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"I turned to look at them again, thinking maybe my * Oklahoma, USA mind was playing tricks, but no. When | turned and Bill was driving through Afton, Oklahoma, a town in the ooked into their eyes, they were pitch black as the firs northwestern part of the state on historic Route 66 jus ime." south of the Will Rogers Turnpike, when he stopped to These children with dead, black eyes had spoken softly see some old friends. o her, emotion and vocal inflection absent from their "| saw they had a new dog, a very stout dachshund," Bil words. As she looked at these boys, whose long hair and said. "I asked them about it and Michael said, ‘The weird ooded sweatshirts she felt hid more than skin, she knew __ kids left her when they left town’." she had to get away. "I felt panicked and fearful but also Bill asked Michael and his wife about these "weird very vulnerable and cold," she said. "It was like | wanted kids". They told him that a group of young people had o let them in, but | knew there was evil present. | had knocked on their door and begged to come in and talk. elt uneasy before, seeing their eyes, but now it all came ‘The "weird kids" were driving an old van, but Michae out." thought it was in good shape because it didn't make Next, one boy said something that turned her fear into noise. "However, he and his wife felt uneasy and didn’ complete terror. "The hooded one then told me they __ let them in,” Bill said. A few of the kids left the van and couldn't come in unless I told them it walked the dachshund that Michae was okay and that they hoped | would and his wife ended up with. "But they because they were thirsty," Katie said. "One of the boys didn't seem too attached to [the dog].” "| opened my door and darted inside. : Bill asked Michael if these young At this point I shut the door and locked stood there staring people were Mormons. Wate toppes ono ect" | through the glass," 1.00 ctu ey when something tapped on the Katie said. "I "Junkies?" Bill asked. ind ind h _ f th . "Yeah," Mi | said. "Thei i penser te ess | remember his | .t2 MSs 8 Ts pa glass," Katie said. "I remember his words very clearly: The kids’ eyes were solid black. words very clearly: ‘Just let us in, miss. : : Looking into their eyes was like starin We aren't dangerous, we don't have ‘Just let US In, miss. into a void nurned away at the door anything fe) pur yeu with.” I was We aren't the b ackeyed Ads eventually icf. ) eyond frightened at this point." e relief of Michael and his wife. Katie jumped off the couch and dangerous; we Some time later, Michael saw ran throug the duplex, checking don't have e dachshund wandering around doors and windows to make sure anything to h rt own, felt sorry for it and broug u you with.’ I was they were locked. "I did wonder if it home. Michael and his wife are they really couldn't come in ankful the black-eyed children beyond frightened at this point." unless invited, but | didn't want to never returned for it. find out," she said. "I sat in the Michael's story has disturbed living room, silently waiting for a Bill ever since. sign that they had gone." "[On 18 January 2009] a friend When her boyfriend came home was talking about dark forces on a short time later, the black-eyed he move and mentioned black- teens were still at the house. eyed kids," Bill said. "I Googled i "|He] asked if | knew who the two and a chill went up my spine.” boys outside were and I said 'No'. He told me they had Bill contacted Michael about the information he'd been standing in the driveway when he pulled up, bu ound on these entities, but, like many who've walked away when he stepped out of the car," she said. | encountered these black-eyed kids, Michael and his wife He didn't notice the boys’ eyes, but "they gave hima just wanted to forget about meeting them. Their strange feeling”. experience was terrifying. "They don't want anything to Katie later asked her neighbours if the black-eyed do with an investigation," Bill said, “or have their name children had asked to use their telephone like they had made public, or really have anything to do with any claimed. The neighbours had noticed the teens standing urther conversation about black-eyed kids." in Katie's driveway but never spoke with them. Although it's been more than a year since Katie turned —_ * Norwich, England away the black-eyed teenagers from her door, she knows The children looked out of place in the night. Craig they're still around. "I still see them every now and then, Besand was walking down the street toward his flat in standing across the street watching," she said. "But they orwich, England, when two figures approached him. have not approached again." “They appeared to be young boys,” Besand said. "I turned to look at them again, thinking maybe my mind was playing tricks, but no. When I turned and looked into their eyes, they were pitch black as the first time." These children with dead, black eyes had spoken softly to her, emotion and vocal inflection absent from their words. As she looked at these boys, whose long hair and hooded sweatshirts she felt hid more than skin, she knew she had to get away. "I felt panicked and fearful but also very vulnerable and cold," she said. "It was like I wanted to let them in, but I knew there was evil present. I had felt uneasy before, seeing their eyes, but now it all came out." "One of the boys stood there staring through the glass," Katie said. "I words very clearly: ‘Just let us in, miss. _ We aren't dangerous; we don't have anything to hurt you with.’ I was beyond frightened at this point." ¢ Norwich, England The children looked out of place in the night. Craig Besand was walking down the street toward his flat in Norwich, England, when two figures approached him. “They appeared to be young boys,” Besand said. NEXUS ¢ 63 remember his FEBRUARY - MARCH 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com