Don’t Let Them In! The Urban Legends of Black-Eyed Children | Monstrum
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An urban legend that exploits our fears of an obstructed gaze and the deeply unsettling idea that the youngest of our species are out to destroy us, the lore of Black-Eyed Children, or Black-Eyed Kids, is a modern construction. Powered by the ever-broadening influence of the Internet, B.E.K stories began circulating in the final years of the 20th century, but the “evil spawn” child archetype of the horror genre and hundreds of years of social expectations of childhood inform these unsettling monsters. Find out how the Black-Eyed children challenge biological impulses and cultural expectations-and learn why you should never blindly open a door to a stranger, even a small one. #blackeyedchildren #urbanlegend #MonstrumPBS
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The world is full of monsters, myths, and legends and Monstrum isn’t afraid to take a closer look. The show, hosted by Emily Zarka, Ph.D., takes us on a journey to discover a new monster in each new episode. Monstrum looks at humans' unique drive to create and shape monster mythology through oral storytelling, literature, and film and digs deep into the history of those mythologies.
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The scariest part of this is that the kids want to see the Mortal Kombat movie.
I love that movie. No shame-*Dr. Z*
@@pbsstoried legit. martial arts movie in the mid 90s with a banging techno soundtrack. Good memories from my late high school years.
Good thing they didn't get to watch it or they might now be going around performing fatalities on people
@@EazySCT annihilation on the other hand...
@@walrusArmageddon lol yes the less said the better. First year of college when that came out, took a girl from the dorms to see that....so embarrassingly bad.
**sees children with black eyes, puts on hood and takes out lightsaber* Good thing they're making this easy...
"Master Skywalker what ever shall we do"
@@avajohnson7612 *pumped up kicks*
Black eyed children: let us in, you're surrounded
*ignite red lightsaber* all I'm surrounded with is fear and dead men
@@lillywalker8464 LOL!
Hahahahaha!!!
3:19 Gotta love the tabloid paper headline THE PUB CURSED BY BLACK EYED CHILD with a drawing of a child _which clearly does not have black eyes._ It sure looks monstrous but the eyes are plainly normal. Priceless.
Just realized that
Glad you did an episode on these guys 🖤🖤 The whole part about the BEK having robotic speech, begging to be let into your house and being tied to culturally specific fears really reminded me of the original Men in Black: it would be cool to see you dissect them too, or explain why these fears keep manifesting in our urban legends!
I'd also add that kids can be creepy because they haven't fully internalized cultural norms around appropriate behavior, including some level of self-awareness and empathy. Anyone who's woken up to their kid staring quietly at them for who knows how long can attest to this. Innocence, in this sense, is creepy.
Also ASD, and some neurodivergent kids end up behaving like small adults or have other types of behaviour that can be perceived as creepy
'Innocence is creepy' that's a really cool concept!
@@PaniACoCo I was thinking the same thing
I had a friend with a creepy little brother and the couple of times I slept over her house I woke up to him staring at us, creeped the hell out of me. Eventually our friend group just stopped going over there.
You assume that no medical condition can cause "black eyes."
Not to be confused with Black Eyed Peas which were creepy in the 21st century. We miss their 90s selves.
I didn't click on this video for a while because I thought this was about Black Eyed Peas before noticing that's not what it says.
I was expecting a recipe. 😁
That’s what I do all the time. Just throw in the peas. May be because I’ve never seen black eyed peas. Nor black eyed children, now I ome to think about it
If you open the door for a Black Eyed Pea, you will be cursed to forever be 2000-late.
Where is the love?
"They're literally portrayed as the offspring of Satan"
Accurate.
Or taking this story to horror when it's about mental illness. Which in this case I do. People need to realize mental illness is not a sin and it's not the devil.
We have a legend similar to this in my country. Roughly translated to "neighbourhood kids", their unnaturally dark skinned and don't talk at all. My great grandma used to tell me that a boy like this used to visit her childhood home. And her mom used to cook meals for him, and he would just eat and leave without saying a word. They are usually harmless and not malevolent at all. But if you try to follow them, you'll never be able to catch them. Next thing you know, the child disappears and your lost. They can't talk to humans so they use sign language. I heard one of them used to live in my childhood home And it honestly freaked me out, but I never encountered it. They are not spirits, ghosts or demons. No one knows what they are but apparently they exist according to legend.
Sounds like a deaf black kid
@Kino D I didn't wanna say anything but I seen your comment 😂
@@Kinobambino bruh 💀
There is no such thing as “unatually” dark skinned
That sounds so interesting.
There is a type of fairy known as a Buachailleen, which presents itself as creepy children with dark eyes, who inspire fear and dread. When Black Eyed Children appear, could we be seeing ancient members of the Fae?
If so then damn Fairies do exist....now all I need are Dragons and Sirens...
Could be. Most evil forms manifest themselves in similar forms from ancient mythical creatures or monsters.
I'm more inclined to see them as such things . Things from our ancient past the we've forgotten about .
Mom, grab the iron horseshoes! The faeries are at it again!
@Avery Chance
No. Evil entries have been around since the beginning of time. They have shown themselves to early peoples; they knew them and what they were capable of. They feared and even worshiped them. Take for example: Sasquatch, the giants, or the little people of North America. The natives knew these beings. They knew that Big Foot was not friendly, they saw the giants, and possibly knew where they were buried. As for the little people, they saw frequently and warned their children of them. No popular literature made these creatures up. They simply are, and humans have encountered them over the centuries.
You're staring into black lifeless eyes
Quinn: like a doll's eyes
Who is Quinn
@mutant museum ah, Quint is not spelled Quinn… who’s Quinn, I need confirmation from the first guy.
@mutant museum
Q W E R T Y
^. ^.
Ok… but the T and Q are separated by 3 letters, I find that difficult to believe.
Who’s Quinn, just saying.
@mutant museum yeah but who’s Quinn.
Charlie Kelly: Rats.
“Everyone creates the thing they dread… People create... Children. Designed to supplant them. To help them end."
-Ultron
I remember reading the first BEK story back when. It sounds an awful lot like the guy was having a panic attack, one strong enough to cause hallucinations.
Or hadn't slept for a while, that can cause similar hallucinations too.
I believe this story is about a kid or teenager having a mental illness and myth took it as a horror story.
children: take us to see mortal combat
the guy, terrified: t-th-the m-movie already s-started
Children: We are not talking about the movie.
@@Ektalon ..
The modernity of this story, plus the real-life photos, make this particular Monstrum extra creepy
Now imagine that you grew up near Cannock Chase too 👀
Real life? You know about photoshop, don't you?
Yeah, funny how there is only low quality photographic evidence of monsters that look really weird, but a lot of evidence for children with with full eye black contact lenses, uh I mean black eyed kids.
Here is a video of someone putting them in: th-cam.com/video/60W23r7y6Rc/w-d-xo.html
Of course rudimentary photoshop skills do the trick aswell, just black out the eyes, add a highlight and you are done.
I'm not sure which is scarier; the fact black-eyed people are a thing (very rare eye coloration), or that they are described akin to vampiric or shape-shifting fairy-like creatures
This isn't over.
This story is about to seriously take off on a new level
The white part of the eye is known as the Sclera. Just so people know.
And the contact lenses used to cover them up are called sclera contacts.
The pupil, iris, and sclera are the three main parts of the eye you see when looking at them.
@@TheRealityWarper08 😳🙄🥺💩👾👀👁️🐸🦉🐼(^_-)
Reading about these reminds me of an experience I had about 10 years back. No idea if it was a black eyed kid I didn’t look, but the intense fear that people report I had. It was Winter and dark I was walking my dog so wouldn’t have expected any kids to be out on street. It was on a road with houses and cars passing. Not busy but not a dead end. I was walking and noticed some kids running about in front and then all but one ran off. I instantly had a feeling that this was a trap and if I took notice of the one I would be in danger I carried on walking past and the girl calls for help and for me to go back. I can not explain this or how I felt but something was telling me for my own safety I could not go back. As I said this was a public road with houses on so if a kid had needed help there are plenty of people that would have been aware and there was on reports of anything happening that night.
The thing is here... this could actually be based, at least originally, on something that really happened. Just thinking back to my teenage years in the late 90s and this is exactly the kind of prank I could see myself or my friends pulling on unsuspecting adults with just some minimal acting and blackout contact lenses (which weren't hard to get) I wouldn't be surprised if this one turned out to be "real" in that sense, and then evolved into something more as the idea got stuck in people's heads.
Lol I'm pretty sure that happened,The kids who went to the guys car were probably Young kids who pranked him t the point where the old guy Thought they were "Entities"
Can you imagIned if that's actually what happened? Kinda reminds me of America's killer clown trend.
That was my thought, too. Appears to be a pretty likely prank
might not even be a prank in some of the higher-aged ones. pretty sure people have tried blackout lenses as a fashion thing.
There was a guitarist in a fairly popular rock band in the late 90s who wore blackout lenses... I can't remember who it was though.
Child homelessness probably has a lot to do with it. Confronted with a homeless child the witnesses might feel an obligation to help but also a fear of putting themselves at risk by helping, and their cognitive dissonance leads them to demonize the children to help justify their decision not to help.
Wow
And upper class citizens were very averse to poor and lower class people
@@trin873 were? Past tense?
Extremely unrealistic scenario
@@hanz2904 fits with the topic
Can we just take a moment to appreciate that this is free, has limited adverts and is the best frickin quality.
"Mommy, look, they're talking about me on tv" - Some Black eyed kid probably
"Every parent says their children are angels"
Me: "So was Lucifer"
Every parent says ITS children are angels.
Both are correct. But I think the singular "they" (predating Shakespeare) has a longer history in English than does the genderless "it" for human beings.
@@madmonkee6757 so parents aren't human? The more you know...
As a satanist I love this
@@kathryngeeslin9509 as a boy who uses they pronouns nice
God that animation of that woman's eyes were scarier than the demon child...
i agree 😭
Where
My favorite stories of bek are those that involve letting them in. Most often they hide their eyes and act helpless to the point where the unease the cause is overshadowed. from there various unusual and just straight weird things can happen but what really gets me is no one ever seems to be harmed. It's like their whole purpose is to unsettle, to haunt people in the form of a memory.
This was terrifying, I got the chills just from the opening story! I love this series, thank you PBS and Dr. Zarka ^_^
I’m scared of kids in general, they always throw rocks at me
:(
Just tell them "Cheep cheep I peeped your mother" works for me everytime.
Chirp chirp and chirps ... If u understand what i means 😃
@@dhanyzaffry4829 why do you want to rebuild the Soviet Union via kpop
😂
I am always sympathetic of child monsters and ghosts. Especially the ones attached to tragic stories, real or otherwise. I note these children are often portrayed as angry, desperate, sad, or seemingly lost. Perhaps the fear we feel is a sense of dread for what this child's existence might imply.
When you realize Casper is a ghost because he never had a friend in life it really hits the feelings
I feel bad for them too
I completely agree... Can anything or anyone really be “evil” if the circumstances that created them never gave them an option to be anything else, or even the opportunity to Know What That would Look Like? Even when “Child Monsters” in fiction turn out to be Truly Dangerous, I always feel bad holding that against them, the same way I would feel bad holding it against a predatory animal or a purpose-built machine... and even if they “chose” to be like this, could they really have understood what that actually MEANT? I think that would at least have to be DETERMINED before I could bring myself to cast any judgment on a child, monstrous or otherwise? 🤔
In a good scary story, it’s my personal opinion that a “Child Monster’s” *Genuine Innocence* ought to be the SOURCE of the Scary, not in opposition to it, and the Scariest Part comes from us having to wrestle with that, I think. Having to question if we, or others like us, are responsible for creating a situation where such innocence could be weaponized; what our responsibility in clearing up the potential problem here is; what, as @Mel eloquently puts it, the greater IMPLICATIONS of this situation are? It’s everything you CAN’T determine, which hits REALLY CLOSE TO HOME, that fills us with fear.
I’m not sure they’re real... but if they were? I hope I’d have the presence of mind to try and overcome my fear? To try and reach out to them, and understand what makes them tick, even if not by exposing myself to potential danger? Maybe there could even be a way back out for them, if they really are Trapped in some weird horrible situation! I hope so, at least... too many Real kids go through Hell in normal life as it is, I would hope that there would be a way to keep the supernatural from compounding the problem further 😞
Like that evil, scary-as-hell Samara character in The Ring'?
@@MissBeeBonnet This makes me wonder what would be the best way to handle an encounter?
I thought this was just an Adventure Time thing...
But that episode terrified me. I saw it as an adult! lol
This is the only urban legend that scares tf out of me
me, to the black eyed child who shows up at my house one day: you can come in IF I can get a picture of yall first
*Investigators after your disappearance* "Why did they take a picture of their empty doorway?"
"We do not Tek Tok."
Finally, a monster that I'll never have to worry about since I avoid human or monster children all the time LOL
But that should scare you MORE then. These monsters come TO you.
Are we to assume that you do not avoid other monsters?
Aren't these normal children?
@@ghosttrain9022 no , they are not normal children . I had an encounter with one 13 years ago at my house at 4 in the morning as I was leaving for work . They will pose as one of your own children if you'll take them into your home .
Kid knocking at my door? Pretend I'm not home and bark loudly like there's a rabid dog inside
“ ...& 4 - the ease of which the Internet enforces urban legends.“
"You relax at home and theres a knock on the door"
Me: .... pretends im not home
Deffo me
Exactly, same here
I'm a simple man, I see Monstrum, I click and like.
Same dude
i see Dr Emily, I click and absorb knowledge
Even though we did not fully watched the videoes yet, we click and like right away.
A good man
@@robertkent4929 Doing my algorithmic duty.
What scares me most about these isn’t the monster itself, but the short film creator who started an ARG about them, only to start being harassed by people who thought it was real
thank you very much for the bloopers at the end, it helps to brighten up the atmosphere
I always thought the most eerie part of this particular myth, is how partial it is.
Most monster stories seem to provide at least some parts of a full story. "This is a ghost of an unmarried woman. She preys on men and forces them to dance until they die of exhaustion", "This is a fairy who screams at night. If you hear her, either you or someone close to you will die soon". Or even "This is a scary creature that appears around here and doesn't like cars".
This legend has no answers whatsoever. What are they? Why are they like this? What do they want? What can they do? The "encounters" stories usually leave every single question open.
For some reason, none of the creepy pasta I read as a kid freaked me out as much as the black eyed kids. I was just thinking about them the other day and freaked myself out again all these years later!
this isn't a creepypasta
Combining the uncanny valley with the human instinct to protect children makes for terrifying monsters.
Never thought of that that's interesting! Becauee some people say when they encounter the children they have this strange almost trance like intrinsic desire to help them I.e open a door, whether it's car, house etc. So that's interesting that maybe they take that emotion or sense of duty for folks to help children and manipulate it to be even more potent and bring it out of them
It was a smart move of that guy to not take them to the Mortal Kombat movie. These kids would be ripping out spines and hearts at this point.
Ayyy nice effects at the end! Nice to see you guys expanding and trying new things :)
And keep the bloopers XD
„it’s not that hard to figure why these creatures terrify us so much, it’s in their name”
me: yeah after i heard „children” i knew they were going to be scary as hell
I sweat thinking about them as well.
@@sumitrana2420 terryfying creatures
Thinking about children with black eyes really gives me the chills. Usually not impressed with any horror characters but this weird children make uncanny sensation
Why? Childs are weak y'know?
@@vladislavlagunoff4882 i mean i don’t find them THAT scary? but when a child does something i don’t expect i always get chills, like when they pop out of nowhere or ask a weird question
"And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you." -Friedrich Nietzsche.
...hey stop looking at the x-rays of my head.
Batman vs owlman was pretty cool
buy I just realized that I am the abyss... and i'm staring myself in the mirror
Blushes
I think that is a quote used at the start of a episode of Andromeda.
The first time I heard of the Black Eyed Kids I was sitting at my computer and I suddenly felt compelled to search the term with nothing external prompting me to do so. As if I somehow instinctively knew that I needed to be made aware of their existence.
Bravo!
As I am binge watching this channels (Storied) Monstrum series this particular video is the one that I enjoyed best so far. I am about half way through my overall Monstrum playlist but I'm pretty sure by the end this watcher will be a subscriber.
I have a hard time keeping straight which supernatural beings must be invited in and which ones must be kept out to avoid being cursed or killed.
Only solution: Open-wall floor plan.
Also, TBF: I don't think we actually know what happens if you let these BEKs in. For all we know, they'll give you lots of free cake and pizza!
@@neolexiousneolexian6079 good point!
@@neolexiousneolexian6079 According to the stories people who have let BEK in are either found hideously murdered or disappear & are never seen again.
@@Nikki-lodeon According to the stories people who have let BEK in are either found hideously murdered or disappear & are never seen again.
First, I feel like it's been forever since the last Monstrum. They make my day when they show up.
Second, as one who uses horror elements as part of tabletop gaming, I can tell you the "little kid" horror hits the mark every time.
Ikr! I was worried they'd stopped making episodes.
Mike, the biggest reaction I got running world of darkness was when the characters came across a group of children at night in the fog slowly singing "Ring around the rosie"
@@robertpetrovich1923 Perfection. That would absolutely make my players lose their minds
Nothing better than a scholar to dissect it for us. Love this channel!
Fascinating! Thank you!
Wow, this popped up and I started watching it, only for the friend I'm visiting in TX to ask me to pause. She proceeded to tell me that the reporter was a close friend of her mother's before her passing!
Great White Sharks also have near entirely black eyes. I'm looking forward to BEK stories with shark DNA splicing
Coming soon: Sharkkidno.
@@calebbusing6171 that's because black eyes on sharks is completely normal. Now imagine a shark with completely white eyes, like the covering over their eyes when they open their mouths. The reason black eyes in a human are creepy is because it's unnatural, the polar opposite of what should be.
I love these videos about more recent folklore, its so interesting seeing where these things get there start
I was really depressed and thought a scary video would help me take my mind off my crushing loneliness.
On the plus side, I don't feel alone anymore... 😅👀😬👻😱
Wow here in Mexico there are tons of leyends about those! And I didn’t even know it was a thing
No me asustesss
Imagine people a century from now making a period horror about this the way we would about Spring-heeled Jack.
Is there a Spring Heeled Jack Movie?
@@dubuyajay9964 Bad example. My point is what monster would come to represent our time period the way Jack does for his.
@@chowyee5049 Your point still stands, but there SHOULD be as Spring-Heeled Jack movie, I say!
@@zoushaomenohu agreed!
Brb, writing the script.
This reminds me of Adventure Time Season 7, episode 19 titled The Black Eyed Girl
Finn and Jake's panicked screams filled my ears while watching this.
Emily, great episode. Excellent topic. Thank you!
I think the reason that the eyes scare us so much is uncanny valley
otherwise it would seem completely normal
They look normal enough but give off that weird vibe. Like robots
I was gonna mention this
Like kids aren't creepy enough already.
What’s really creepy is we used to be them….. 😈
😂😂😂
You mean like Goths? LOL!
Lol😂😂😂😂
In Fortnite I scare my friends and family, so I have my creepy spots
absolute chills
Welcome back doc,
And these creatures are why I will never answer the door at night
"... we tend to track the eye movements of others as an evolutionary social mechanism."
Me, autistic: I'm gonna do what's called a Pro Gamer Move.
Jokes aside, fantastic video! It's nice to get some modern folklore alongside the older stuff from time to time.
I’m autistic too
Saaame!!
ASD for me has the opposite effect aswell...looking at people in the eyes makes me uncomfortable
Same
Same
@@fiberpoet6250 Just like the 269 likes are aswell.
Last Podcast on the Left did an episode on this a while back. Fascinating stuff!
The myth predates 1998 tho. I remember hearing this myth in the early 90s from someone that saw these kids in Nebraska. And according to him he experienced this in the previous decade (the 80s).
I know I’m going to be freaked out and I’m still watching….
Thanks Doc!!!!!😁
Same 😀😀
These BEK renditions are the scariest images of any Monstrum
Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" included 2 creepy kids symbolising ignorance and poverty. (These get left out of most movie versions.) I wonder if that accidently helped inspire the creepy-pasta kid stories?
Let us remember that Bethel refered to one of the boys as a "sauve 12 year old" makes you think about his mind set.
Dr Zarka being terrified of trick-or-treaters is not a plot twist I was prepared for.
The scary thing is:
Your brain can create false memories subconsciously
Scarier:
Your brain can forget or suppress memories subconsciously.
You might have met these black-eyed children.
Or worse. You ARE one of these children
@@neolexiousneolexian6079 even scarier: as there is only our own perception when we are alone, we cant know what is real or not.
Gee thanks guys! *laughs alone in house at night*
Just the uncanny valley doing it's work. I like the simplicity of their... Design.
Superbly made. Thanks for a very informative video.
Ok, I'm officially freaked out. Thank goodness I decided to watch this episode while there is still sunlight outside.
Be careful of what’s coming from the abyss that can be seen from your window.
YA WEENY! and here I am watching this at night like at 4:00 am. . .
BEK knocks on door. "Let me in."
Me: "Mow the lawn!"
BEK: "No!"
Me: "Mow the lawn now or you are grounded for a week."
BEK: ...mopes off to garage.
Do you think this is dora the explorer? Where you say "swiper no swiping" and he stopped swiping
@@raindoset5408 BEK MOW THE LAWN! BEK MOW THE LAWN!
@@bruhduh9595 ow mayn
Great series.
I remember requesting this video about a year ago . I honestly never realized the myth went so far in time . I remember that story as a creepy pasta when internet modems were still in use . Like the Mongolian Death Worm who’s story I first learned of in Roy Chapmen’s 1926 book ( On The Trail of Ancient Man ) I didn’t read anything of this alleged creature until the Internet gave it new life . Many many thanks indeed for your research and efforts in the creation of this episode .
That's why I think it's more about mental illness. Idk how long ago it was but 1900s or earlier they didn't know about mental illness. They thought it was sin or the devil. They need to fix that because it's not
Urban legends of black-eyed children in the 1980's? Stranger Things has it's next monster...
But it's from the upside down and this season's story is just a slight variant of last season's story but with more characters ...
Stranger things is more of a lovecraftian horror
So as more modern "monsters" become subjects of Monstrum, will we see a more general overview of how or why "creepy pastas" occupy our imaginations, and entertain us?
Most creepypasta are in fact modern urban legends. "Lost Episode" forms, such as 'SuicideMouse.AVI' or the 'haunted game' genre ("Ben Drowned, Sonic.EXE, etc) link strongly to pre-internet "Lost Media" hunts. TH-camr BlameItOnJorge literally examines real-life lost-episode/"found episode" cases...some of which can give SuicideMouse a run for its money.
The SPC collection are all various items and entities from folklore or have strong pre-internet connections to urban legends. Slenderman and Siren Head may have creepypasta surrounding them, but are notably cryptids...not unlike the Wendigo or other malevolent humanoid beasts at the heart of many old-school myths.
There's three types of creepypastas:
True creepypastas are spooky and we enjoy them because they're free, easy to access, and short(copypaste-eable)
Crappypastas are only really enjoyable to all those "i'm 14 and this is deep" goff gurlz simping for Jeff. And dumb boys who think that a sonic plushie appearing out of nowhere counts as something scary. And to bronies.
The third type are the ones where a hyper-realistic spoopy spary speleton pops out and leaves you wondering "than hoo wuz phone?". These are enjoyable for the so-bad-it's-good factor.
They are a lot like Penny Dreadfuls. Short stories, easy to get by, thrilling…
@@onijester56When you refer to the SPC collection do you mean SCP? As is Secure Contain Protect?
@@ts25679 shark punching centre
That gives me chills
I think in this day and age there's a good percentage of the population that just think little kids are creepy. Baby dolls and old porcelain style dolls are like my worst fear so I totally get it
What about doing a new series where you do a video about urban legends from each state? (i.e. a video about Charlie no-face from Pittsburgh PA, a video about The White Things from West Virginia, and so on for each state)
They have already done Mothman. th-cam.com/video/GUpeDwiD64M/w-d-xo.html
@@WynneTegyn yes I know, but there are also so many other folk monsters too
@@evanmisejka4062 Your suggestions are great, not questioning that. I just wanted to make sure you saw Mothman, because I'm a big Mothy fan. :)
@@WynneTegyn yes I did see mothman
Love the topic! I love reading and watching about the Black-Eyed Children.
Side note: I always click the like button before watching Monstrum 😊
hhaaaha good to know I'm not the only one who likes the videos before actually watching it fully (sometimes, I end up having to undo the like, because it has become so automatic to click the "like" that I do that even with channels I'm not familiar with lol)
You'll have to let us know if you see one. They're said to be drawn to people who are interested in them.
@@ghostfacegirl180 Good thing there hasn't been any reported sightings of them in Asia, so I'm safe... Right? 🥺
@@ghostfacegirl180 😂😂😂😭
Two points that stood out to me about the original BEK account...
1) They need an invitation to enter a place
2) The seemingly cast no reflections
These things could very much be real. I never saw them in real life, but I did see them often in my out of body dreams. I saw them in the 90's as well.
My craziest experience was in a dream where I actually said yes, and I felt the whole left side of my body (i had reached out my left hand to it) freeze. I felt as if I was paralysed and something was taking over my body. I started chanting to any God or angel that would hear me and finally I felt it go out and i regained control. What I saw was a teenager no older than 15 or 16 and his eyes were fully black. He looked and said why wont you let me lay with you? I told it to get the f out and it drifted past my wall and out into the street....
My theory is that they are inter-dimensional beings. At first they came in dreams trying to take over bodies or possess people but around 1998 when they started appearing to actual people in the street in this reality they had taken over children's bodies. Maybe they were easier to possess?
I know i sound like a lunatic but all of this is completely true. Like I said, i never saw them in real life but they always had those pure black eyes with no whites and tried to suck my energy or take over my body in my dreams. I knew about them before I ever heard of this on the internet so when I finally found this "urban legend" I freaked out. I couldn't believe that others had seen them and much less in real life.
Im not schizophrenic, nor do I see visions of anything. Im pretty skeptical, but this story, about these things, I believe are very much true. I cant explain it beyond my theory and I don't know if these people are telling the truth, but if they are then there are things that do exist beyond this reality.
Actually sounds like sleep paralysis. You can see and feel all sorts of stuff.
@@maximesaindon3552 i have extensive knowledge and experience with out of body and sleep paralysis. These were DREAMS. Not real. Not sleep paralysis. Dream paralysis pccurs in the hypnogogic state giving the illusion where you are awake. I was fully asleep but able to do what I wanted and beyond lucid so that’s why I know it was an OBE
@@abandonedmuse that's why she knows it was an OBE, too.
@@bobandsteve420 OBE ? She said it was sleep paralysis. They are not the same nor interchangeable.
They have the dead, soulless look of a Sanrio character.
Or Samara in 'The Ring'.
@@m.f.hopkins8728 Samara, Hello Kitty... Same thing
I love the deconstruction of what we find scary and why.
I gave a like , like damn this girl really puts up her days searching for this much history and stories for us to just watch by a click
Thank you for showing a video clip of it. I like this video.
For a moment thought that the title says: "Black Eyes Peas".
"You're relaxing at home when there's a 'BOOM BOOM POW' on the door"
Yeah, me too
This was really fascinating! I'd love to see more modern-day creatures covered in future; it's really interesting to see what kind of storie spread in the information age.
I never heard of BEKs until just now!
That’s why larger predatory sharks are so creepy is because their eyes have evolved as purely pupils for the low light and and very blurry aquatic environments they live in. Eyes that are just black orbs creep us out. Just like how “humans are hardwired to react to things that scuttle,”as stated by a douchey genius from a popular Epic Games franchise we are also hardwired to examine others through their eyes. If no color is visible or even hint of a soul per se we become horrifyingly unnerved
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I forgot this show existed!!! So happy to see Dr Z again with her engaging story telling and amazing illustrations
Such a new classic type of monster!
I got a shiver down my spine
4:30 "...werewolves and the Pigman" , so this is where the ManBearPig comes from! :D
BEK came to be when Black Eyed Peas was getting popular.
Fergie is a vampire.
Well, she does kinda suck.
@@travisshallenberger9486 😂
You have some excellent art for the channel, scary as heck to look at, great collection of tales tho!!- 👌👏
I like how she calls black-eyed children evil like normal children aren't