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They are the stuff nightmares are made of. One or two may haplessly find their way to your front door on a late stormy night persistently asking you to let them in. You may see them moving towards your vehicle while you are sitting in traffic waiting for the light to change. They may seem like helpless kids caught in some sort of predicament and in desperate need of assistance. But listen to the thugs of your kind heart at your own peril.
By the time you realize the trap you've been led into, an overwhelming and paralyzing sense of dread will grip your senses as you find yourself staring into a pair of soulless, black orbs devoid of any smidgen of humanity that only an otherworldly rapacious mind predator is capable of having. All of the sudden, the child in the unfortunate encounter - is YOU.
Reports of Black-eyed Children (BECs) first surfaced in the late nineties. These paranormal creatures, notable for their pale skin and eyes as black as a starless universe, have reportedly been seen hitchhiking, panhandling, or at the doorsteps of residential homes begging to enter. Nick Redfern, a full-time writer and journalist, recently wrote an interesting article about BECs and their possible origin and nature: