They're Whispering His Name

Final projects due, and a pile of data to go through.  It gives you a good idea how self-centered we are.  I know that the world doesn't work quite the way I thought it did.  I'm reading about death, loss, and terror...but since it's not my death or loss, I'm still concentrating on my normal life.  Still, I thought I'd update.  Here's an example of what I've been seeing:

The <Redacted> Police Department responded to <Address Redacted> near 7PM in response to multiple reports of a trespasser in the area.  No crime was committed, but the volume of calls prompted a response.  Callers reported feeling threatened by the man, but did not report any specific illegal actions when questioned.  The intruder is described as an unusually tall, white male dressed in a black suit.  

No crimes associated with those reports.  Not directly.  No one saw who caused the fire two weeks (and four more reports) later.  Sure, there was a strange, tall man lurking outside the sorority house a month before that girl died last year.  But if he did it, somebody would have noticed, wouldn't they?  I don't know if the police have noticed the pattern yet.  They don't grow 'em that bright in the South.  And with the Panopticon active here, I wouldn't be surprised to see the more obvious evidence disappearing.

Fucking hell.  I found a door to the Empty City.  And instead of closing this blog and never searching again, I continued on.  Now, in the spirit of scientific inquiry, I've found exactly the pattern I expected.  Lurking intruder, white male, no crimes.  Followed shortly by...events.  Arson and murder.  Missing persons.  Suicides. No witnesses, few suspects.  It's not proof, but it all points to the Slender Man.