User blog comment:EtherBot/Slenderman./@comment-4715955-20170926064055/@comment-25458443-20170926104200

See the thing is, I don't see the appeal in arguing whether something IS scary. Obviously, people were actually scared by slenderman, whether it IS scary is apparent...because it was. I find much more value in trying to figure out what about something scared people than deciding whether those people were being reasonable when they got spooked by it.