Morbid - Episode 201: Black Eyed Children with special guest Tyler Gaca AKA Ghosthoney

Episode Date: January 15, 2021

Guys!!! It's episode two hundred… and ONE! We’ve gathered you here today so we could grace your presence with one of the most lovely humans we’ve ever encountered: Ghost Honey aka Tyler Gaca. Tyler joins us today to talk about something we vowed to never attempt an episode on: Black Eyed Children. The first time we tried to do this episode some weird shit went down and it just straight up wouldn’t record. Luckily, we got our shit together and think the united force of the three of us kept the spooky unexplainable. Alaina takes us into the origin story, and Ash tells some spooky stories you can find on Thought Catalog. Hold onto your butts… and your noses i guess. It’s about to get real weird up in here.  https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2013/11/16-peoples-terrifying-encounters-with-the-black-eyed-kids/ As always, thank you to our sponsors: HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/10morbid and use code 10morbid for 10 free meals, including free shipping! Simplisafe: Right now, our listeners get a FREE home security camera, when you purchase a SimpliSafe system at SIMPLISAFE.com/MORBID. Care/of: For 50% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com/morbid50 and enter code morbid50. Stamps.com: With promo code, MORBID, you get a special offer that includes a 4-week trial PLUS free postage and a digital scale. Just go to Stamps.com, click on the Microphone at the TOP of the homepage and type in MORBID. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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I was like, he's not gonna say yes. And then here you are. So for those of you who have been manifesting, yes, I was literally just gonna say 2021 all about manifesting what we want. That's all it's about. We are. So for those of you who don't know Ghost Tani,

first of all, what are you doing with your life? And second of all, Ghost Tani's real name is Tyler Gesa. So first and foremost, you're like a TikTok celebrity. So where did the name Ghost Tani come from? So Ghost Tani and Part came from the fact that I didn't want people for my day job to find me on the internet. I worked at a college, so I was like, I don't need... I don't want to be known.

I don't need that. Very good reason. Yeah, so at first it was just my name. I was creating your videos under Tyler Gasa. And then I was like, I gotta create an identity. So at first I was something that didn't sound as good. I think it was peach spook or something like that. I love that. And I think I have like a thousand followers at the time and I would go live and there would be like three or four of us

only. Oh my god, mom, I've made it. That sounds like awesome to begin with, right? We were like, people are tuning in. There are three listeners. This is huge. People watching. Yes.

And so I was like, can you all come up with a better name? And so we kind of brainstormed and came up with Ghost Honey. I love it. I feel like it's very fitting, especially for who you are, like your videos. You and it sounds a lot cooler than Tyler. No offense to other Tyler's out there. It's hard to be like spooky and mysterious. I know this will be named Tyler. I feel that because my name is the most basic name ever so I completely understand that.

It's hard to be spooky and be named Ashley. And mine just gets constantly mispronounced. Yeah, like we were just saying I'm always a Lana forever and always. Even though there's an eye in there, I'm like, you know, go back to phonics, but okay, sure. Alana is. It's gone to the point now when people find out my name is Tyler, they're like, oh, I didn't know you had a name. You're like, yes, my given name is not ghost. Yeah, I said, right.

Maybe it should have been. I don't know if that though. I think it should have been. I really't know if that though. I think it should have been. I really think so. You should legally change it. I considered it. I think it would be beautiful. I dreamt about it.

Well, if you've dreamt about it, do it. Seriously, if you can dream it, you can be it. Well, you're obviously into all things creepy and weird. That's why you're here today. So do you want to tell us a little bit about what really like all things like creepy and weird. That's why you're here today. So do you want to like tell us a little bit about like what really got you into like the creepy weird world? Yes. Yes.

Um, I was, I was really thinking about this because when I was a child, I was terrified of everything. Same. Um, really? Yes. That was probably my fault. I found. Yeah, it might have been my own. I couldn't even, like if my sister's were watching, do you remember that really cheesy show,

Haunting with like the Ghost Reignakments? Yes, yes, yes. You've never watched that. Yeah. The past. Yeah. Like not very scary at all. But like I couldn't even be two rooms over where my sister was walking in it, because I would feel that. I would like start sweating and get nervous. You could feel it from the other room. Yeah, I was like, there's like sense-plain and I'm not really nervous. But something happened, I guess, when I was like, maybe 15 or 16 years old, I might have just been maybe 15 or 16 years old. I might have just been dude like the hundreds of ghost hunting shows

that were on the travel channel. And I think that's what kind of like first peak my interest. And then I just kind of like fell in the heart and fast and it became my life. I love that. I feel like you always become the thing you fear the most. You do.

Be that like, you know, your mother or what? Like you always become, you always become that thing. No, you do. But for you, it was a great thing. Yeah. It was like, terrified of ghosts. You know, I am ghost. You're like, I'm literally a ghost.

You respect them. That's what it is. So you're, you can still be terrified. You're just respect. Yeah, because that's how I You can still be terrified. You just respect. Yeah, because that's how I feel. I'm terrified. I don't want to see one. But I want to see a ghost, so I mean, I have.

Well, I'm like, I don't want to see one, but I also really want to see one. It's very good. I used to see them in our house all the time and I would tell you guys and you'd be like, okay, go back to sleep and I'd be like, well, there's dead people here, so. Oh my god.

She used to scare the shit out of me. I was scared her, but she used to scare me with like reality. Real stuff, yeah. I was a scary child. I'd be like, there was Vikings on your computer last night. Like that no lie. Real story. I literally woke up when I, like people probably think I'm crazy, but I was like, there

was ghost Vikings in this room, and they messed with your computer. And then the next day, guess whose computer was not working? Mine. Mine was not working. Didn't you also see, and I remember him correctly, like a little, like, 1900 schoolboy? Sure did. Do you want to hear that story again? I absolutely love to. Woke up in the middle of the night. My mom and I were like staying at my grandparents' house. So, Elena was there. We all shared this massive room.

It was awesome. It was awesome. It was horrific. And my grandparents' house was super haunted. It's like an old farmhouse, like redone. So I woke up in the middle of the night and there was this little boy and he had like plaid pants on and that little like scally cap.

Like he looked so old-timey. I didn't realize it then, but I can still see him in my mind now. And he was reading my mom's book, and I like shook my mom away, and I was like, Mom, like, the little boy is reading your book. Like, I guess I was offended. And she was like, go back to sleep, like, it's fine, whatever. And she had put her book on the dresser or something,

and when she woke up the next day, it was wedged into the closet that I had said he was like leaning up against. Ooh, so he was like physically holding the book. Oh hell yeah, he was into it. He was into it. He was into that Daniel still novel. Wow. So he was like, it was wild.

That's wild. I feel like he's like my guardian angel though, and I know that's like a little cray cray to say. Yeah, we're here. We're here. We're here. We're here. No, yeah.

Because I like wasn't scared of him. That's what shocked me the most, because when you told me that, I yeah. Cause I like wasn't scared of him. That's what shocked me the most. Cause when you told me that, I was like, well, I'm scared of him. I don't like, you're like, the next morning I was like, oh, I don't love that. Yeah.

I was like, there was no little boys in this room before you came in here. So I needed some friends, my own age. My favorite one is that you saw that lady who didn't have a body. She was just made a bow. I don't know if she was real or if that was like childhood trauma. So who knows?

Maybe a little bit of both. Yeah, a mixture. What a horrifying manifestation of childhood trauma. That is like holy shit. Well, here I am. Wow. So that actually leads into my next question. Because are you more into the paranormal side of things

or more into true crime, or like totally in the middle, you could get down with both. I mean, I definitely have like a deep love and obsession and fascination with both, but I feel like I probably lean a little bit more towards the paranormal, because I just feel like it's easier for me to digest. I got that. Whereas true crime can like fuck me up for a long time. Oh yeah.

Yeah, that makes sense. I could still love it. And I still adjusted it daily. But, same. I think, yeah. Well, like if you had to choose. The more paranormal, yeah. I see that.

Is there like a specific area of the paranormal or like supernatural that you're really into? I truly love it all, but I think and it might be kind of boring, but my favorite is just like classic ghost stories. No, it's not boring. I feel like that's the best. Yeah, it's, you can't beat it.

And when people like dig into the history to prove ghost stories, that's when I'm like, yes. Yeah, that's, you can't beat it. And when people like dig into the history to prove ghost stories, that's when I'm like, yes. Yeah, that's the best. I love that. Yes. The proof. That's what I'm looking for.

Like when all of a sudden they find like an old newspaper and it's like the name that was like carved into a wall somewhere and you're like, oh my god. Or like the old dude of a house. And we were like all this crazy stuff has happened. And they're like, it was Darla's house. And the little kids like, I know Darla. And he're like, it was Darla's house and the little kids like, I know Darla. And he's like, I know Darla, I murdered Darla.

And that's when true crime and paranormal just mean the middle. Yeah, that's when we come in. You point to section. It's true though, I feel like even though like paranormal stuff is so hard to like wrap your brain around, it's way more, it's way easier to wrap your brain around than like somebody actively like murdering a child or like doing something, you know what I mean. So I feel like it's

I get that. Because sometimes with true crime, you like I literally can't bring my brain to like just understand any part of this. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. There's stories that have, yeah. I think it's because- It's like hard for you to process. Oh yeah, for sure. I think it's because ghosts are supposed to be scary and humans are not really that. Yeah, we're technically not supposed to be scary. Like that's scary.

Look at that. I am very deep. That was so astute. I'm profound. I loved that. No, I love that. I felt that right in here. Oh, you're all good guys.

I was like, you're right. People aren't supposed to be scary. Like we're not, but we're not. We're scarier than ghosts, for sure. Oh yeah, ghosts got that way. That's what my mom used to tell me all the time. Every time I was scared of ghosts, my mom would always say, oh, honey, you should be scared of people.

I love that. And now you're like double the fear. I was like, what if I'm scared of both? Yeah. Like, can I have both? You're like, Mom, you just created double the nightmares. I do the same thing with my kids though, because they haven't had too many crazy ghost things yet.

They're really sorry. That's a lie and a half. Too many. I didn't say the quality of the ones they have already left. I was just going to say it is not the quantity of them. It's the quality of their ghost stories. It's quality. Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American

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So I run in there and I'm like, what is going on? And we had their beds next to the door at one point, like the door to their room. We have since moved them because we learned that lesson very quickly. Yeah, but they were freaking out and they were like, I was like, what's going on? And they said, the people keep coming in our room and they keep trying to cut up our bed sheets. And I was like, is that not the most terrifying thing you've heard? I was like, okay. And then I was like, because then I'm like, well, I wanna know what this is about. So I'm like, what were they using? Like were they using their hands?

Or like did they have something? And they were like, scissors, they had big scissors. And I was like, okay. And I was like, do you, are they like gone? Or are they like in here right now? And she was like, no, they're in the hallway. And she just points to the dark hallway. The empty abyss.

And I was like, we have to walk back through. Exactly. And so it's like, so they're right now. And they were like, she was like, yeah, they're standing right there. And I was like, okay. I don't know why I thought this was, it worked.

We're about us for doing what you did. They were so upset and they like wouldn't take. I was like, well, you know, I think you were just dreaming. They were like, no, we were not dreaming mom. Like, no, this was real, I'm upset. I don't want to be here. And I was like, well, I have to fix this. So I went into the hallway and stood there in the dark hallway.

And I was like, are they here right now? And she was like, yep, they're right around you. And I was like, oh, no. Okay. And so I just like looked around and was like, hi guys. Like, hello. Cool that you're here right now, but could you leave? You're freaking them out.

So this is our house. And I think you should go. Because they're little and you're freaking them out. And I was like, oh, look, they said that they're going to leave. So everything's fine. And they went back to sleep. We've never heard another thing about it. I would have burned my house though. So I was like, maybe that worked. I

don't have much stuff. It's got to be like parent bravery that just like shoots in all the sudden that you're like, because I was pissed. I was like, how dare you? I was like, first of all, those are brand new sheets. How dare you come into my five-year-old ribbon scare the shit out of them, that's not good. It's like giant scissors. With giant scissors. I picture like, what a visual. Right, and I picture these like long,

they didn't tell me this, but I just pictured these like long shroud kind of things. I think you like long clippers. Yes, like really, I think. I think like 30 years. Yes, yes, exactly. That was not a fan. So spooky.

But yeah, that was the quality, for sure. Well, that really set the scene for what we're gonna talk about today, because Tyler, have you ever heard of the Black Eyed Children phenomenon? So how do you say that phenomenon? Yeah, cool. That's something great.

Cool. Cool. Oh, yes. I don't know a ton about the origins or the history, but I've like fallen into like a reddit whole of like First-hand experiences and stories from people that have said they've seen black-eyed children There's so enough to know that I should be scared. Oh, yes I fell into that hole this afternoon I think it was probably like one thirty on the couch like like pure daylight and I was looking around like oh shit

I have a balcony back girl had a balcony black-eyed children appeared on it. I'm not okay No, do you have a balcony? I am on a second floor apartment me too So I I mean, I don't have a balcony so much as I have like a catwalk that would be like impossible to Walk around if there was ever someone standing there not for the black I'm sure so if someone does show up there. It's not good Yeah, they shouldn't That's how I feel you need like a key to get into my apartment and I'm like well, hopefully they don't have one because the black

I get so fully they did not make copy of your key I know I hope not or or the little swiping thing that you have to be poop. Do you imagine if they were up with technology like that and they were just like, beep beep, and just got into your apartment and were like, hey. Well, people think that they're like ghosties, but I think they're more like alien-y-s.

And I think aliens are better at technology than we are, which stresses me out. See, I think they're more demon-y. Yeah. I think it's like a mixture of like ghost-y, demon-y, alien-y, children. What a casserole. I'm madly, if you know. It's a really dark casserole.

Well, you did like the Brent of the research. I just got some creepy stories, so take it away. Well, what's interesting about this is we tried to cover this a long time ago. Probably. I meant to tell that story. Yeah, like a interesting about this is we tried to cover this a long time ago, probably. I meant to tell that story. Yeah, like a year and a half ago, maybe. Yeah. And we had all the research. We were like ready to go.

We sat down, we started recording, and it kept shutting off. Every time we would start, like we would get our introduction and we would chitchat, and then we were like, all right, let's get down to business. And like, I'm not saying, like, the, it wouldn't stop recording. Like, we record into audacity or we used to.

And audacity itself would just shut down. Like, the window would completely close. The recording would not be there. Something was going down. Or like, the wave recording would start to scramble. Like, as we were talking about it. No, we were just, and we, I think it was like, we did it for like five minutes.

And then we were like, nope, not gonna cover that. Like, we were like, that's somebody telling you. We were like, we'll come, and we, I think it was like, we did it for like five minutes, and then we're like, nope, not gonna cover that. Like, we were like, that's somebody telling you, yeah, we're like, we'll come back to this one. I think we literally were like, we will ever do this again, and then you came into our lives, and we were like, well, what else? I mean, that's like the perfect thing to talk to him about. Safety in numbers as well.

Exactly. Right, now we have a third. We're like, let's curse him too. Yeah. And then we're all on this together. We're all on this together. Yes. So I think we'll just talk about what Black Eyed Children are.

The first sighting of them, we have a few stories. And I think Ash has one where, I think it's like the only recorded one where they actually let the Black Eyed kids into their home and spoiler alerted. It didn't end well. Shit, it goes down. Yes. I think not recommended. Oh, and you know what, before I get into this,

my husband wanted me to tell you, which is, this is hilarious. He didn't know, he's like Ron Swanson, essentially, like he would be off the grid and like living in the woods somewhere. But he got into TikTok because Ash made us watch TikTok. Like we were both like, we're old, we're not watching TikTok.

Like a good millennial. Then we were like. Same though, also. Right. I was like, I'm too old for TikTok. Right, I was like, no. I was like, I won't watch them, I won't do them, I won't like them, no.

Yeah, for a while I was not about it. And I was like, I can't resist. No, once you started, it's like, where have I been? Like where was the world without this? Honestly. So we were shocked. We were able to get him to watch any TikToks. Like to download the app, we were like, whoa.

And one night, he comes in, it was right when Ash had like begun sending us videos. So we were like, just getting the feel. One night he walks into the living room and he was like, you need to watch this guy. And it was you. And he was like, I love him. And now. And it was you. And he was like, I love him. And now he'll literally send me your videos all the time. And he was like,

we you tell him that I found him in our house like, it's like I will. It's an honor. Wow. Yeah, he loves you. And I was so do I now. Do you get like recognized now? Yeah. Like going places. It's very bizarre. The hospital. Yeah, it's very. Because I was living in Columbus, Ohio. And so it's like a really small, tiny community. So when I was getting recognized, it was like, oh, it's

probably just like a friend of a friend of the person I work with or something. But now that we're in LA and like walking on the street and stuff, people will be like, take the car. And you're like, hello. Hi. Hi there. Just trying to live my life.

Yeah, bizarre, very bizarre. I know, must be crazy bizarre. Yeah. But yeah, I had to throw that in because John would have killed me if I didn't. Like before we left tonight, he was like, tell him, remember, they can attest to that, I will. But going back to the Black Eyed Children,

Black Eyed Children are, like we said, they're paranormal creatures, but we're not really sure what they are. No, I don't think we'll really ever know what they are. No. I lean more towards demony, but I think that's just because, I think what like shoot really puts me in that direction is we'll find out like what they're what they commonly do. But I think it's like the black eyes always go with like malevolence and evil and you always see demons and mythology having like ask to be let in or ask to be you know in your space And they need you and they get like angry if you don't say yes. Oh, they get real mad

So it's like I feel like that's very demon-y to me or like vampire even very vampire Yeah, like they need because you know demons need your permission like be it through a weegey board or say on Sir just allowing them to enter your space. So I feel like, that's why I'm like, and they all are demon right? Or even the dark fairies, they don't need your permission to enter, but I think you're not supposed to say thank you to them.

Oh yeah. Because then they feel like you own them something. I saw that on TikTok actually. I get most of my information. I also want deep into like fairy-took talk. Okay, good, I love these good TikTok talk. They're like, you can never let them know what your name Yeah, what your name is we have to say like I go by oh

Tyler but not my name is or something like that. Okay, I didn't know that. I don't listen to me something like that I'm not gonna tell Mary to talk I'm not telling any wild. I'm keeping it close to the chest. Yeah, yeah, that's all I'm not telling you any wild. I'm keeping it close to the chest. Yeah, that's my house, that's all I'll say. Yeah, I'm not dealing with the Fay. Do leave. Not happening. Goodbye.

Our Irish household was like, my mom was big into like, fairies, she still is. So I have like a deep fear of fairies. But yeah, I'm thinking, like, I you I mean who knows maybe they have a little little fey in there. Maybe you never know. I mean they do get away quickly so perhaps they can fly. That's very sprightly. Mm-hmm. Look at that. I think we might solve this in series today. Yeah, I think we might put it together guys. There we go guys. Well, they're typically they are children of course. There we go, guys. Well, they're typically, they are children, of course. There are sightings of black-eyed adults,

which for some reason is the funniest thing I've ever, like a black-eyed adult. It just doesn't sound as, it's not threatening. Yeah, it's weird. It's weird. Like Comic-Con. Right. Are you cross-playing us?

Exactly. Like a black-eyed adult of like, hmm. See, but you know it's weird so black-eyed children terrifying black-eyed adults no just Comic-Con right black-eyed elderly people which I found accounts of bring it way back up to another level of scary yeah yeah but then also like how are black-eyed do black-eyed children have black-eyed parents yeah you got to want a black-eyed grandparents they have tall you got a white and black-eyed grandparents. They have tall slender parents. I know that. Do they grow into black-eyed adults?

Or do they just grow into regular adults? We got to know. Or is it one of those things? One of those aliens called, are they like tall grays? Oh yeah, grays. What if they're tall grays when they grow up? I don't know. This is really spooky.

Okay, so getting into it. I don't know. Where do they come from? I'm getting sweaty. I'm getting clammy up in here. So typically a black-eyed child is usually between the ages of like six and 16. So you know, it's a good range, but usually you'll know like a teenager or like a little toddler, which is like, whew.

That's amazing. So I don't like it at all. They typically have really pale skin. They have totally black eyes, of course. It's the hallmark. And they're always like described described as pools of black. Yeah, almost like you could reach in, you know what I mean? But don't reach in.

I mean, don't reach into anyone's eye. I feel that it's a good rule of thumb. Don't ever reach into someone's eye. It's never good. And they're usually seen doing things either like coming up to your house and knocking on the door and saying they need to be's eye. It's never good. And they're usually seen doing things either like coming up to your house and knocking on the door and saying they need to be let in or asking to be let into your car. Sometimes people see them like panhandling or hitchhiking. People have seen them in their windows. Oh no, hate it. No, hate, hate, hate, loath entirely. Yeah, I don't like that at all. Yeah. Yeah, that's not okay at all.

And we do have an original telling of this, like where the story originated. And it's a guy named Brian Bethel, who's a writer. His first encounter was in August of 1997. I think this is just the first documented encounter. There are ones that go back to the 1950s, but obviously no one was jumping on Reddit in 1950 and being like, let me tell you my story.

Why? I think it just wasn't as popular then. Ah, alright. Someone will tell us. I guess email. Tell us if Reddit was popular in 1950. Don't tell me anything about Reddit. Get out of my face with Reddit.

Yeah, I don't want anything to do with Reddit. I'm good. I use it to look up things and then I run away as fast as I can. I never enter my own thing. Never ever ever. Oh yeah. Kids kind of follows the perfect, you know, what these tails usually go like the same kind of pattern that they all take. And these kids are, you know, usually you feel like compelled to talk to them at first, like you can't walk away from them, but you also feel this weird feeling of dread and

like threatening, even though they're not being outwardly threatening at first. And a lot of people say that they have that like really monotone voice. And it reminds me of like in the strangers when they knock on the door and they're like, is Tamra home? That's all I can think of. Drew just shit his pants because I'll do that every now and then. I'll just like come around a corner and be like Is Tamra home just to be like an asshole? It's so cruel

Like that's all I think of it's just that knocking on the door and being like Can I come in and it's just like emotionless? Yeah, yucky. I want to watch that movie now I do too. That's a great great movie now most of these like Brian's, since it originated in Texas, most of these are from the US. That seems to be where a lot of these are seen. A lot of the sightings come from the US. There are some in other countries, but they differ. They're not, they don't follow the same path.

So who knows? Maybe we have like different black-eyed children. I'm not really sure. They're not international. Yeah, like they're all different. But I don't know. Like Darwin's Finches and they just accolade to their environment over time.

We got you. You figured it out. There it is. Guys, we were in the end to have this discussion. We're breaking the code. We are. We're going to figure this out by the end of it. So we went in a more, I think we should.

Like best investigative podcast of 2021. A Nobel Peace Prize for discovering the origins of Black Eyed Children. I mean, hello, I'll accept it. I sure will as well. Picture us on stage together. Oh, I'm ready. Love it.

So, back to Brian. Yes, so Brian Bethel. He had, like I said, in August of 1997, he first posted the story to Google groups. It was like a board. I don't know what that is. But I think it was like Reddit before Reddit, question mark. Yeah, who knows. It seems self-explanatory, but whatever. I guess this board was asking writers to send in like creepy paranormal stories, and they were mainly asking for real ones.

They were like, don't give me fiction, I want. I want you to tell me your real stories. So Brian was like, do I have one? So this was a night in Albaline, Texas. I don't know if I said that right. I don't, whatever. But it seems right. But he left his apartment around 9.30 p.m.

and he was going, because remember, this is 1997. So he's going to drop off a check for his internet service. I'm sorry, what? Oh, it's a thing that happened. I was one year old. Just even just using a check. At this point, I know I barely got a right one. I think it's all kind of crazy.

Why didn't he just Venmo them? Yeah, I'm saying. 997. That was there, right? But yeah, so he goes to do this and he's parked next to a movie theater. This movie theater is playing a very 1997 movie, Mortal Kombat. Well, then. And so he's sitting there under the marquee. He's writing his check out as one does with a check. And as he's doing that, he's like z check out as one does with a check. And as he's doing that, he's like zoned out on his check and he hears a knock on his a cardor window. So he's like, hello, knock, knock, knock. And he looks up and he sees two boys. And he says they looked between like one of them looked about ten. One of them looked like 14 years old. He said the one of them was clearly taller than the other. He was wearing a hooded sweatshirt

with a gray checkered pattern. He had all of colored skin, which is interesting, because they're usually described as very pale. He went to the, nobody says they can't go to the beach. That's very true. No, I went to the beach Monday. We don't know. He also had curly brown medium-length hair.

The second boy had very pale skin with freckles, so he was me. He had pale orange hair, oh, he was me. Oh wow. Yeah. So yeah, we have a little ginger and we have like a little olive skin dark haired boy. And he's like, oh, hello.

And he says the smaller boy seemed really nervous and was like, kept looking around. Like he didn't wanna be there. And he was like, hello. And he says, the smaller boy seemed really nervous and was like, kept looking around like he didn't want to be there. And he was like, OK. And he was the taller boy that spoke to Brian. So he said, it seemed like they were going to ask him for money. He just got that sense from them.

So he rolled down the window and he's like, can I help you? And the taller boy said, we just need to ask you something really quick and Brian said, as soon as he opened his mouth and talked to him, he felt this like overwhelming feeling of dread. And that's when you toss it into drive and eat yourself out of there. Yeah.

Good bye. He said it legitimately chilled his blood when this kid talked and he didn't say anything threatening or aggressive But I was like yeah, just put it into drive honestly. That's how I feel when anybody like approaches me at the supermarket I'm like oh no scared, but that's how I feel when like a friend will approach me at the grocery store like oh no I school acquaintance see what target. I thought you're gonna say that's how I feel when I see a child

Honestly that too. That's how I feel when I see a child and I have three of them. So I feel like that about the ones that I'm not related to. Yeah, that's how I feel about every other child. Oh no child. Oh no child. Gross. I think that that's also the issue here.

It's like when children come up to you in need of help, like your first instinct is to help. Like who's gonna just walk away from it, especially like a six-year-old shows up at your door? By themselves. Yeah, I know. Like how are you just gonna be like, you're probably a demon, I should shut the door.

Sorry, but. But like maybe we should. Not today. So he said, you know, he felt like he had to talk to them. They were kids, he didn't know what was going on. So he said the taller boy was smiling. Nope. Yeah.

No good. And he said he had crazy white teeth, like blinding. Good for him, which might just be good dental hygiene. Crest white strips might also be another worldly white. OK. We don't know. We can't be sure. The taller boy said that they were going to see the

movie, but they had left their money at home and he said, can you give us a ride home to go get the money and then we can come back? Absolutely not. So he's like, yeah, I don't know. And he said one of the first things that he was really concerned about when he asked this, he said he felt like the kid was too comfortable asking like a stranger for this. Yeah. And like the kid wasn't stammering, wasn't like shy, he was just like, hi, bring me home. You get in your car. Yeah, he was like, I don't know about this. So he was, and then he looked at the little boy and or the younger boy. And he said the smaller boy was looking very confused, almost like guilty looking. And like very obvious. So he was like, yeah, I don't know.

So Brian was like, no, I don't want to let you in my car. Like, I, you know, sorry, I can't help you. I have something to do. Well, the taller boy got real pissed. Like, he immediately started being like, nope, you have to let us in. We are just two little boys, Mr. Let us in your car. Like, that's all we need.

Well, what are you doing now? You can't help two little boys. And I Let us in your car. Like, that's all we need. Well, what are you doing now? You can't help two little boys. And I'd be like, fuck off. That's, I'm literally doing anything else. I was literally, I'm just gonna say, I'm doing everything else right now. I'm doing all the things that I am listening to, Jim in 94.5, get out of my business.

Also you're 16, like you're not a good boy. Exactly. Even creepier, like referred to yourself as like, I'm just a little boy. You're just a little boy. I feel like that's gross. Now you've lost your red. You've lost all privileges to be in my face.

But now Brian felt the same way. He was like, this is fucked up. And I don't like this. This is Kiddish Aiti. He's not a child. I don't know why he's talking to me like that. What he said, he felt weirdly compelled to stay. He couldn't bring himself to leave.

So he was like, you know what, I'm going to do a little investigative journalism here. And he was like interview time. What movie are you guys planning to see? In the Tall Boy, it was like, well, mortal combat, of course. And he was like, okay, except that the marquee up there says that the last showing started an hour ago. And he was like, okay, except that the marquee up there says that the last showing started an hour ago.

And also one of you is six. You cannot see that. No, the other one is 10. 10 and 14. The other one is 10. You cannot see that. Yeah, I mean, but it started an hour ago. Yeah, you still.

Okay. Already it's an hour into the movie and now you're asking me to drive you home to get money to buy a ticket to see what like three minutes of the end of the movie. Really interesting in the credits. Yeah, that doesn't make sense at all. So why not just ask for money?

Exactly, that's the main thing. That would be the easier thing. Just do you have, I mean in 1997, do you have $6? The $6? I don't know. I don't remember how much movies were in. Probably less. But he said, then the kid, so he was like,

yeah, no, no, I still can't drive you. So he got aggressive. Then when this happened, he like brought his tone down and seemed like he was trying to like lull him into like security. I just got a full chill. Yeah, he was like, no. And then he ended up telling Brian,

we can't come in the car unless you ask us to come in the car. So can you just tell us we can get in your car? No. Especially not now. No. But he said, while this kid is saying this, while he's saying, we need your consent to get in this car, he said his hand, Brian's hand, was going to open the car door.

Why? And he said he did not want to, but he was feeling like he was, so he had to like pull his hand away. Yeah. And yeah. And he said, then he looked back up after doing that, and that's when he noticed that their eyes were completely black.

And he said, now the little boy looked completely terrified. Like all of a sudden, had a terrified look on his face, but he was like what the hell is, like what is happening right now? The taller boy got super pissed now, started pressing into the car, like trying to like push his way into the car, and he kept saying you have to let us in.

We won't hurt you, we don't have a gun. What the fuck? And he was like, oh, I'm like, cool, you're 14 by. You shouldn't. I think you had a gun. Yeah. That wasn't my main concern. Didn't even actually think of that yet.

I feel like, well, now I'm scared you have a gun. Like, you brought it up. The fuck? What is that? I'm upset. It's like being like, hey, do you have $5? No. Come on, I don't have a machete.

I'm like, I'm a little boy on. I don't have a machete I'm just a little boy. It's not like I have like an assault rifle calm down. It's not portal combat IRL So this is when Brian finally, you know had Not come to brother. What? I would too. So he was like, my cat is just staring me, like, stop it, stop right now. Did you just wing at me? Cut that out. Her black cat is like, just sitting in front of her.

Just staring at her. Okay, wait, side note too. Because when we got locked, my black cut, my black cut, drew and hated him because, what was it? Like, when we got him, the knife that we got him, he opened up his computer and the black eyed children file was up, but that was like a year ago. And then he was like, were you like just researching that again? And I was like, no, why?

Like, what are you talking about? And he was like, it's like just researching that again? And I was like, no, why? Like what are you talking about? And he was like, it's the only thing up on my computer. And then like he mentioned it today. And I was like, is that why you didn't like want looks? Like he wanted to bring looks back. And then he was just staring at me. Sounds like Lux is trying to protect you. Maybe they're pulling it up.

Like don't look at this anymore. Oh, see I like that. They're looking at you now. Like stop talking about this. Oh man, maybe that's pulling it up like don't don't look at this anymore. Oh, yeah, they're looking at you now like stop talking about this. Oh, yeah, maybe that's what it looks like. I told you. I said it once. Did you see how intense he was? I did. I was fucking terrifying. I was like, oh, normally he's just like, hey, man, now. Lux, it's okay. Yeah, you're fine. Take it away. Take it away. Navio. So, so yeah, Brian had enough. Yeah, I don't know. Say it just like Lux had enough. Yeah, I're fine. But take it away. Take it away. Take it away. Not for you. So yeah, Brian had enough. Yeah, I don't know.

Say it just like Lux had enough. Yeah, I don't know. So he threw his card in reverse and he just peeled out of there. And he said, as he peeled away, he could hear that tall boy in a complete panic, like screaming, you have to let us in. We can't enter unless you let us in,

but he just took off. I feel like, but why? And then he said when he looked back as he was driving away, they were gone. Because they can fly. So he also told this story on, there's this like spooky show called Monsters and Mysteries in America. And he said it really happened. He's like, I know it sounds crazy, but I swear to you it happened. And then there was an article in the Ableen or Abelene, you know, Texas. In an Abelene reporter newspaper that he was quoted as saying,

until you've been on the receiving end of these terrible dark eyes, filled with hate and torn from the very depths of night and time. I'm not sure you can understand. The people I've spoken with who have truly seen them understand completely. To which I say Brian, write a novel. Because that was a beautifully crafted sentence. I've never sounded that eloquent. Like, those terrible dark eyes filled with hate and torn from the very depths of night and time.

Like, poetic, poetic, poetic. Bring me along with you. That was wonderful. I want to close my curtains. I'm freaked out. It was so good. And so I think now that we kind of haven't feeling for what they are, I do have a story that's like a really scary story. Yes. I found a Kindle book and it's called The Chilling True Terror of the Black Eyed Kids, A Monster Compilation.

By Michael Vassie, you know. You know him, you love him, Michael Vassie. Oh, yes. Yeah. So this is a story that he collected into that book. It says, I have my own experience of these Black Eyed Kids. It happened a few years ago. I've never been able to really experience of these black-eyed kids. It happened a few years ago. I've never been able to really think of a rational reason for what

happened. It just happened. I headed out to Moe my lawn in the front of the ditch on my road. I have bushes and flowers neatly set up. To my bitter surprise, someone had gone by and stepped all over my roses. I was pretty upset. I get it. I was pee. I was pissed. It was a bad day. It was a shitty day. The next day, I saw two kids walking down my road. Keep in mind, my road has several houses,

so we all know each other very well. These kids look to be about 14 or 15 years old. I've never seen these kids before in the neighborhood. I wanted to go outside and ask them if they messed with my roses, but I figured they're just kids, and I'd let it slide this time, which I love that he was like the next day. Those kids walking down the road and he's like, you did it, you little shits. I like you. He doesn't like kids.

Like, wow. All right. Profiling. The kids stopped walking and just stood on the road right across from my house. That's a good hundred or so feet away. They just stood there. I was looking out the window and they were just standing right there. I went to my room to go get my shoes and when I came out they were gone.

It was around 8 p.m. and it was starting to get dark out. My power went off and on a few times. That's never happened before. We usually have never lost power. Never in my life have I lost electricity. So already I'm like, okay, but it's never happened before. You've never had it gone enough. Maybe it's only gone off or it's only gone on. Alright, you know. Oh, and he, sorry, they go further. We usually have very stable electricity. I cannot stress how stable electricity.

I feel like you're overcompensating. It's like our electricity is the best electricity. We actually have never paid our electricity bills, so we actually just don't have it in the hall. So it's really stable. It really is. So around 820, I heard deep knocking at my front door. I went over to the door, turned on the porch light,

and looked through the little hole on my door, but it was just pitch black, even though the light was on. I didn't know why, but I was extremely terrified. I mean, I know why. Because there were almost a getter. I started to put my hand on the handle, and I asked, who's there? Which is like horror movie, well, I don't know.

Why'd you do that? Like, don't do that. So, I just don't't do that. So, I just don't answer the door. Yeah, just pretend you're not home. That's what we all do. You know, I do not answer my door. No, I never answer my door. Like one time the frat boys upstairs were having a party and they knocked on the door to tell us and I was like, it's past eight o'clock. You're not getting an answer. Yeah, no. And then they knocked again and I was like, okay, well, who the fuck is it? So I opened and I was like, oh, sorry, we don't open the door ever.

And they were like, we're having a party. Bye. Cool. I never come to my door again. Don't you? No, I don't like it. I don't answer my phone and I don't answer my door. I don't answer.

Period. That's me. Well, he said who's there? Some kid answered, sorry to bother you, but we're lost and need to borrow your phone. Nope. He said, I have a spare cell phone you can borrow for a few minutes. I told them, let me go get it and I'll come outside with you.

The kid just said, no, you let me in right now. And he started banging on my door. I'm not talking about just hitting it, but it was like something very big and wide was smashing against my door. I said, and also this is like, so this is like a very hostile situation for sure, but the reaction here is like, woo, all right. So he said, this person said,

you quit that right now. I got a gun and if you try anything, I will shoot you. Wow. I have something to say, but I'm gonna keep it myself, all right. I mean, sure. A little scary, but the kid's potentially slamming

like a tree branch against your door. Don't threaten to shoot a child. It's like, I don't know. Yeah. I feel like that escalated very quickly. Yeah. I'm like, I would just be like, I have a spray bottle in here.

I'll spray you with it. I do. Yeah, he did the full opposite of you, like I did. He was just thinking that I do have a gun. I do have a guy. I'm a grown man and I do have a guy. It's a little scary. A little scary. I've made some of my keys. I'll mace you. I don't even know. I have a bottle opener. I have mace. I'll stab you in your black eyes. I will cry.

I will scream and cry in the fetal position. So don't keep going. So yeah, he's like, I'm gonna shoot you. Well, the kid kept screaming, which is scary. That's an accurate response though. Someone's gonna shoot you. Yeah, but they kept saying, let me in now, you're making a mistake. Oh, oh, oh. I'd be like, you're the one making a mistake because I'm about to shoot you. They pretty womaned it. So it says, I grabbed my gun and held it off to the side of my leg. I put my hand on the lock and unlock the door. This is where I made my mistake. I opened the door expecting either of those kids or just one kid with a weapon or something. Why did you open the door if that's what you

were expected? But these weren't little kids. Standing at my door were two people and both looked young, but their eyes gave them away. They were pitch black. I felt terrified again. I felt like putting my shotgun down, which I was like, whoa, I was picturing a handgun. Wally. Yeah. And even a handgun, I was like, all right, their kids come down.

You know, but a shotgun, damn, that's a lot. It is the stranger, is it really is? It is. I'm not sure why I felt that way. As I had the door open for these three or four seconds, the taller kids started to walk forward to come in. No. I kicked my door shut as hard as I could,

and I locked it. At this point, I heard them both crying and screaming in a strange, distorted, high-pitched way. Followed by some banging on my door again. I went to check my back door just to make sure it was still locked. Thankfully, my back door was locked, and by the time I headed to the front door, they just stopped. Is my back door locked? I loaded my shotgun and opened the door, expecting these quote-unquote things, but they were gone. I heard some footsteps and my neighbor was coming by. He heard

some weird screams and came to it by to check on me. I stood there, probably looking like death with a shotgun in my hand. I let him in and told him the entire event. He told me to call the cops, but I was positive they wouldn't believe me. I never called the cops. Wow. So that's just, I mean, there's a lot to unpack in that one.

Yeah. From top to bottom. He didn't call the cops because he threatened to shoot a pair of children. Yeah. Which I guess I may have lost my cool first. He's like, I may have become enraged. He's escalated quickly on my end.

They sure did. Wow. But you know what? I guess if demons are at your door, I mean that's not going to help you. What are you going to do? Shoot them, I guess. I don't know. Bring a Ouija board out there and try to send them back where they came from it's what I would do hail Satan when all

else fails it's really creepy how they like they need to come in yeah it sounds like if they don't something bad is gonna happen well that's the thing I'm like are you okay at home who's taking care of my black-eyed kids. Are you a retitle? Do you have? I'm gonna hook it out. Yeah. Like through the door. Through the locked door. Do you want to talk about this?

You don't need to come in. I can call someone for you. Yeah, CPS. This is CPS. We can find a loving home. Right? Yeah. It's fine.

I don't think that's what they want though. I think they just want to spread mass destruction. They do, because when they finally get in, they do just that. Yeah. Well, I only have one story of when they got in. Do you want me to start with that one? Oh, yeah. Or do you want me to start with the ones where they don't get in? Maybe we should start with the not getting in and then end on the getting in. Okay. I like that. I like that. Cameron that point to not let these kids in your house have a lot of stories. Okay. So these

are all from the thought catalog just to give you like a little place to go because I picked maybe Four or so from there, but there I think they have like 17 on the website So if you want to read more go ahead to the thought catalog. So this one says I'm sorry All right, so this person writes this is so funny. It's not. I had never heard of B.E.K.s before my incident. So I come on here to post my story, and the first story I see is about a B.E.K. weird. Let me preface this by saying, I'm no means a writer.

Just a domestic engineer. Okay, like, don't play that, huh? I don't know. Living in North Texas. So I don't, they love Texas. Why do they do? Everything's bigger in Texas, including the Black-eyed kids' black eyes.

Including diamonds. They said, also, I don't believe in the paranormal. That's rude. Why do you say it? You're kidding me. All right, next. Yeah, like five. Go, Steamans, aliens, whatever.

However, I did have an event happen to me. This Halloween, I have to admit has be scratching my head. This is my first post on Reddit, and I'm sorry to say I've never even heard about it until yesterday. Don't be sorry. I feel like already this person is like on my fucking nerves because I'm like, okay, we get it.

You're so cool. I'm just, I don't mess to engineer. I don't believe in the paranormal and I don't even know what Reddit is. What is the internet? I have things to do. I can't just post on Reddit except I'm doing it right now. I also have a best friend. I told my best friend about my incident and she is an avid reader. You're really robbing it and you have a really flaunt in that best friend. I have no other friends. I bet they're not the best.

I think mine. I'm like, you fell over at it, people. I have a best friend. And I told my best friend about my incident and she's an avid reader of no sleep. And she told me, if I didn't post it, she would. So here I am. Anyway, I hope you're right. She also said, and I hate her.

Anyway, hope you like. No. Like, finish the sentence. I'm going to hate. She also said, and I hate her. Anyway, hope you like. No, like finish the sentence. I'm gonna hate. So it had been a slow trick or treat night in our neighborhood that evening, which is pretty odd in and of itself.

We usually have kids from different areas, quote, dropped off in ours, and have a constant parade at our door. That night, I would say we had no more than eight or 10 groups of kids come by the entire night. It was about 9.30 and my husband and I were sitting in our family room watching some of those ghost shows based on supposedly actual events.

The worst. If you're listening right now, don't write like that. You suck. Don't do that. Like I said, I don't believe in that stuff. We get it. But I do like a good ghost story. No, you don't.

Now and then. And it was Halloween and all. You can't just pick Halloween to be a believer. No. You heard it here first. We hadn't had any activity at the door in over half an hour, and it was getting late. So we decided to turn the porch light off and let our dog Chloe come out of her crate.

Also, if you were home, why was Chloe in her crate? I'm just not. Chloe, God damn you. I'm starting to think that the black-eyed children have the right house. Seriously. Chloe? The like old skid, then.

So they're like that, beatch. Chloe is an American bulldog and is very docile. Oh, we only put her in her crate because we're very, wait. We only put her in her crate because we were afraid she'd try to get out and play with all the kids. OK, and we'll let her. All right, we'll get her. And I didn try to get out and play with all the kids. Okay, it won't let her. All right, we'll get it. And I didn't want to have to chase her down the street.

Okay, I'll accept it. We retract our freebie's statement. Okay, retracted, retracted. Also, we didn't want her to scare any of the kids because she can look a little intimidating to younger kids. So, I turned the outside light off and let Chloe out and she followed me back to the couch and lay down at my feet. It was getting close to 10 p.mpm when my husband decided he had had enough fun for the night and was going to go upstairs, take a shower and get ready for bed. Lame. I just said that, not her.

But he's like, all right. I know about this fun and merry-man, not going upstairs. I'm going to shower this Halloween off of me and get to bed. Sick of your imagination. Yeah. After all, it was Thursday, and he still had to get up really the next day. My teenage son was out with his friends at a local haunted house and wasn't

expected back for another hour or so. So that left me alone on the couch with Chloe. Now, just because I don't believe doesn't mean those shows don't freak me out of it. And being alone now, watching, I'd have to say I was kind of on edge as it were. It wasn't long after I heard the upstairs water

for the shower turn off when there came a knock, knock, knock at the front door. My initial reaction was, what the hell really? It's almost 10 o'clock, feeling came over me. Why knock? Our doorbell glows in the dark, and without the porch light, it would be extra obvious to anybody there. I paused.

I couldn't really ignore it. Our front door has a big, beveleded glass panel and anybody right at the door could see in enough to see someone was in the family or watching TV. Well fix that. Yeah, he's gonna say that's your mistake. No, it would be pretty rude for me to just sit there and not answer it. Knock knock knock. You seem kind of okay with being pretty rude though. So, lean in. This poor woman, I'd like the most terrifying experience. And we're like, both cute. You're the worst. Maybe like Feng Shui. This isn't a problem.

Knock, knock, knock again from the door. I glanced down at Chloe and she was gone. My gaze followed her usual path. I don't know. My gaze followed her usual path to the front door, expecting her to be on her way there. She normally does. Nothing. She wasn't there. I stood up to look around the room better and found her crouching by the back door

like she wanted out. However, she never asked to go out like that. She always comes and licks my hand or puts her head on my knee. This was totally out of character for her. And I have to say, it heightened my anxiety. Chloe, great, I said. She just turned back to look at me like, hell no lady, I ain't moving. Does the dog die calm? Oh my god, it's the dog. I would never pick up. Hell no. I yelled up to my husband, but he was, but if he was already in the shower, I knew there was no chance of him hearing me. Knock, knock, knock. About that time, a car drove down our street

and cast just enough light on the door where I could see the silhouettes of two small children through the glass. I initially felt relief. It was just some kids, probably a couple of my neighbors on their way back home, and wanted to stop by and show me their costume or something. I headed to the door and looked back

to make sure Chloe wasn't gonna follow. What a great watchdog I thought to myself as she just sat there. I get Chloe a break. I know, seriously. Like, a ladder in the cradle. She's been through enough. She has.

I turned on the porch light when I got to the door and sure enough, I could see through the glass that it was a couple of pretty small kids. A little late for such young ones, I thought. And I began to wonder what kind of parents would let their kids run the streets that late at night. This is like how an Amazon girl runs. You'll street.

Yeah. Like, it's Halloween lady. I only opened the door enough to where I could block Chloe's escape if she decided to grow some balls, which was only about two feet. This lady sucks. She's been such a dick about Chloe. Like, why do you have Chloe? Like, shit.

Chloe, did there was better? She does. What struck me immediately as odd was that the kids weren't wearing any costumes. They were in their normal street clothes. Also, no customary trick or treat either. I began to feel very uneasy again. It was a girl and a boy.

The girl to my left was older. I'd say about 11 or 12. I could tell she was blonde, but I couldn't make out any distinct features as our lights are from high above and on columns at the front of the porch. So most of the light was coming down blah, blah, blah, who cares? I had not opened the door wide enough for any light to come inside to hit them directly. The boy was younger about a foot shorter. I'd say eight or nine and look to have light brown hair. The girl very politely spoke

up, ma'am, can we please come inside and use your phone to call our mom? As she spoke, something in the pit of my stomach was telling me something was wrong. What kid, even that age, doesn't have a cell phone of their own these days? I love how judgmental she is. It's a roller coaster for me. I'm like, you seem awesome now. I know, I love her. She doesn't even have the fear anymore. No fear.

Like the other people, she's just like, annoyed. She's like, why don't you have a cell phone? Where's your track phone lady what who you're stupid parents? I like you have to say you have no costumes you have no costumes on you didn't say trick or treat you knocked on my fucking door Why don't you have a goddamn cell phone? I love you see the door panel. Yeah, I love it. I flipped on it. I'm From overhead I'm starting to love her. Yeah, let's say where it goes. Okay. I could have remembered the last time I had had anybody asked to use my home phone. Um, hun, don't you have a phone of your own that you can call your mom? I asked.

Wow. This was when things got really weird. Both kids looked at each other like they were going to say something to one another, but neither ever spoke. They both turned back to me and said, and the girl said, man, my cell phone battery doesn't have any charge left in it. Can we please come inside and call our mother? We're alone out here and my brother is scared. I have to admit the two competing feelings going on inside of me. The first, that of a mother's heart, wanted to keep these two small children and get them back to their mom. The other sinking fear in my gut that was keeping me, that was keeping the other feeling

at bay. It was that I noticed that during the short conversation I had already opened the door and I could strick few inches, which I was completely unaware of doing. That's kind of like Brian. I was going to say this happens in all of these. They feel like this weird like compulsion. Yeah. Like they're hip like compulsion. Yeah. Like they're hip and entire.

Yeah. It's the black eyes. I feel like they have the little swirlies, but you can't see because they're black. There's some like telekinesis happening here. There's some freaky shit going down. So she says. A diamond, a diamond.

She says, honey, why don't you give me your mother's number and I can call her myself. Another pause and they again looked at one another. A short after a short moment they turned back to speak to me and the girl said, man my little brother has to use your bathroom. Can we please come inside while you call her mom? No. And with the last statement the little girl moved closer to the door like she was just gonna walk on and buy me. As she did she stepped into the light coming from inside the house and I got my first real good look at her.

And she looked like shit. Solid, jet black hot is all I could see. That motherly instinct was gone and replaced by terror. I don't think I've ever felt in my life. I could feel every hair on my arms in the back of my neck standing at attention. I closed the door to just where my face was able to stick out. And the little girl stopped and again pleaded,

please, ma'am, we're really scared and alone out here. We have to come inside. Please help us. Then, like on cue, both kids began to whimper and cry. That's when the fear took over and I shut and locked the door. I'll call your mom if you give me the number. I shouted through the door, but I'm not letting you in my house. All right, I'm on her side.

See, I can still see them standing there on the porch, just staring at me through the beveled glass pane. Part of me wanted to run upstairs to my husband, but the bigger part didn't want to lose track of where they were. They, that what, whoops. I'm like, that would have freaked me out even more to not know where they were. After what seemed like forever, but probably only a couple seconds,

I decided I would call my neighbor that lives across the street. As I made my way back to the side table by our coach to the phone, I glanced back at the door. Chloe was nowhere to be found. We later found her in the guest room under the bed. When I got to my phone and started to look for his contact info, it was only then that the kids stepped away from the door and began to walk to the street. As they did, I walked to the door to get a better look to see where they went, still not calling my neighbor. If you get close enough to the glass, you can see outside enough to make people shapes, but you can't see, but you can't see much detail. Of course, standing that close to the door would make it pretty obvious

to anyone looking in. From the door, I could see that the kids were still standing under the street lamp nearest my house house staring at me. As I lifted the phone to my ear after calling, only then... only then... only then... only then... Oh, that one hurt. Only then... Did the kids start walking down the street? I met my neighbor out under the lamp once he was out there.

Why the fuck did you go outside after that? Don't believe. But the kids were nowhere to be seen. Like the fuck did you go outside after that? Don't believe. But the kids were nowhere to be seen. Like I said, I don't believe in any of this stuff. And I had never even heard of it. How many you do now? Yeah, you're a believer. Well, let's be real.

You're a believer. I had never heard about Black Eyed Kids before talking to my friend. What I really think, what I have to think, is these kids were out yanking people's chains on Halloween night. But I will say this for them. They were good. really good at it.

Scared the S out of me and my dog. And yes, she said the S. Scared the S out of me. And poor, poor, clowy. Wow. Then I have another short one and then just one really funny one and then we'll get to like the one where they left them. Wow, then I don't think those kids were yanking anyone's chains.

No, definitely not. Imagine going through that and then being like, oh, I trick up the light. Right, it's like, this is being like, I have allergies, so it's probably, which happened, like they scared the S out of me. Like, first of all, the whole time, she's like, I don't believe in this stuff.

Like, why are you telling me the story then? Seriously, it's like, right. No. To waste my time. And call the police. Be like, hello, there's two abandoned children that are terrified on my doorstep. I just be like, come get them.

We're gonna collect these youths. I don't know. I'm so creepy. And also, just like, how do you go to sleep after that? I know, she's just like, all right, Clow. Let's go upstairs. I'm on Clow, Clow. I did the best under the guest bed.

See ya. Poor Clow. I felt bad for her. This one is called, you must let me in. No, it's really short. I must hunt. On March 17th, 2008, I had my one and only encounter with a black-eyed kid. Before my experience, I had never heard of anything having to do with black-eyed kids. I was 12. Fuck that. Wow. I was sitting outside of the hairdressers in an old Chevy pickup truck waiting for my mom to get her haircut.

About 15 minutes had passed and I saw some kid walking back and forth along the sidewalk in front of my parked car. At first I thought I recognized him as one of my friends from school so I banged on the front windshield until he looked my way. It was not anyone I knew. At this point I was not scared at all, not yet. The boy walked over to my side of the car and just stares. I think to let me get a good look at his eyes, to freak me out, let me tell you.

If you have never seen a black-eyed kid, you have no idea what to imagine. Pupils black as the night sky. The boy whispers, You must let me in. And then I locked the door doors and ducked down into the space. We looked at the seats. Absolutely not. We cracked.

So we ducked down beneath the seats. Five minutes later, he was gone. I love this. When my mother got into the car, she told me a boy with black eyes had come into the hairdressers and insisted that my mother give him the keys to the car. She refused. Thank God she did.

I love that she just told that story. Like so weird. This kid with black eyes asked for my keys. Wicked weird. And demon came into the high air salon, asked me for my keys. I said no. Crazy story. It's a lot.

She can keep knocked on the salon door. Like a lot. She can knock on this salon door like yeah You have to on me. It's the end. I need a foil. I love it. You need a volume? I just need my money pieces done. Let me in. Okay, this is my favorite. This is the last one before the the scurro ball before the warning. This one is called no you won't be calling anybody. Oh, you'll know as soon as I say it why it's my favorite and you'll probably remember it for last time. I think I do remember this one, but I don't remember what happens. It's the best. It's the best. So the incident took place about 13 years ago. I had just moved to a new city with my wife. We were in the we were small town newly wedged from the Midwest.

We moved across the country to one of the biggest cities in the Southwest so I could attend graduate school. Being naive and new to city living, I habitually answered the door without a second thought. Never again after this. You learned. Yeah, you learned real quick in the city. The first thing that should have tipped me off

to the peculiarity, what's hard to say. I just decided to say it weird, because I was going to be as proud of it. Of this situation, was the fact that someone was knocking at six o'clock in the morning. The second thing that should have dawned on me is that this kid had to reach over a rather tall patio gate to unlatch it and let it open.

The knock at the door was startling. My wife and I were getting ready for work, a pretty normal routine. The moment I opened the door, I was overtaken with an inexplicable sense of fear. To this day, I can picture him, teenager. Average height, average build, knee length, black leather coat, short black hair, and sunglasses. The sunglasses at 6am struck me as odd,

and even more odd, he was eating an apple. I wanna know why that was even more odd than his sunglasses. It's like, who the fuck eats an apple in the morning? Like, that's disgusting. Six a.m. It's gross. And also, like, the sun does come up around 6am.

He sounds like he's from the last boys, and I'm into it. I know, I'd be like, why aren't you in the empire? I'd be like, cool. Am I eating maggots' cycle? Yeah, I'd be like, hey, what is up, buddy? What's up? Do you have a cave with a gym morocin poster in it?

Yeah. Can we hang out? And like an amazing bed? Yes. Let's get it. Let's get some Chinese food after this. Do you bleed sparkly blood? Oh my god, I hope.

Do you use the shine in the sun? So he was very polite. You would twilight there. Oh, I know. I know. He reared off. I needed to cover all bases. So he was very polite and asked if he could come in and warm up. I said, no, close the door and split the security chain into place. A moment later, another knock. I opened the now chain door and before I could speak, he asked to get if he could come in and warm up. No, I reply.

And attempted to close the door. Before the door could shut, he put his hand out, stopping the door on its hinges. He looked directly into my eyes, still wearing his sunglasses and said, can I at least get some ketchup for my apple? What? What?

What? What? It's chaotic evil. What? What? I'm crying. Also, I need you to make that a TikTok please. Please make that a TikTok, man. Can I at least get some ketchup for my apples?

That means so. The guy goes, you heave in. Give me some ketchup from the fucking apple. Can you at least do me a solid? God. He could. What a fuck that I reply. Give me some ketchup from the fucking apple. Can you at least do me a solid? God. Oh my God. Wow, fuck that, I reply. I'll be a little confused.

Get the hell out of here. My wife is calling the police. He takes a moment to let this information sink in. Loers his glasses, revealing eyes as black as a city in and says, no, you won't be calling anybody. At that moment, I force the door closed, lock it, and call it to my wife. She is scared shitless hiding in the bedroom. I'll jacked up on adrenaline.

I ripped the curtains back to look out the window next to the door. He's gone. Absolutely no trace of him. I go out onto the patio and check the gate. It's still latched from the inside. That was fucked up, I think, to myself as I turn and enter the house. I notice a half-eat-napple lying on the ground. That was fucked up, I think, to myself. As I turn and enter the house, I notice a half-eat napal lying on the ground. Sans ketchup. Everyone knows you put mustard on an apple. You monster! That is my favorite because- You're very idiot. Just disgusting. Can I just get some ketchup for my apple? I love that he's like very, he's like at least give me some ketchup for

my apple. Yeah. Like at the very least. I mean, they're both red, I guess. Like give me a condiment for this apple or association. Wow. It makes me wonder if, because when there's like two of them, it seems like in between talking, they always look at each other to like confirm what they're gonna say next.

I feel like maybe they're out of touch with like the world and like, what are kids like, uh, apples? Can't catch up. Yes like apples? Catch up. Yes. Catch up. It does kind of seem that way. I think that's what it is.

I think they because people will say I had one story. It's just like not really worth reading, but they asked to use the the telegraph. Not the telephoto. Oh, there you go. So maybe it's true that when there's like more than one of them, they're able to like kind of get their story. Yeah, they drive together.

Yeah, but like if it's just one, they're all thrown off. Just gonna be some catch up. Just give me the catch up for the apple. Jeez. He's dressed like key for Sutherland in lost boys, and he's like, this is what the kids are wearing, right? God, I fucking love key for Sutherland.

The way I just said that, I fucking love Keith or Sutherland, I just said. I fucking love him. I love that dude. I love that dude. Anyways. Wow. All right, so this is when they got let in. So will end strong with a warning of,

this is what happens when you actually let them in. Tamra's not home, baby. Is Tamra home? No. One of the stories goes like this, and I got this from a website that I'll put in the show notes. In the snowy town, yeah, in the snowy town within the middle of nowhere of Vermont, that's where my little sister lives. And elderly couple, oh, wowie, because that we heard the sound of three loud knocks on

their door. They opened the door and saw two children, a boy and a girl. Parents will be here soon. May we come in? That's what they said. No. The children did not make eye contact and just stood there in the doorway. The elderly couple were hesitant,

but after a while, they let the boy and girl inside. The kids settled on the couch while the wife made some hot cocoa and the husband asked them questions that went unanswered. The wife returned and noticed that her cat was scared and angry with the children. May we please use the restroom? The wife looked at the kids and she finally saw them. The children's eyes were as black as a starless universe.

She directed them to the bathroom. That was beautiful. I know, right? She directed them to the bathroom and returned to her husband who was covering his face with his hand. Did you see their eyes, the husband, then showed her his hands full of blood from a nose bleed. So that's weird.

The power suddenly went out and the house turned as dark as the kid's eyes. The wife headed to the restroom and was confronted by the voice of a kids at the end of the hallway uttering, our parents are here. The kids that exited the house leaving the door wide open. Is that full body choice? I know, I think no. Our parents are here. That was bone-chilling. It gets weirder. The kids then exited the house, leaving the door wide open. Do you live in a barn? That's rude as fuck.

The wife then noticed that there were two men at the end of the driveway. The men were very tall in slender. The wife waived, but did not receive the same friendly gesture. The two men and the children drove away together in one car. And they were wearing suits. Yeah, they were wearing suits, I read that. And I think it was like a black, almost like a limo,

a black escalade. They fancy a black Rolls Royce baby. The power then came back on after a little, the power then came back on a little later after the kids left. Throughout the next week, weird things happened in the house. Three of the four cats went missing, and the fourth had been found dead in a pool of its own blood,

which is really horrific. Oh, yeah, they said it just like randomly hemorrhaged. Yeah. The husband continued to have nosebleeds and finally went to the doctor where he was diagnosed with a very aggressive skin cancer. The end. Oh, so don't let them in.

Your cat will die and you'll get skin cancer. I saw a little update too and she said that she's in the worst health she's ever been in and that she's having nose fleets and it's dizzy all the time. So it's almost like there's like some kind of like like I want to say like radiation poisoning or something. Yeah like they have some ability that's why they want to come in maybe it's like they're like Energy vampires and they like suck all the good maybe shit out of you. That's I think but they have to get near like space to do it I don't like that. I feel like And I feel like the little kids work for the big people like they're not actually parents But that's right they're panicking because I know if we don't come inside we're gonna get in trouble

We're gonna get the tall slender men in the seats. With the black-eyed adults. The tall grace. And I bet the suits were gray. The obsidian. Hello. So you had don't let black-eyed children into your house. Don't do it.

So if any, I hesitate to say if a child is in danger and comes to your home, don't let it across the street. Just take a quick look and see if they have like obsidian black-eyed, and if they have like a city and black eyes. And if they do, maybe call someone. Dark as a universe without stars. Yeah. If you see a child, just say no.

Just say no. See a child punch a child. Just point out and say no. No, no, I got a little bit of a kid. Like one of your kids does. No, just always get some no one ever thinks. I love it. Oh, so yeah.

Oh, so Tyler, thank you so much for coming. This was seriously like huge. Yeah, this was so much for happy me. You both have been like a beautiful boogie star filled light on quarantine. I love you. I love sure a lot of other people. That was wonderful. Yeah, so it's an honor to be here.

Oh my god, you've been the same for us. Yeah, seriously. And for my husband. Oh, for both of our households. I'm just like, did you see this video yet? Did you see it? My favorite one is the one where you go, Why are you holding my mother in the house?

Where does that happen in your brain? I need to be that funny. It all comes from like three talking to myself when my husband is asleep. So I come from a chaotic place. But I actually learned about morbid from my tic-tocks because I made a TikTok forever ago about how every time I was trying to or Or is constantly arguing with my husband because he constantly wanted to leave the windows open in our house Like if we were sleeping even if we were going out to run errands He was like leave them open. I want fresh air. No, it was like for dead people

I do you want me to be dead? I don't understand what you want from me. I've listened to too many true crime podcasts and I had so many comments that said I'm pretty sure that people. Oh my god, I love that. I got it. I got a dig into this. I got to know. I love that. TikTok. Thank you weirdos of TikTok. Yeah. TikTok. Who knew? Not me. Who knew? I didn't know. Not me. I just started making TikToks and I'm like, this place is beautiful. It is a beautiful place. It's great. Yeah. It truly is. Well, you're amazing. We love you. We love your guts. And literally we love you. Any time you want to be on again, just text us. Yeah. You have an open invitation to be on.

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