A teenager dressed as Slenderman was kicked out of a Oz Comic Con in Sydney for repeatedly touching members of the crowd. Slenderman is a fictional character that originated as an Internet meme. The character is depicted as a gangly, unnaturally tall man with a white and featureless face, who invariably dons a suit. It was responsible for a spate of moral panic earlier this year when it was linked to the stabbing of a 12-year-old girl in Wisconsin,as well as an arson attack by a young girl in Florida on her own family home. Last week, a contingent of Wisconsin residents successfully demanded that local costume shops ban the sale of Slenderman costumes for Halloween.
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Daniel Simao dressed as Slenderman, a fictional character that originated online, for the event in Sydney
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Slenderman is controversial due to links to a number of violent acts in America this year, including the stabbing of a 12-year-old girl
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Simao says he chose the costume because it ‘matches his build’
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He was kicked out of the event by security for invading crowd members personal space
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Simao  says though he poked the crowd and touched them on the shoulder and hair, the security overacted by kicking him out
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@placeholder works for my build, plus it's a pretty easy costume.