User blog comment:SlenderVSJeff/Slenderman or Jeff The Killer?/@comment-5358846-20120829193819

On the existence of Jeff the Killer...I highly doubt it. I heard on /b/ that the "Go to Sleep" image was actually from a low-budget, obscure, foreign horror film. I don't know if that's true or not, but it would make sense. Also, while I was googling things like "Go to Sleep Jeff the Killer", I came across a Wiggles CD from 2003 called, "Go to Sleep, Jeff!". Apparently, one of their names is Jeff. So, maybe that's what inspired his name.

I am a fan of Jeff the Killer, and I love his mythology, but his reality seems very unlikely to me. After all, wouldn't those murders have been printed somewhere outside of Creepypastas? Even if he is real (which he probably isn't), there are too many holes in the original Jeff the Killer Creepypasta for me to take it seriously. The "Jeff is Back" Creepypasta is very interesting, however.

The reality of Slenderman is also somewhat dubious, but it is possible. There are several ancient myths detailing figures similar to Slenderman. Though I doubt I'll ever be abducted by Slenderman, there is far more "proof" of his existence than most of the other pasta monsters.