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위스콘신 출신의 두 명의 12살 소녀들이 반 친구를 19번 찔러 살해하려 한 혐의로 조사받고 있다. 소녀들은 인터넷 신화 “슬랜더 맨”의 존재를 증명하기 위해 반 친구를 죽이려고 했다고 데일리 메일이 보도했다.
“슬랜더 맨”은 인터넷에서 유래한 가상의 존재이며 키가 크고 말랐으며 표정이 없는 달걀귀신의 얼굴을 가지고 있다. 신화에 따르면, “슬랜더 맨”은 아이들을 몰래 접근하여 따라다니고 유괴하며 정신적 충격을 준다고 한다.
가지어와 와이어는 반 친구를 지난 12월부터 살해하려는 계획을 세우고 있었다. 처음에는 증거 인멸이 쉬운 화장실에서 사건을 행하려고 했지만 결국 숲을 택했고 그들은 친구에게 숨바꼭질을 하자고 꾀었다.
두 명의 소녀들은 친구를 칼로 19번이나 찌르고 피를 흘리게 놔두어 죽이려고 했다. 다행히도, 피해자는 숲에서 기어 나와 자전거로 지나가는 행인에게 발견되어 경찰에 신고를 할 수 있었으며 병원으로 이송되었다. 피해자는 사망에 이르지 않았다고 한다.
12살 소녀들은 “슬랜더 맨”을 만족시키려고 범행을 저질렀다고 자백했으며 살인 후 숲에 있는 “슬랜더 맨”의 집에서 그와 함께 살려고 했다고 덧붙였다.
이 두명은 성인 형벌을 받게 될 것으로 보이며 유죄 판결이 내려지면 65년형을 살게 될 것이라고 한다.
(코리아헤럴드 조한나 인턴기자 hnncho@heraldcorp.com)
(사진 출처: 유투브 캠쳐)
Pre-teen girls attempt to kill classmate over ‘Slenderman’ myth
Two 12-year-old girls from Wisconsin have been charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide as adults after stabbing their classmate 19 times. The girls believed in the myth of “Slenderman” and wanted to prove his existence by killing their classmate in order to conjure him, according to the Daily Mail.
Slenderman is a fictional character Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier found on the Internet, He is depicted as a tall figure with a blank, featureless face. According to the myth, “the figure stalks, abducts and traumatizes children.”
According to reports, Geyser and Weier had been planning their classmate’s murder since December. At first, they had planned to kill her in a nearby park bathroom, with one of the suspects reportedly saying it would make for an easier clean-up. However, according to the criminal complaint, they instead ended up playing hide-and-seek in the wooded park before a struggle insued.
The girls then allegedly stabbed the victim 19 times, and left her to die as they walked to where they believed Slenderman lived. Fortunately, the victim crawled out the woods and was seen by a passing cycler, who called the police. She is now in stable condition.
According to the report, at least one girl stated that she had hoped that by killing someone they would be able to “become proxies of Slender.”
By Cho Han-na, Intern reporter (hnncho@heraldcorp.com)
