Talk:Everyone Talks/@comment-7146806-20130319021222/@comment-7117158-20130319144857

I think you're right on both counts, they used the creature from Marble Hornets videos and made Slenderman out of it, the descriptions fit almost exactly for both and as far as I'm aware he came up with those videos before the rest of the internet seemed to take him on as Slenderman, a few more videos, theory pages and creepypastas later, the Slender game was born, and that's when it all exploded.