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If you see CreepyPasta as something that transcends the site into general urban legends then the first one I had ever known about was Slenderman.

Kids at my school talked about Slenderman a lot, and why wouldn't they? I lived in Bellevue Washington, a city that has full size evergreen trees launching out of people's front lawns. Thick forests were just a regular accepted part of the environment, the trail I walked home through was an elaborate trail through "Ardmore Park" so to hear about a tall faceless and motivationless entity who stalked the woods and killed kids wondering through them?....with photographic evidence and newspapers to boot? That sort of resonated just the right way with a lot of kids I knew...we knew it was a story, but then again...what if it wasn't?

The first story I actually ever offically read on CreepyPasta.wikia was "Why Sarah Never Sleeps" which I stand by being a masterpeice in it's own right. Just not as iconic or evocative as Slendy.