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Post by MCDemuth on Sept 27, 2017 23:41:00 GMT
Has anyone actually experienced, or heard from a friend/relative, or anyone in their community, of actually encountering Black-Eyed Kids?
Some people believe these kids are Alien-Human hybrids, and will make people "uncomfortable" just by being near them... And that is even before you see their black eyes.
Apparently, When these children come to you home, they are looking to gain access, and they say that they are lost or need help, and they will ask to use the telephone or bathroom, or they may ask for food or money.
I'm not exactly sure what happens if you let them into your home, but the stories I have heard from paranormal shows, suggests that nothing good comes from this.
If you tell them no, and close the door, they will simply give up and leave peacefully.
I've never heard about this from anyone I know...
I'm not sure what to believe, because it seems like it would be a rather sick hoax to invent...
But if true, I think it would be a very creepy thing to experience.
I think everyone, including skeptics, just needs to remember to examine the eyes of strange children, before you let them in!
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Sept 28, 2017 4:29:40 GMT
No such thing. Stop believing in nonsense.
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Post by MCDemuth on Sept 28, 2017 16:15:22 GMT
No such thing. Stop believing in nonsense. Learn to read. I Said: I did NOT say that "I DO BELIEVE". This thread was started to discuss if people think this particular phenomenon is real or false. Not to mistakenly accuse me of taking sides. I am not sure why someone who doesn't believe in "nonsense" would read discussions on a board that is designed to talk about "nonsense", in the first place. That's just like someone who doesn't believe in God or religion, going to a church on Sundays... Doing such a thing is stupid! So, are you stupid, or just a troll? |
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Post by Terrapin Station on Sept 28, 2017 16:21:35 GMT
Only if the kid got into mom's mascara.
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Post by hi224 on Sept 28, 2017 18:30:07 GMT
No such thing. Stop believing in nonsense. Learn to read. I Said: I did NOT say that "I DO BELIEVE". This thread was started to discuss if people think this particular phenomenon is real or false. Not to mistakenly accuse me of taking sides. I am not sure why someone who doesn't believe in "nonsense" would read discussions on a board that is designed to talk about "nonsense", in the first place. That's just like someone who doesn't believe in God or religion, going to a church on Sundays... Doing such a thing is stupid! So, are you stupid, or just a troll? There have been a few weird phenoma reported worldwide regarding an illness with specifically similiar symptoms. |
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Post by cryptoflovecraft on Oct 19, 2017 15:23:03 GMT
No, it's an urban legend. First of all, some background info into this "phenomenon". Brian Bethel, the guy who had the initial BEK encounter, was a freelance writer who wrote about paranormal phenomenon for a blog. Note: Bethel already had an interest in paranormal things and wrote about them before having his alleged "encounter" in 1996. That alone should raise a red flag. Nevertheless, his story about encountering weird looking black-eyed kids in a Texas parking lot hit the internet and spread like wildfire. Suddenly, there were anonymous reports of BEK sightings all over the internet; these creepy stories appeared on message boards, paranormal sites and the like. Of course, all of these stories came from anonymous and unconfirmed sources, no last names were ever given, there was no way to contact these "eyewitnesses", etc. leading one to conclude that these stories of BEK encounters were creepypasta and nothing more.
Back in 2011 (I think it was), I came upon David Weatherly's book 'The Black Eyed Children' which was the first book ever written on the subject. Despite the fact that his self-published book is loaded with typos, Weatherly's work is an entertaining and at times informative read. Around this same time, Weatherly gave many podcast interviews about BEKS and appeared on Coast To Coast AM at least once (of course, to plug his book above all else). One thing I noticed about the guy is that every interview he gave seemed rehearsed, he cited the same "eyewitnesses" over and over again but never gave full names or exact locations of the encounters. Weird that. I suspect that his "eyewitnesses" were as fictitious as the BEKs themselves. I've yet to see an interview with an actual eyewitness. Where are the eyewitnesses and why don't they come forward? The entire thing appears to be a hoax.
Of course, if anyone here has any info on BEKs from credible sources, please prove me wrong.
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 20, 2017 15:47:50 GMT
Hi, MCDemuth-- Like cryptoflovecraft, I think this is just an urban legend gone "viral." It tends to be passed on via friend-of-a-friend (FOAF), a situation Prof. Michael E. Bell described as "the folklorist's worst nightmare." There is absolutely no documentation or evidence for any of the alleged "encounters," and--if I'm not mistaken--no anecdotal accounts at all prior to Brian Bethel's. Kinda funny about that, as one would think that, if there were such creatures, they'd have appeared before our own time and been in the popular folklore. There are apparently two supposedly previous "examples" in Weatherly's book (which I have no interest in reading), but he doesn't even provide surnames. Wow. I also read recently about another simple possibility: people who have read this story, remember turning away some kid at the door, and then graft on the paranormal stuff, either to self-justify the occurrence or simply to make it a better story. There need not be any malice in this, just natural human fabulation; it happens with urban legends all the time. So, no, I don't believe in "black-eyed kids," and I don't think anyone will have a direct experience, because I don't they such a thing exists. As Crypt said, though, "of course, if anyone here has any info on BEKs from credible sources, please prove me wrong."  |
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Post by Winter_King on Oct 23, 2017 11:20:32 GMT
Kids these days... with their black eyes and their music.
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