The Small, Hair-Raising Detail

At the edge of the trail, a thin person appeared to be standing. The mom explained that there was no way that someone could stand there because the slope was too steep. What was more disturbing and hair-raising was that it didn’t have a visible face.

Could this be Slender Man in the flesh? The mythical character is portrayed as an extremely tall and thin person in a black suit but has no face. Created by a certain Eric Knudsen (internet name: Victor Surge) in 2009, it was meant to be an entry to the Create Paranormal Images of the Something Awful website.