Memes and online urban legends sometimes spread like wildfire on the Internet, but it can be hard to find where they originate. One creepy image has been ubiquitous in online spaces since the 2000s. Today we discuss the spread and unknown origins of the image associated with the “creepypasta” Jeff the Killer.

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