A long time ago, there was a family of three, two parents and a little girl. Both parents worked really hard, the father owned a business in the market and the mother helps out from time to time. The little girl would go to her kindergarten and spend the rest of her evenings at home playing with her toys. Sometimes her mom would be home early to take care of her, occasionally this was not the case.
One day, the little girl came home from kindergarten as usual and started playing with her toys. She was alone that day, but she was used to it. Business was really picking up and the occasional lonely evenings started to become the norm for her. Her parents always told her never to open the door for strangers. For some unknown reason, this had slipped her mind.
As she was playing with her favorite dolls, she heard an unfamiliar voice calling out her name. This seldom happened, as they lived in a small house at the outskirt of town, their neighbors were mostly the wildlife that inhabited the forest. Out of her curiosity, she opened the door and followed the voice into the woods. The voice kept calling out to her and she couldn't resist the temptation of companionship.
Later that day, her parents arrived home, shocked that the main door was left open and their kid was nowhere to be found. They immediately went to the nearby village and mobilized a search party looking for her. The sun was beginning to set and the parents started to panic, for all they knew the little girl may have been kidnap or even murdered. The search party prepared torch-lights and started moving into the forest.
Their search did not bear fruit, it was close to midnight and still not even a glimpse of the little girl could be found. Many of the villagers had given up hope and return to their homes, they still had to work the next day. A number of the parents close friends continue on their search, they kept believing that they would find her even though they were only a few.
It was close to four in the morning, when everybody was exhausted and ready to give up, in their mind they knew that the chances of finding her, dead or alive, was close to none, nobody was ready to admit defeat though. Suddenly, the sound of a little girl crying could be heard. They hurried their pace, running towards the sound, and found her sitting behind a tree trunk, her eyes red from all the crying and her face pale as snow, she was clearly very frightened too. The search party disbanded and everybody went home.
After the little girl recovered, her dad asked her how come they were looking for so long yet they couldn't find her. The passed the spot where they found her sitting at several times, it was under a very distinct old tree and they did not saw her near that area at all. The little girl said that she saw the search party many times, in fact she cried out as loud as she could but nobody could hear her. She was tugging at the villagers clothes but there was no response. It was as if she was invisible.
They decided to move away from the forest and never spoke of this story ever again.
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I can't remember where I heard this story from. If I remember correctly, it is one of those story that grown-ups told kids so that they would not open doors to strangers. Recently I was reading about the Slender Man, a part urban legend and part fictional creation. It has long arms and a tall, thin body. Sometimes it would have many arms, sometimes it would have tentacles, depending on which story you hear about him. He doesn't have a face nor any hair. He stalks children and appear in their dreams, sometimes driving its victim insane before he kidnaps them. Recent literature suggest that adults are not immune to his interest.
Anyways, Slender Man sounds exactly like the character that adults would use to scare children so that they behave, which is also why it reminded me of this story. But about the story, I don't remember any details about the thing that took her away. However I do know that you aren't supposed to called out the names of those that you know when your close to the forest. They probably aren't related but thought I just shared a story.
A lot of details about Slender Man are, I believe, made up, what I do know that could be true is that he is an old urban legend probably from Germany. I think what he does is that he brings you to the afterlife so that you can avoid a nasty and horrific death. Well, that doesn't sounds too bad, doesn't it? But if your interested in scaring yourself, feel free to download the free game "Slender", links below:
Downloads:
http://slendergame.com/download.php
Official page:
http://www.parsecproductions.net/slender/
