Kids These Days!

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Fox / AP • Tue 2015 Aug 11, 7:16am

…The girls told investigators they hoped killing Payton would please Slender Man, a character they had read about in online horror stories. The tales describe Slender Man as an unnaturally thin, faceless creature who preys on children.

Police captured the girls on the outskirts of the city that same day. They told investigators they planned to walk 300 miles to the Nicolet National Forest, where they hoped to live as Slender Man's servants in his mansion.

All three girls were 12 years old at the time.…

5yo Batman Saves the Day

Jay Jayson, ComicBook.com • Wed 2015 Jul 22, 9:44pm

…The opening was sufficient for ventilation but it wasn't big enough for an adult to squeeze through and unlock the vehicle or retrieve the keys. This is when Ahmed, dressed as Batman, stepped forward — with his mother in hand — and offered to help.

"A policeman put his jumper down on the window to protect from the glass and Batman crawled in to fetch the keys," Iris' grandmother recalled. "He was a true superhero and I'm so grateful to him."…

Act of Kindness

Scott Wise, WTVR • Wed 2015 Feb 18, 7:14pm

“Tommy said ‘Mamma stop the car,'” Teresa Adams recalled. “I got scared and asked ‘what’s wrong?'”

He said, “there’s an older man with a walker shoveling snow — I’ll help him out,” she added.

Tommy approached the man and asked him for the snow shovel.

“He looked surprised,” Teresa said. “I was so proud, I started to cry.”

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Mockarena at Chicks on the Right • Mon 2015 Feb 16, 3:55pm

Amusing collection of graphics and stories.

Missing Ohio Teen Kept Hit List, Threatened Teachers, Police Say

foxnews.com • Wed 2009 May 13, 4:31pm

A missing 13-year-old boy from Ohio, who authorities say kept a diary hit list and threatened several faculty members and students at his school, was traced making a phone call from Kentucky