Black-Eyed Children

The Midnight Article "Black-Eyed Children, Urban Legend or Real Life Menace?" was written by u/smoke_and_mirrors22 and posted to r/MidnightPaper.

The text of the Article was as follows:

BLACK-EYED CHILDREN, URBAN LEGEND OR REAL-LIFE MENACE? This evenings tale hails from the halls of Legend. Is it fact or is it faked? You decide.

Who or what are these Black-Eyed Children?

Black-Eyed Children are mysterious beings, looking outwardly like kids aged 6 -16 years old. Much like this paper, they will only appear late at night. Victims of these entities are always adults who are alone, some reports come from parking lots and others say they these kids turn up at their homes. They'll turn up in groups of two or more and often ask for favors, such using the phone, asking for a lift home, using the bathroom and needing food or water. Those who've had interactions with the black eyed kids say there is an inexplicable fear when they are near, and ultimately, no one knows where they come from. Extraterrestrial, UFO’s, vampires, and demons are only a few of the assumptions made

Below is the story of a recent encounter with these beings

May 2020

This story found its way to us from someone who wishes only to be known as “Sally”.

The idea of these creatures is now terrifying to me. I've never really understood what they were all about. I don’t know why, I mean I read the articles about them just like everyone else but I never had any truly visceral reaction to them.

One day I decided to make it my mission to find them. I’d prove that these beings were non-existent and, therefore, not remotely scary.

I began to research heavily and reached the conclusion that these things actually find you, you don't find them. So, what now? More research that ultimately, helped me form a plan

I placed anonymous ads reading, “Black Eyed Kids. I don't believe you exist, I'm not afraid of you. Let's meet, Midnight on Friday, at the park gates located on the corner of Wellesley Street. Prove me wrong and show me why I should be afraid.”

The park gates were right outside my house, I watched them every Friday, never saw anyone turn up. Eventually I began to walk out there to wait. No one came, except drunks, pervs and groups of teens. 3 months went by and nothing. I stopped posting the ad and felt smug that I'd 'proved' to myself that the black eyed kids were fake. At midnight on the day I gave up there was a knock on my door. I was sitting in the kitchen having been unable to sleep, eating cereal. As soon as I heard that knock I went cold. Ice cold, to the core I didn’t need to get up. I knew exactly who it was, and I was scared. This wasnt fear I'd felt before, it was primal.

The knocking came again, harder this time, I forced myself to get up and open the door. A kid, about 7 years old stood there, skin chalk white, dark black hair, his impossibly black eyes boring into me. “Can I come in?” he said. I was* speechless. After an eternity I responded with a “No” and I began closing the door.

“We missed you at the park tonight.” He said. I stopped and looked at him, my mind raced. They'd been watching me The boy smiled, wider than should be possible. I had to force myself to push the door shut and lock it.

I slid down the door and took deep breaths. Knock… knock… knock. He was still there.

It took me at least an hour to move, I couldn't stop staring at the door. I never slept that night. The next night wasn't too good either, I kept expecting another knock to come and haunt me. Eventually I collapsed on my couch, into an exhausted sleep after three days awake

8 months have elapsed now. It's impossible to explain the fear that crashes into your body when you hear a midnight knocking, nor can I explain why that fear intensifies when you see the impossibly black eyes staring into your soul. And the way your body wants to listen to what they’re telling you, what they’re asking.

Black Eyed Kids are real, they're EVIL and not for us to mess with. Heed my warning.

Description:

"Black-Eyed Children" are Oddities. It is unknown at this time if they are Biological-Type or Entity-Type. They appear to be children between the ages of 6 and 16. They will only appear at night, and only to adults who are alone. Reports have made it clear that these entities will appear both in public spaces, such as parking lots, and at the homes of their chosen target. They will always turn up groups of two or more.

Modus Operandi:

Black-Eyed Children will approach an adult who is alone, either at a public space or by knocking on their front door. They will then ask for a favor, such as using the phone, needing a ride home, using the target's bathroom, or needing food or water. All of these requests seem to center on the fact that they want to be let inside a target's home or vehicle.

Sally:

The newspaper article mentions someone who wishes to be known only as "Sally." She states that she had read many articles about the Black-Eyed Children and made it her "mission" to find them and, if she failed, prove once and for all that they are not real. This was obviously a grave mistake.

Sally researched every reported encounter with these entities, and came to the conclusion that they find you, not the other way around. So she devised a plan. She placed ads in public spaces that read, "Black Eyed Kids. I don't believe you exist, I'm not afraid of you. Let's meet, Midnight on Friday, at the park gates located on the corner of Wellesley Street. Prove me wrong and show me why I should be afraid.” For several weeks, Sally stood at the designated meetup location at the designated meetup time, with nothing to show for it. However, that would soon change.

The day she decided to give up going to the park, she heard a knock on her door, precisely at midnight. Standing outside was a boy that appeared to be around 7 years of age, with completely black eyes. The boy asked to come inside, but Sally refused. He then stated "we missed you at the park tonight," and smiled widely.

Motives:

It is not known why Black-Eyed Children are so determined to be granted entry to either a target's home or vehicle. It is also unknown what they would do to a person if they were let inside. There haven't been reports to shed any light on the fate of anyone who accepted a Black-Eyed Child's request, but the absence of reports itself could suggest that the people who accepted the children into their home were unable to update anyone on their situation.

Origins:

The origin of these children is completely unknown. Speculations abound, with some theorizing that they are extraterrestrial beings, demonic entities, spirits of deceased children, or an unknown type of entity or creature in disguise.