Eric Goessens

A group of friends set out to investigate local legends surrounding the Slender Man, documenting their search with handheld cameras as curiosity slowly gives way to paranoia and fear. As strange occurrences escalate and the line between myth and reality begins to blur, the footage captures their unraveling descent into obsession. Presented in found-footage style, the film leans on minimal exposition and escalating dread to suggest an unseen presence stalking the group.

In the summer of 2010 three high school graduates went on a trip into the forests of Washington. After their departure they were never heard from again. One year later mine excavators recovered a camera that held possible answers to their disappearance. This is the uncut footage found on the camera.