Iris
May 22nd, 2010, 10:54 AM
There’s something wrong with these children.
They approach quietly, yet boldly. They’re young, usually teens or slightly younger. They insist on coming inside your house to use the bathroom, the telephone or just for a drink of water. But for some reason you’re afraid. Why? They’re just kids. Then you notice their eyes – black, as if the pupil had poured over its banks. You don’t let them in – or do you?
Black-eyed kids. The term has floated across cyberspace since Jan. 16, 1998 when journalist Brian Bethel first posted his chilling encounter with overly-lucid children whose eyes were coal black; not a hint of iris, nor white.
And they scared the hell out of him.
The existence of these children has since become an Internet urban legend, but is it really just that? Maybe not.
I came across this phenomenon a couple of days ago while wandering the internet. 'Black-eyed kids' were first described in 1998 by a journalist, Brian Bethel, who supposedly came in contact with a couple of teenage boys who asked for a lift in his car. Bethel was afraid of the boys, and sensed something 'off' about them - but in the darkness, he didn't notice until halfway through the conversation that these kids had completely black eyes. Not just the iris, but the white too. The eyes were completely black, and are described as 'voids' in some of the stories.
Since then, there have been many more stories of these kids - if you google, you'll find several. The common themes seem to be that these creatures are always children, and always engender a feeling of dread and terror in the person who encounters them - even before they notice the eyes. They always ask to be let in (to your house, car, etc) and in Bethel's account the kids state that "We can't come in unless you invite us."
What do you guys think? Urban legend? Some weird kids playing tricks wuth coloured contacts? Or something worse?
If your door knocks at about 11pm tonight....don't open it! :ghostie:
They approach quietly, yet boldly. They’re young, usually teens or slightly younger. They insist on coming inside your house to use the bathroom, the telephone or just for a drink of water. But for some reason you’re afraid. Why? They’re just kids. Then you notice their eyes – black, as if the pupil had poured over its banks. You don’t let them in – or do you?
Black-eyed kids. The term has floated across cyberspace since Jan. 16, 1998 when journalist Brian Bethel first posted his chilling encounter with overly-lucid children whose eyes were coal black; not a hint of iris, nor white.
And they scared the hell out of him.
The existence of these children has since become an Internet urban legend, but is it really just that? Maybe not.
I came across this phenomenon a couple of days ago while wandering the internet. 'Black-eyed kids' were first described in 1998 by a journalist, Brian Bethel, who supposedly came in contact with a couple of teenage boys who asked for a lift in his car. Bethel was afraid of the boys, and sensed something 'off' about them - but in the darkness, he didn't notice until halfway through the conversation that these kids had completely black eyes. Not just the iris, but the white too. The eyes were completely black, and are described as 'voids' in some of the stories.
Since then, there have been many more stories of these kids - if you google, you'll find several. The common themes seem to be that these creatures are always children, and always engender a feeling of dread and terror in the person who encounters them - even before they notice the eyes. They always ask to be let in (to your house, car, etc) and in Bethel's account the kids state that "We can't come in unless you invite us."
What do you guys think? Urban legend? Some weird kids playing tricks wuth coloured contacts? Or something worse?
If your door knocks at about 11pm tonight....don't open it! :ghostie: