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Melissa Trotter

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Melissa Trotter

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A photographer based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada who specializes in dark and horror themed photography.

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Melissa Trotter • commented on a post 7 years ago

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

You should educate yourself. NASA has one of the lowest budgets out of any government branch and does a hell of a lot more than steer a robot around Mars. Microwave in your house? Thank NASA. Have you or someone you know ever received a CAT scan? Thank NASA. Thank them for your camera phone, baby formula, portable computers, and so much more. You not only assume NASA does nothing else but spend taxpayer money, but you also don't bother to realize that NASA's funding makes up 0.5% of the entire US budget - and, I'll add, was cut by $16 billion as compared to last year's budget. I'll wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment that the US should take care of its people - but stating NASA's supposed uselessness is ignorant and doesn't prove your point.

Melissa Trotter • upvoted 5 items 7 years ago

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Melissa Trotter • submitted a new post 8 years ago

Photography & Digital Art

I Create Stories Out Of Abandoned Spaces

Melissa Trotter • upvoted 29 items 8 years ago

Photography & Digital Art

I Create Stories Out Of Abandoned Spaces

After This Girl Received An Unsolicited D*ck Pic From A Creep, She Sent It To His Grandma - Here's How She Responded

IDK, this whole story doesn't seem too real to me. Besides, why didn't she just block him? Why write to her grandmother (and not his parents). And why did she have the grandma's number?

Photography & Digital Art

I Create Stories Out Of Abandoned Spaces

After This Girl Received An Unsolicited D*ck Pic From A Creep, She Sent It To His Grandma - Here's How She Responded

IDK, this whole story doesn't seem too real to me. Besides, why didn't she just block him? Why write to her grandmother (and not his parents). And why did she have the grandma's number?

After This Girl Received An Unsolicited D*ck Pic From A Creep, She Sent It To His Grandma - Here's How She Responded

I think this is all made up. All the conversations seem too perfect. Plus, not enough typos.

After This Girl Received An Unsolicited D*ck Pic From A Creep, She Sent It To His Grandma - Here's How She Responded

As with many narratives posted on Bored Panda, there is no evidence that this actually happened. I expect that most of these stories are fiction.

After This Girl Received An Unsolicited D*ck Pic From A Creep, She Sent It To His Grandma - Here's How She Responded

This seems so fake. Why does a girl who doesn't remember someone from high school and weren't even friends back then, have his grandmas number? And why grandma? Why not parents? I don't understand what people get from posting such nonsense

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Man Documents Incredible Transformation Into Woman In 17 Months, And Her Facial Expression In Last Pic Says It All

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

I think it's amazing! Obviously the children as well as their parents knew what they were signing up for and were ok with it. If the parents of the kids in the photos were fine with it then why is everyone taking such issue with the photos? It's the parents and children's decision and who are any of us to judge them. The kids don't look terrified so they must have been comfortable with it. You can bet the same people who are complaining have read Hansel & Gretel to their children (a witch that eats children is just as scary as slender man) or any other fairy tale for that matter. If you don't like it, don't look at it. If you think it's traumatizing, don't let your kids participate in a similar shoot. As far as the girl that got murdered by the 2 teens... That was not because of a fictional character, that was because those girls were f-ed up in the head. I personally would be stoked if my kids got an opportunity to be in such a creative photo. Keep up the incredible work.

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Ahh man. Now I just see a guy on stilts and a blurred alien mask. Thanks Mom's on here for making the author reveal the magic behind the pictures! Pfft!

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Scary s**t

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Wow. Really? And have you ever bothered to watch the interviews with the kids about their experience? Do you know The Shining the kid had no clue it was horror even? He literally thought they were filming the most boring snorefest ever because they never let him see any of the scary stuff going on on the set.

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

STOP HATING

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

That's not your call, Ella. Go preach somewhere else.

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

"author".... sorry

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

wow i have so many negatives on that comment. its just a thing to think of back on. obviously the kids know what is going on and are not afraid, but the visuals of it. looking back on something like these photos as an adult they may not even remember doing this photo shoot. its not a judgment on the work *beautiful work as it is* but its just how life works. we think back on things or see things from our past and remember or feel things we didn't feel back in the moment.

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Never heard of Slenderman before, I take it?

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Better not watch The Shining, It, Or Stranger Things then. Or dozens of other horror movies out there.

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

When I was a kid, some kids supposedly got hurt playing D&D in the woods. My stepmom at the time got scared and forbade me to ever play it. When I went to college, I was invited to play and learned the game. I'm a parent now and I still find her fears unfounded. If a thing exists, it can be abused. That doesn't necessarily mean there's anything wrong with the thing. D&D is just a game. Slenderman is just a fictional character. Neither is something we need to be afraid of.

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

pretty good

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Really good work, greetings from Turkey. :)

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Asdfghjkl creepypastas!!!

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Wonderful images! Amazing use of lighting and framing. Seriously impressed.

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Melissa Trotter • commented on 4 posts 8 years ago

After This Girl Received An Unsolicited D*ck Pic From A Creep, She Sent It To His Grandma - Here's How She Responded

Read the first 7 messages and explain how he's somehow gotten her number despite the fact it's new. It's clickbaity c**p.

After This Girl Received An Unsolicited D*ck Pic From A Creep, She Sent It To His Grandma - Here's How She Responded

Fake story trying to rile everyone up. Can I have the last 7 minutes of my life back please. :|

After This Girl Received An Unsolicited D*ck Pic From A Creep, She Sent It To His Grandma - Here's How She Responded

Read the first 7 messages and explain how he's somehow gotten her number despite the fact it's new. It's clickbaity c**p.

After This Girl Received An Unsolicited D*ck Pic From A Creep, She Sent It To His Grandma - Here's How She Responded

Fake story trying to rile everyone up. Can I have the last 7 minutes of my life back please. :|

Photographer Exposes The ‘Truth’ Behind Professional Portraits, And It May Surprise You

He's probably been hired to do maternity photos.

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Thank you! :) My good friend is a stilt walker and had a creepy alien-head mask so while parts of him are photoshopped, he was definitely interacting with the kids.

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Melissa Trotter • submitted 3 new posts 8 years ago

Photography & Digital Art

I Create Stories Out Of Abandoned Spaces

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I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

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Dark And Creepy Photos By Stolen Innocence Photography

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Melissa Trotter • commented on a post 7 years ago

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

Melissa Trotter • commented on 13 posts 8 years ago

After This Girl Received An Unsolicited D*ck Pic From A Creep, She Sent It To His Grandma - Here's How She Responded

Read the first 7 messages and explain how he's somehow gotten her number despite the fact it's new. It's clickbaity c**p.

After This Girl Received An Unsolicited D*ck Pic From A Creep, She Sent It To His Grandma - Here's How She Responded

Fake story trying to rile everyone up. Can I have the last 7 minutes of my life back please. :|

Photographer Exposes The ‘Truth’ Behind Professional Portraits, And It May Surprise You

He's probably been hired to do maternity photos.

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Thank you! :) My good friend is a stilt walker and had a creepy alien-head mask so while parts of him are photoshopped, he was definitely interacting with the kids.

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Not sure how my response came across as stifling, but that wasn't my intent. That said, to play a blame game with regard to what makes people do the things they do is an exercise in futility and is baseless. Two teenagers committed a heinous act because of a story they read on the internet and it should be crystal clear the problem isn't the story, it's the teenagers themselves. What my photos inspire others to do isn't my responsibility, nor will it ever be a factor in what I choose to create.

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Why?

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Thank you Taryn. <3

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Thank you ❤

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

While I'm not responsible for what unbalanced teenagers think or do, I do think there are far worse things available to teenagers than pictures of a man on stilts in a forest.

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

I appreciate that, thank you. <3

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Why would they be terrified? They know who is under the mask.

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

I'm not sure why it's not a good decision. People with guns shoot other people every day, there are wars being fought as I'm typing this - if young minds are as "impressionable" and "irrational" as you claim, surely we should pull all violence from every video game, movie, TV program, and YouTube video in existence. It's the same thing, isn't it?

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

I appreciate that, thank you :)

Melissa Trotter • upvoted 5 items 7 years ago

112 Bad Tattoo Fails That’ll Make You Laugh And Cringe

This isn't a fail tattoo

112 Bad Tattoo Fails That’ll Make You Laugh And Cringe

woah! I mean yeah, it's a little intense, but this is not a fail--that is a really really well done tattoo!

112 Bad Tattoo Fails That’ll Make You Laugh And Cringe

Not a fail. Artist has skills.

112 Bad Tattoo Fails That’ll Make You Laugh And Cringe

I thought it was a snake at the first look.. So I'll say its good..

112 Bad Tattoo Fails That’ll Make You Laugh And Cringe

That looks legit

Melissa Trotter • upvoted 15 items 8 years ago

Photography & Digital Art

I Create Stories Out Of Abandoned Spaces

After This Girl Received An Unsolicited D*ck Pic From A Creep, She Sent It To His Grandma - Here's How She Responded

I think this is all made up. All the conversations seem too perfect. Plus, not enough typos.

After This Girl Received An Unsolicited D*ck Pic From A Creep, She Sent It To His Grandma - Here's How She Responded

IDK, this whole story doesn't seem too real to me. Besides, why didn't she just block him? Why write to her grandmother (and not his parents). And why did she have the grandma's number?

After This Girl Received An Unsolicited D*ck Pic From A Creep, She Sent It To His Grandma - Here's How She Responded

As with many narratives posted on Bored Panda, there is no evidence that this actually happened. I expect that most of these stories are fiction.

Woman Buys Fish Rotting Away At Walmart, Can't Believe Her Eyes 4 Weeks Later

Betas are one of the few fish that thrive in a small tank.

Surreal-Scary-Digital-Art-Oliver-Marinkoski

Curiosities

Man Documents Incredible Transformation Into Woman In 17 Months, And Her Facial Expression In Last Pic Says It All

I Took Children Into A Forest To Meet Slenderman

Ahh man. Now I just see a guy on stilts and a blurred alien mask. Thanks Mom's on here for making the author reveal the magic behind the pictures! Pfft!

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