{"id":6606,"date":"2011-10-26T23:43:51","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T04:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=6606"},"modified":"2013-08-01T09:01:54","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T14:01:54","slug":"halloween-scares-black-eyed-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=6606","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Scares: Black Eyed Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, vampires are so<\/i> last year, and scary bunnies<\/a> and goatmen<\/a> don’t do it for you? Are you looking for a new urban legend to unnecessarily scare yourself silly with for the Halloween season?<\/p>\n

How about Black Eyed Kids<\/a>?<\/p>\n

No, it’s not The Black Eyed Peas: The Next Generation (which would, let’s face it, be scary enough on its own). It’s kids\/teenagers with all black eyes, with no iris or whites, asking to be let into your car or house, and whose mere presence instantly fills you with terror and dread. <\/p>\n

However, unlike most creepy pasta and\/or urban legends, this one actually has an identifiable origin<\/a>, namely Abilene reporter Brian Bethel, who related his encounter thusly with two of them asking for a ride:<\/p>\n

“C’mon, mister. Let us in. We can’t get in your car until you do, you know,” the spokesman said soothingly. “Just let us in, and we’ll be gone before you know it. We’ll go to our mother’s house.”<\/p>\n

We locked eyes.<\/p>\n

To my horror, I realized my hand had strayed toward the door lock (which was engaged) and was in the process of opening it. I pulled it away, probably a bit too violently. But it did force me to look away from the children.<\/p>\n

I turned back. “Er … Um …,” I offered weakly and then my mind snapped into sharp focus. <\/p>\n

For the first time, I noticed their eyes.<\/p>\n

They were coal black. No pupil. No iris. Just two staring orbs reflecting the red and white light of the marquee. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Creepy enough for you? The fact that Mr. Bethel posted this to a “ghost-discuss” list, and that he had previously described a childhood encounter with evil muppets<\/a>, might make you take his story with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n

However, since that original sighting (which predates the black-eyed kid shown in the Japanese horror film Ju-on (The Grudge)<\/b><\/a>) there<\/p>\n

have<\/a><\/p>\n

been<\/a><\/p>\n

a lot<\/a> <\/p>\n

of<\/a><\/p>\n

different sightings<\/a>. <\/p>\n

For extra grins, here’s the black eyed kids\/alien abduction cross-over theory<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Now you’ll have to excuse me. There’s someone knocking on my door…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, vampires are so last year, and scary bunnies and goatmen don’t do it for you? Are you looking for a new urban legend to unnecessarily scare yourself silly with for the Halloween season? How about Black Eyed Kids? No, it’s not The Black Eyed Peas: The Next Generation (which would, let’s face it, be… Continue reading Halloween Scares: Black Eyed Kids<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":10,"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[1244,26,1245,697],"class_list":["post-6606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weird","tag-black-eyed-kids","tag-halloween","tag-paranormal","tag-scary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6606"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11292,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6606\/revisions\/11292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}