice are these metallic spheres that appear at will. The spheres are manned by the brains of the cadavers that had once been removed, and each sphere is outfitted with a number of hidden weapons; lasers, circular saws, blades, spikes and drills. Impervious to a permanent death (possibly because there are many Tall Men from another dimension); the Tall Man does show signs of weakness. He has a strong aversion to colder temperatures and high pitched sounds that can immobilize him. Otherwise; you might as well just give it up…because the Tall Man will send his spheres after your ass and there’s nothing you can do about it.

CREEPYPASTA FILES: 2 - THE SLENDER MAN

How many people have heard of The Slender Man? Surprisingly not that many. The Slender Man is a paranormal figure professed to have been in existence for centuries over a vast geographical area. Legend has is that he is manifested by various names around the world; Fear Dubh in Scotland, The Dutch Takkenmann in the Netherlands and Der Grosse Mann in Germany. Though his name may change; the appearance and nature of this entity remains terrifyingly the same.

His origin is claimed to have been from a fabricated story on the SomethingAwful forums, though many have claimed to see him from much earlier accounts.

The Slender Man is depicted as being a male with no visible facial features (though it is said to vary from person to person when it is actually seen) and what almost seems like a type of ghostly, mummified-gauze wrapping around his head.  His terrifying height ranges anywhere from 6-feet to 15-feet and has freakishly long appendages (arms and legs). At times, The Slender Man is known to bear an insurmountable number of lengthy tendril-like tentacles from his back and sides, at will. The purpose of these tendrils are unknown, but one has to believe that the sole purpose (aside from scaring the shit out of a victim) is to maim and kill his victim. The tendril-aspect of this entity is only speculated, but of course “no one has survived after the dreaded tendril-attack” of The Slender Man. For the most part, The Slender Man stands and glares from a distance with arms resting loosely by his sides, or gentlemanly folded behind his back. His demure “at-first-glance” appearance may seem calming, albeit startling; though The Slender Man is anything but that. Because of the poorly-disproportioned body he has; it is easy to see how and why he moves so methodically.

He dons a black, two-piece suit and tie (red or grey), almost to the likeness of the Men In Black-fame, appears to be excessively lanky and thin to the point of former (now deceased) NBA player, the Sudanese Manute Bol. It is said that he is able to stretch his limbs and torso to inhuman lengths in order to prompt terror and entrap his victims. His attack is somewhat methodical, as far as approach goes; however, once eyesight is locked in between the victim and whatever it is that The Slender Man uses to navigate and see; the victim is placed in a sort of hypnotic state rendering them defenseless and allowing the entity to subdue, and eventually absorb, abduct, or kill his victim.

In photos and sketches, The Slender Man is usually seen posted up in the woods or surrounded by things that are just as tall and lanky as he is. More than likely this is to camouflage himself, giving an element of surprise. His targets of terror were generally thought to be aimed towards children, though it is difficult to say as some “accounts” claim that he is apt stalking those who become overly paranoid about his existence purposely giving them glimpses of himself in order to cause heightened mental anguish. An associate to the entity is called, The Rake, which is equally terrifying on an unreal level.

Keep an eye out for the distance or dark places; for The Slender Man may be stalking and waiting for the right moment…pleasant screams.