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And all i hear is, theres five on her arm, theres seven on her leg and im thinking, seven, what? and one of the nurses says, all right, i count 19. and the second one said i count 19 as well. >> where on earth do you think she got the strength to crawl out of the woods? >> we asked her. she said, i wanted to live. >> reporter: nearly five hours after their 12-year-old daughter crawled out of the woods the two other 12-year-olds at the sleepover, morgan geyser and anissa weier are found here alon...

Doing that. >> you dont. >> youre right. this was a great nfl story which we have not had very many the past few weeks. were coming up in "the skinny." the worlds most eligible bachelor may be getting hitched. we could say this is derek jeter, but this is george clooney. >> men and women everywhere upset about this. the case striking fear in parents everywhere. how a fictional internet character drove two 12-year-old girls to stab their classmate 19 times. david muir with abc news exclusive ...

What is this character? >> he is a faceless creature. he wears a suit. he has no hair. he has no features on his head. he is always there sort of always in the background lurking. and you only notice him if you are looking closely for him. >> unbelievable story. tonight well meet that brave 12-year-old girl and hear a lot more about where the slender man internet character came from and how many children are following him. thats all in a special edition of "20/20 out of the woods" at 10:00 easte...

>> yeah. >> that they believed existed. >> yeah. yeah. >> how do you even wrap your heads around that? >> i cant. i tried. >> who is this slender man? what is this character? >> he is a faceless creature. he wears a suit. he has no hair. he has no features on his head. he is always there sort of always in the background lurking. and you only notice him if you are looking closely for him. >> unbelievable story. tonight well meet that brave 12-year-old girl and hear a lot more about where the slen...

Time. we need to get those facts out first, before we judge him. >> very important point about deserting. it requires the intent to remain away permanently. if he made two escape attempts, his council is going to make a hay day out of that, whether or not he had the intent to remain away permanently. >> thank you both. well continue to have this conversation throughout the morning and throughout the week as sergeant bergdahl continues to recover at a military facility. in internet character ca...

Anyway. while i dont have a problem with him exposing his thoughts and his prayers to the people, i do have a problem with the fact that he pointed it out and then went on to do it. he was trying to make a little bit of a point. >> who cares? why does that matter, per se? >> trying to make a moment out of this commencement and take away from the kids. >> if you agree that he had a right to do it, yes? >> yes. >> fine. but you just dont like that he was very transparent and open about it -- >> ye...

>> in the morning, the us suspe went to davis park and lured the victim into the park near big ben road to play a game. >> reporter: two 12 year girls are accused of inviting their friend to play hide in seek after a sleepover. police say they had much darker intentions. >> once there, one suspect held the victim down while the other suspect stabbed her 19 times in the arms, legs and torso. >> reporter: suspects morgan geyser and anise sa weier, middle school students who appeared in court on mo...

Impress this fictitious character. the details play out like the plot of a horror film. >> in the morning the suspects went to the park and lured the victim into the woods near big ben road south of rivera drive to play a game. >> reporter: two 12-year-old girls accused of inviting their friend to play hide-and-seek after a sleepover, but police say they had much darker intentions. >> once there, one suspect held the victim down while the other suspect stabbed her 19 times, in the arms, legs, an...