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Derek Hayes
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Derek Hayes
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Derek Hayes
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Join me and follow the podcast Conspiracy Theories where we explore what's really going on behind the official narrative.
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Like what if the Loch Ness Monster.
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Caller
Isn'T a monster at all, but an elephant? What do the richest 1% know that we don't? And why are they building all those bunkers? And really, what the heck is going.
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Derek Hayes
On with the Denver airport?
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Caller
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Derek Hayes
Good evening and welcome to Monsters Among Us. I am your guide, Derek Hayes. Good evening everyone and welcome back to another eerie edition of your favorite paranormal podcast. I have something fun lined up for you here tonight. Another best of Episode. Now these are all calls that we've played over the years, mostly on the main show. A few of them were featured on our after show the beyond. And some of these clips go all the way back. Now as for subject matter, the entities featured on tonight's episode are among some of the creepiest out there. They may be pint sized, but the terror is full scale. Tonight we're talking about the infamous Black Eyed Kids. And to kick us off tonight, we go way back to season two, Episode five, A Call that originally aired all the way back in 2016. Please welcome anonymous to the program.
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Caller
I have a really scary story regarding the Black Eyed Children. This story comes from a relative I'm not going to mention their name, but they seen a black eyed child at their workplace and it said that they show up at either your workplace or if you're working alone, they'll show up at odd places like that. So anyways, this woman, she works as a health clerk at a school, basically a nurse. And they'll move them to different areas to check lice. So there'll be multiple nurses checking multiple children of lice in different schools. So she was at a different school that she usually works at and she was checking kids for lice. And they're usually in lines in front of them. There's about like five nurses and she was one of them. And they would come up, check their lice and they would leave if they didn't have any. So her line was empty. And then this kid walked straight up to her, doesn't look at her, he's face down. And she notices his skin is pale and his hair is like really black. And she's like, okay. She looks around and she's like, okay, no one's noticing this kid. He just walked up to me. He has a weird vibe to him, really unsettling.
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So she tells him, okay, come up.
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Let me check your head, let me check for life. And he doesn't do nothing. He looks straight up at her face and he has pitch black eyes. Like everything's black, the whole eye. And so she like steps back and kind of freaks out and she looks around and notices people still don't notice him. Like she's the only one noticing him. And then he was just staring at her with the black eyes. I showed her a photo that was from La Marzulli's documentary about the Black Eyed Children in Watchers 5, I believe. And she freaked out. She was like, yep, that's it, that's the kid. So yeah, after that she has blurred memories of what happened, but she's never seen one again. She's been pretty freaked out. We've also seen Shadow People as well around the house. All right, well, that's my creepy story. Bye bye.
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Derek Hayes
Thank you, caller. I love when I get to bring some of these really old calls back because we didn't edit them back then. I knew even less about audio and sound than I do now back then. I literally thought each and every episode would be my last. So it's fun to give these calls a second life. And a creepy one that one certainly was. She got close enough to touch the thing, whatever it was, and you know, I think I'd rather just have Lice. And speaking of older calls, this next one isn't quite as old, but, well, it's old enough. From season 10, episode 8. Please welcome another anonymous caller to the show.
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Caller
How's it going? My story takes place in Columbus, Ohio. This was probably, you know, early 90s. I was in the fifth grade at the time. I'm 37 now. I used to have to walk home from school every day by myself. You know, this was just what it was. You know, you didn't have the same things that you thought about now back then or worried about your children walking home or anything like that. So I'll walk home by myself, come home just like any normal day. You know, my family, we lived in just a normal house. It was a perfectly clear day in summer in Columbus. It wasn't particularly hot or anything like that. I used to go upstairs every day into my room and do my homework and my room overlooked the front door, you know, so I would just go up there, get my homework done. And if anybody came or if anything came to the door, I could easily see it and they couldn't see me necessarily. So this, this day, I walk home, get in the house and that everything's normal. You know, I start doing my homework as normal and the doorbell rings. So I look downstairs, you know, like I normally do, and it looks just like a normal kid. A short, little regular looking kid. He looked like he was probably about my age. The only difference between what normally would happen and what happened this time was that he looked up and he had the darkest, blackest eyes. I mean, it was almost like there was no eyeball there. It was just a black socket, you know, and it kind of reminded me of the masks that were made on Beetlejuice. In the movie Beetlejuice, there was a scene where Beetlejuice made a mask out of the faces of the two protagonists. And it reminded me of that I was smart enough, at least as a little kid, to not go investigate. I just closed my blind and kind of just waited it out and eventually I guess he was gone. You know, this was just something that always stuck with me. And it, I mean, it didn't scare me as much as it just. It just shocked me. Like I was just frozen for a minute because of those eyes. But anyway, I love your show and I appreciate it. You know, this is, you know, in kind of your old stomping grounds as well.
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Derek Hayes
Thank you, caller. My old stomping grounds indeed. I spent a ton of time in Columbus. I never saw any BEKs though, thankfully. Now, folks when we return, plenty more stories just like these ones. Don't move a muscle.
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Caller
It was actually had nothing to do with what was happening.
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Derek Hayes
So a characteristic of these beks that is often mentioned is that they're doing something unusual. At least something unusual for a group of miniature demons with coal black eyes. They've been known to talk without their mouth moving. It's believed that they have the ability to hypnotize and they've been said to growl like a dog or hiss like a cat. But none of that is as weird as this next entry. It first aired on the program back on season 17, episode 15 Cody welcome back to the program.
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Caller
Hi Derek, this is Cody. This event happened in coon rapids in about 2015ish, but I seen the Black Eyed children. Apparently this time I didn't know what the black Eyed children were or what they did or anything like that. But to get into my story, I was living with my grandmother in Coon Rapids. She had spinal meningitis so I needed to help her with her health and I was getting ready to go to work so I took a shower and as I had my towel wrapped around me, I walked out of the bathroom thinking my grandma was home and nobody was there. But two kids ran past me as I opened the bathroom door and ran straight into my bedroom and I could hear them Jumping on my bed, I turned to go to my bedroom to get my clothes that I needed for work, which were in my wardrobe my grandmother gave me. And it was on the opposite side of my bedroom. So I had to walk all the way through the bedroom to get to that wardrobe to get that pile of clothes. I ran in there, I grabbed my clothes and as I touched my pile of clothes, they looked at me as they were jumping on the bed. And as one would come up, the other one would go down, if that makes sense. So it was almost like they were on a teeter totter, but they were just jumping on the bed and they were wearing these old like pilgrimy clothes. Like the boy had suspenders on and the girl had a white flowery dress on. And they're both blonde. They almost looked like they could have been twins. But their eyes were just black. So black in fact you can't even see like anything inside there. It's just an abyss. And they both look at me and they go, come play with us. And I freaked out and dropped my towel right there in my bedroom. And I ran outside in the middle of Coon Rapids, butt naked into my truck and got dressed and left for work. I was two hours early to work and I would not return back to that house until my grandma called me and told me she was home. Since then I've looked into what the black eyed children do and what I've read is that they invite the devil into your life. But yeah, I've been a long time listener of the show and I love it. Please continue what you're doing. Thanks Derek. Bye.
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Derek Hayes
Thank you, Cody. Yeah, I remember this call. It was super weird. And not just because they were jumping on the bed either. The entire exchange had an unearthly quality to it. But you know, it gets weirder than them just jumping on furniture. And this next call from Charles is a great example of that claim.
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Caller
Hi Derek, this is Charles calling in from Sinclair Shores, Michigan area. So this was something that I'm not entirely sure what I saw, but late mid summer Friday evening, I was out visiting friends. This is about maybe two years ago, about a 20 minute drive home. I'm poking in my driveway. This isn't really unusual as I tend to keep late hours. I turn off my engine, I reach for my phone. It's mounted on my dash. In the right side of my passenger window, I notice movement under the single white street lamps on our lengthy street. I see the silhouettes of two children, presumably young girls with longer hair, riding bikes in the Middle of the road, just passing under the street lamp. I thought it was benign at first, but suddenly it occurs to me that the time being past 1am the strangeness starts to sink in. What were two children riding bikes at this hour in the middle of the road? So my confusion turns to panic as I glance up and notice how slow they're riding, almost seemingly stopping in front of my home. Being an avid paranormal enthusiast, my mind races and lands on the BDK phenomena. One of my bigger fears. I'm frozen, sitting in the dark in my vehicle, not daring to make a move until I know that they've left. I see them seemingly riding behind my vehicle, obscured by the dark. And I look to my left, my driver's window, waiting to see them ride past and down the street to the main road. I sat for almost maybe 10 minutes in silence. I even had my phone camera ready to potentially take a photo if I needed to. But as I look through all the windows, I realized that the two figures I saw had vanished. No evidence of them being on the road, no evidence of what I saw. But such a specific interaction, hard to say what it was I saw being in. Some local paranormal groups have actually found another case of someone seeing what appeared to be a phantom bike rider not far from where I live. I could certainly include a screenshot to an email that'd be interesting to you, but love the work. Keep it up. Thanks.
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Derek Hayes
Thank you, Charles. Now, this call from Charles originally aired on season 18, episode 41, so not that long ago, but it's still strange enough to make this list Black Eyed kids on a bicycle. I'd like to tell you that I'd never heard of such a thing. I'd like to tell you that. Please welcome Becky from Oklahoma and the beyond portion of season 17, episode 19. She's here to let us know that this sort of thing has been reported before.
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Caller
Hi, Derek, this is Becky calling from Oklahoma. And I've been a patreon since the pandemic and you guys got me through. I mean, we love. We love, love, love monsters among us. But I've never called in before. So I had a weird thing happen several years ago. And I'm surprised because I just realized it was a thing. I mean, like, I've thought about it throughout the years, but I just thought, wait a minute, what am I thinking about? This is a thing. This is a weird thing. So here's what happened. So, like, I've always wondered how people can see really, really weird things and have these incredibly disturbing things and awestruck kinds of things happen to them, but then they just forget about it or they go back to sleep, or they don't tell anybody. And I'm like, how is that even possible? But I'm here to tell you it's possible because I can't believe that I didn't really think that this was a thing until I started thinking about it. And I never told anybody about it, which is weird. But anyway, so here's the thing. My friend and I, she was a neighbor across the street. We had a commitment with each other that we woke up every morning at 5 and we ran a 5k at this trail close by our house. This was like mid summer, so probably in July or it was hot. And summers in Oklahoma are really, really hot. So we would run this 5k trail either before the sun came up or after the sun went down because it was just so hot. We didn't enjoy running in the really, really hot heat. So one morning, we'd finished our run and this was in the morning, a little before six. It was still dark. We were driving home. I turned onto our street and I saw this kid, probably, I don't know, 10 years old, riding his bike toward us, but not purposefully trying to approach us, but just going in our direction, the direction that we were getting ready to turn. He was coming from the other direction and he and the bike were just kind of swaying from side to side, back and forth, just kind of all over the street, like he didn't even notice us. And I wish I could accurately describe his appearance. It was so weird. He was wearing jeans and sort of a raggedy shirt, I guess. And my first thought when I saw him down the street as I turned was why was this kid up this early and riding his bike so recklessly in the street? I mean, it was dark and this was when he was a ways away. And so as I turned and I wasn't talking to my friend, I didn't say, hey, you know, why is this kid in the street? Or I didn't do anything. As far as I know, she wasn't even paying attention because we never talked about it and I never asked her about it, which is so odd to me. As I got closer, closer, my body just froze. I was filled with such intense terror and dread. It came out of nowhere. I slowed down a bit so I wouldn't hit him. And it was then I was able to see his face coming clear out of the shadows. I was so disturbed and frightened. I felt like I shouldn't look at him. Directly, I was just terrified. But before I committed to that decision to not look at him, I got a glimpse of his eyes, and they were just big black holes. It looked like he had on, like, smeared black makeup.
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It was so.
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I mean, just thinking about it creeping me out. Everything in me yelled danger. I turned my eyes back to the road, and I remembered asking, what the heck? And I don't remember my friend making a comment, almost like she didn't see him. I mean, I guess I just made like, what the heck? To myself. I never talked to her about it, and I figured maybe since I was the one driving, she wasn't paying attention to into the road. I'm. I mean, I'm not sensitive, and I am as dull as a post when it comes to the paranormal. And I really hadn't thought about it for years until this week. And I'm a mom, and I'm thinking, why wasn't I worried for him? I mean, why didn't I care that this kid was slowly and haphazardly meandering the street so early in the morning? What kind of trauma was he returning from?
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I mean, it just.
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All the normal and typical things that I would think and be concerned about just weren't there. I was just like, get me away from this kit. It didn't even occur to me that maybe he was running from something or. Although he wasn't hurrying, it was weird. It was almost like he was drunk and just totally out of it. Then when I saw his face, I'm telling you, my blood just ran cold. It was so creepy. And I remember looking in the rear view mirror, you know, where did he go? Did he go to the, like, weird apartments that are kind of like alongside the trail? So I looked in the rear view mirror, and he was gone. I didn't see where he went. It was jarring. And the weird thing is I never told anyone about this. Like, I've never told my husband. So I've always wondered about that. And I just was thinking about the other day, and I thought, I don't know why I didn't think this is weird. I mean, I did think it was weird, but I didn't think it was weird in the way that it was weird. But anyway, that's my story. I mean, it's just always kind of stuck with me. So that's it. But I just wanted to say we love. Love the podcast. Love you guys so much. You guys have carried us through a lot of months. You've carried us through, and we appreciate it. Car rides everything. So just keep it spooky. And if anything else happens to me, which I doubt it will because nothing ever happens to me, I'll call back. Okay, Love you guys. Bye.
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Derek Hayes
Thank you, Becky. You know, I wonder what it is with these black eyed children and their bicycles. One story involving this detail is interesting. Two stories is quite the coincidence, but if we ever get a third, we'd better pay close attention. Now stick around because I have some black eyed adults I'd like to share with you right after this quick message from one of tonight's sponsors.
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Caller
Hey Derek, long time listener, first time caller. My name is Jay. I'm from New Jersey, Northern Jersey. I have a story that takes place, I would say 15 years ago. So there's this state fair that they have. It's like the Sussex County State Fair. Sussex is a county in Jersey and well I was there with my ex girlfriend at the time and I've experienced a lot of weird things in my life. I've seen spirit scenes, bunch of crazy stuff. But this was an experience that I always remember and it was a very short experience, but it really left the mark. We were at the fair and for some reason I had like a feeling to look into this crowd and I just felt like it was like a, like, just like an energy or something to tell me to look right at these three people that were walking in the crowd. And nobody else saw it, just me. Because I looked at my ex girlfriend when I saw this and she's like, no, I didn't see anything. And I'm like, nobody saw this, but I saw these three men. Sussex is full of like farms, stuff like that. They look like farm hands, you know, like they. They worked on the farm or whatever. And other than that, they were dressed pretty normal, whatever. But the thing that really stood out was they had black eyes. Like there was no pupil. It was all just black. And I've heard of stories of black eyed children, but I've never really heard too many of black eyed adults. And it was three of them. And the thing that really gave me chills down my spine is that out of the three, one of them looked straight at me. He knew I was watching him. And that will forever stick with me because it's the only time I ever saw something like that. Like I said, I've seen spirits and other weird spirits stuff, but I've never seen a person with just blacked out eyes. And it was very, very crazy. Anyways, this my story. Love the podcast there. Keep doing what you're doing. All right, bye.
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Derek Hayes
Thank you, Jay. Now, Jay's entry isn't the only black eyed adult story we've shared over the years. In fact, there are quite a few of them, like this one from John over in the state of Massachusetts.
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Caller
This is Jean Patrice calling from Massachusetts. Just listen to not black eyed children, but black eyed adults. And I thought I'd have to call in about experience I had on the subway in Boston in 2013. To be exact. It's the red line leaving downtown Boston heading towards Dorchester. What I witnessed were two men, maybe in their 50s or 60s. They looked pretty unhealthy, rather short, maybe under 5 foot 5. Not to be rude, but kinda overweight. The best way I describe it is the Harry Potter movies. Peter Pettigrew, which was Ron Weasley's rat that revealed itself to be a human. These two people, twins. I'M assuming looked like this Peter Pettigrew character. And it's a loaded train, like a busy subway. And these two twins dressed similar dark clothing, they're sitting on the train and they're kind of looking at this mom and baby and the baby's in a stroller and one of them is kind of making faces and little hand movements at the baby like he was playing with the kid. And it was at this point that I saw his eyes. And his eyes were completely black like other callers have described. You know, completely black, no whites. And I noticed after watching for a while, his brother or twin or what I assumed were brothers had the same eyes. And I watched them for a while and it didn't seem like anyone else had noticed them or how unusual they were. And the mother of the child didn't seem bothered by them. But when the train came to a stop, one of them got off. And I'm saying they looked identical, like identical twins. And one of them got off without acknowledging his twin, without saying anything to him, without saying goodbye, waving or anything. One of them got off the train and the other stayed. And eventually I kind of just lost sight of him or he got off the train. I can't really recall where or when. But before this encounter I had no idea anything about black eyed children or I had never heard of it. And when I got home, I immediately was on the Internet night. I remember I typed in black eyed being because I didn't know what else to type in. I had no contact. And that's when I heard about all these black eyed children sightings. And I kind of was not expecting that there would be this whole phenomenon. But yeah, that's pretty much my story. I'm glad to have heard someone else call in with a black eyed adult experience.
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Derek Hayes
Thank you, John. Season 15 Episode 15 if you'd like to check out the original airing of John's story. And then there's this Entry from season eight, episode five from Unknown up in Oregon.
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Caller
Hi, I'm 12 years old and I live in Oregon. And this is a time where me and my dad went on a train. So we got on it train. And then after a while of sitting down on the seats, I look behind me and there's a man sitting down and he has pitch black eyes with no pupil or anything. And he's just sitting there and he had a hat on. He was a black man and he was nicely dressed. And yeah, I just had black eyes. Thanks for letting me tell my story.
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Derek Hayes
Thanks caller. And believe it or Not. I have one more example of this phenomena to share with you here this evening. So, Gabby, also from Oregon, welcome to tonight's program.
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Caller
Hey, Derek, My name is Gabby. I've called him before. I'm in rural Oregon, but this actually took place in a suburb right outside of Portland. What triggered me to send this in is that I heard Matt from Massachusetts, and it was on season 15, episode 9, and he was talking about the woman that he saw seen with the black eyes, I think is what he said. This kind of reminded me of it. So, you know, might give him a little solace to know the same type of thing exists out here, too. So I was driving, and it was summer, and I had my windows down. Everybody had their windows down. I was sitting at a red light and across from the other side with somebody else in their car. I was probably about two car lengths from the red light, but I could see that, that car, and I just kept looking at it. I don't know why. And as the traffic, the light turned green and the traffic started to move pretty slow, that car started getting closer to me. And he also had his window down. And then he kept looking and staring at me. And as he got closer, I just had this sense of evil. And this guy's eyes were all black. I'm pretty sure he was bald. Not that that matters, but that's kind of what he looked like. And he looked kind of almost lizard like. I don't, you know, I don't know what else to describe him as. He looked a little bit lizard like, but his eyes were black. And this guy looked. I just had a feeling of real evil. And he drove by slow and kept staring at me. And I eventually looked away from him because I thought, wow, this. This guy is, you know, no good news on this guy. So I don't know what it was or what he was. He did not seem human. He didn't seem human to me. So I don't know what he was. I just had a real sense of evil when he drove by my car. And I, you know, he just kept staring at me and he had his grin on him. It was just all very strange. So when Matt called in about that woman that he seen, that reminded me of this. So I. I don't know. I guess if anybody else has more experiences like that, it would be interesting to hear. Anyway, all right, thanks, Derek.
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Derek Hayes
Thanks, Gabby. Now, Gabby's Call originally aired all the way back on season 13, episode 13. And I can't say for certain that there's any proven connection between what we know as the BEK and these black eyed adults. A determination like that is well outside of my pay grade. But I will say that it only makes sense that these creepy children end up growing into even creepier adults. I mean.
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Derek Hayes
Now with those pesky BEA's out of the way black eyed adults, let's focus back on the stars of the show. Here from season 11, episode 2 in the state of Utah is Jennifer. Welcome back to the show, Jennifer.
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Caller
Hey Derek. My name is Jennifer. I'm currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah. But the story that I'm telling you took place in a small town in California called Apple Valley in the high desert. It was about 2:33am My husband was asleep, my mother in law was asleep. Being the night owl that I am, I was still awake, of course, sitting in the living room reading a book. Our three dogs were with me. And then there was a knock on the door. Bam, bam, bam. Three knocks. And what made this strange? Well, stranger than having someone at the door at 3am it was a knock on the front door itself. We had a metal security screen door with a deadbolt that I was diligent about locking. I lock every door in the house. I go through again to make sure everything is locked. And this knock was on the front door. The second thing, or I guess the third thing that made that unusual, was that the dogs did not bark as they usually do when someone's at the door. They usually bark really loud. They usually run towards the door. This time they stayed where they were, but the ears pricked up and they looked toward the door. So they heard it too. With more courage than I thought I had, I went to the door and I looked through the people. The porch light was on as it should have been, and it appeared the screen door, the metal security screen door was shut as it was supposed to be. And I didn't see anybody. I waited for a breath and then I yelled out, hello. That's when I heard the voice of what sounded like a young boy, maybe 10, 11 years old, say come outside. I looked through the peephole again. I didn't see anybody again. And you can bet your butt I did not come outside the dogs and I actually just went back to my bedroom and I stayed awake the rest of the night just listening for anything else unusual to happen. Nothing did that night, thankfully. And thank you for listening.
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Derek Hayes
Thank you, Jennifer. This one is especially creepy to me. That location is only about 17 miles from where my cabin currently sits. As the crow flies, of course. Now I sure hope that doesn't mean that I'm at risk of running into one of these things. From a distance, the phenomena is fascinating, but up close and personal it appears to be life altering. And this next entry from Kate in Canada just might be a prime example of that claim.
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Advertiser
Hi there, this is Kate calling from Toronto, Canada and I'm actually calling in regards to one of the episodes I just listened to, which was season 10, episode 5. It was the one where the sorority girls could hear a child crying and they thought it was a prankster or a predator. I have a story very similar to this that happened recently over the winter. I woke up in the middle of the night because I could hear a child crying. Now, to preface this, me and my husband have a two year old and a three year old. So immediately my worst thought is, oh my goodness, one of our children has gotten out of bed and somehow gotten outside. It was the middle of the winter. You know, in Toronto it can be minus 40 in January with 2ft of snow. So I immediately panicked. I got up, I ran to their bedroom, opened the door, and they were both fast asleep. But I could still hear this baby crying or this small child crying. And it was like a heart wrenching, I'm in pain, Help me cry. And as a mother, that makes your stomach drop. A cry like that, it makes you feel sick to your stomach. But my gut just kept telling me, do not go to the front door, do not open the front door, don't go to the front door. So instead of going to the front door, I went to, you know, our second story window and I looked outside. It was snowing, it was quiet, there was no footprints, there was nothing. But I could still hear this child crying. It was quiet, but I could hear it. And I knew that if I went and opened that front door, I would have come face to face with a black eyed child. My gut, my soul was telling me, do not go to that front door. And I didn't. Out loud. I said, you are not welcome here. You are not coming in this house. Go away. And almost immediately the crying stopped. And this story freaks me out so much that I am getting goosebumps talking about scared me so badly. But yeah, so in regards to that episode and those girls, sure it may have been, you know, someone with malicious intent. However, this is something that black eyed children do. This is how they get you to let them into your home, into your space. There was no way I was opening that front door. No way. But yeah, love the work you do. Thank you so much for the podcast. Have a great one.
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Caller
Bye.
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Derek Hayes
Thank you, Kate. Now, Kate's call originally aired on season 18, episode 47. Not that long ago in the grand scheme of things. But like I said, life altering altering in that I bet Kate thinks of this experience each and every day. An encounter that she might never be able to forget about. But you know, I can't help but think that it might have been even more life altering if she had just opened the door. Now folks, if you have a story you would like to share here on the show, give our hotline a call at 888-608-night. That's 88860, 8, Nig HT. Or you can send us a voice memo to Monsters Among Us podcast gmail dot com. And don't forget about those hometown legends. And don't forget to have your own be case. I call in their stories to monsters among us junior. That number is 833-MAU-K-D s. And by the way, new episodes of Monsters Among Us junior drop every other Wednesday. So go check them out. Now for another Bek story, this time from Leslie from season 15 of episode two in the Lone Star state of Texas.
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Caller
Hey, Derek, this is Leslie. I live in Texas. This story is actually something that happened to my mom. She actually just told me this story and I had to call it in. This was back when I was in high school. So around like 2011, around that time, she used to go out to Walmart kind of late when I was out on like school trips or things like that. And she was home alone. This was, you know, pre Covid when Walmart was open 24 hours. She said she was driving back home. She was in the Walmart parking lot, crossing over to get out, and she saw these three kids that were just standing in the parking lot, just kind of walking around. It was almost midnight. She said it was like 11:50. It's not normal for kids to be walking around that late at night. And she said these kids looked so young. She said the oldest one was maybe, maybe 14. And the two younger ones were like 10 and 8, but they looked like siblings. They were dressed pretty, normally, jeans and a T shirt. But she said when she approached them, her mother instincts immediately were like, what are these kids doing? Can I help them? You know, she wanted to make sure they were okay and they were safe. When she approached them, she said they looked unnaturally young. Like she actually described them as very fair skinned, very pretty almost. She said the thing is that their eyes, though, she said it was just some wrong about their eyes. She said she couldn't really remember if they were a certain color, she said, but everything else looked innocuous. But their eyes were just wrong. Their look was just wrong. And they asked her for a ride home. And she was battling this instinct of, yes, take them home, get them home, because it's almost midnight. But she said as soon as she saw their eyes, she had this primal, primal instinct of absolute terror.
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Get out.
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Do not talk to them anymore. Do not let them in.
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Get out.
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Leave. And she said they kept insisting. They were very insistent, insistent on, we need a ride home. Please take us home. Please take us home. And she said they were unnaturally calm. But she said as soon as she saw their eyes and the fear she got, she booked it out of there and just left them there. Because she was like, I have never felt that kind of primal fear with children. So the biggest reason why this kind of shocked me is because my mom is from Mexico. She was born there and she had never heard of the Black Eyed children. She'd never heard of any of the urban legends or creepypastas or anything about them. She had no idea what she had encountered when she told me this story. And when I told her everything about that, she kept describing the details almost exactly to what the legends usually tell about the Black Eyed children. So there's really not a way that my mom could have been just making it up to give me a good story because my mom had no idea what Black Eyed children even were. So yeah, I don't know what was wrong with those children, but there was something not right about three kids that looks like that with those eyes just walking around at a Walmart parking lot close to midnight. Anyways, I thought it was an amazing story and my mom was absolutely fascinated when I told her that I was going to call it in to Monsters Among Us. But you're doing a great job, Derek. I love the podcast. Can't wait for new episodes and every week. And thanks for the call.
- [49:44]
Derek Hayes
Thank you, Leslie. Creepy stuff for sure. Now back on season 11, episode two, I talked about a sound that I found, a tone said to attract these little monsters. I shared it and several of you got pretty mad at me for doing so. I think those people thought for sure that playing the sound was like ringing a dinner bell to these dark eyed creatures. But as far as I know, the sound didn't produce anything among our listeners. At least no one wrote or called in claiming that to be true. But then again, you have to be alive to call or write in. So anyway, I thought it would be fun to try this little experiment again. Maybe better luck on the second try. So the following information was pulled from the sun newspaper and according to an anonymous ghost hunter, the following sound is said to attract these things, whatever they are. So folks, turn up those radio. Now, the unnamed source in this article stated that he played this sound all night for a week straight before he encountered his first bek. So I'm making the assumption that we're all pretty safe here. But you know who might not be safe is Logan in Wisconsin. He's back to share his entry from season 11, episode 18.
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Caller
Hey Derek, my name is Logan. I'm from Wisconsin. I just had a story about black eyed kids. So I was driving home from a swim practice in high school and it was February time. So in Wisconsin around five, six o' clock, it's almost pitch black outside. Me and my twin brother were driving home from a swim practice and we're about five minutes away from our house. So we're just driving. It's snow on the ground, just a normal February night. And we're going around this turn and we see these two kids standing on the side of the road. I know it sounds cliche, but it kind of looked like they were wearing dated clothing but not too old. Just girls wearing a normal looking blouse, the boys wearing slacks and a shirt. The strangest thing that stood out to me was they were both wearing short sleeves. And it's the middle of wintertime in February where it's in Wisconsin can be sub zero temperatures all the time. So that really stood out to me. But the biggest thing that hit me was just this overwhelming sense of dread even before they looked at us. So I'm driving past them, I just, my stomach clenches up, my heart is racing. And we're driving past them, it's around a turn that we have to go pretty slow on. So I look at them and their eyes are just pitch black. Both of them, you know, this could have been because it was nighttime. Couldn't see their pupils but it was just like this piercing black. Both their heads followed us as we drove around this corner. And the fear and dread that I felt is just unspeakable. I've never felt that way ever in my life, no matter what. But we just kept driving. So we get home, don't speak a single word about it. The only reason that we really brought it up was a couple days later and was talking to my brother like, hey, do you remember what we saw like on the side of the road there? And he's like, yeah, I was absolutely terrified. And it's just so strange that we didn't talk about it and say anything at the moment. But he described it the same way to me, just overwhelming dread. And I, I think that's why we didn't talk about it at all. Yeah, it was just so terrifying seeing those two kids on the side of the road and never saw anything like it again. Just no explanation. I know the people who live on that road, they didn't have any kids about that age or anything. It was just so terrifying and so strange. Really hope I never see anything like that again. But yeah, that's my story. Thanks, Derek. Hi.
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Derek Hayes
Thank you, Logan. Now, Logan hit many of the same notes that most of the other callers hit here. Dressed improperly for severe weather. Pitch black eyes, stone quiet, strange behavior, and exuding that overwhelming sense of fear or dread. The kind of thing you just don't want to experience. Now, folks, don't go anywhere. We have to take one more quick break, but we're gonna round this thing out when I come back. And you don't want to miss these last two calls. Let's discuss each of them.
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Caller
Well, we don't have to get into detail.
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- [56:05]
Derek Hayes
Now, these last two entries that I have for you in this all bek episode are stretching the term just a bit. Or maybe the phenomena is a little more fluid than we first believed it to be. Either way, please welcome Sam from season four, episode five and from the state of Texas.
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Caller
Yeah, Hi, Derek, I'm Sam from San Antonio and I'm actually calling you about a wide eyed kid experience. I was listening to your podcast and I came across an episode where I believe Dan was his name. Mentioned it and it was weird because I had an experience actually not too long ago and thought I would share it with you guys. So here in Texas, we actually had a cold front come through not too long ago. It was here for about a week and I forgot what day of the week it was at this point. I was on my way home and I got off work early and I'm like, okay, fun. I get to go run errands. And I was at the grocery store actually, and I was returning to my car and I kind of parked further to the back so there wasn't as many people around. So I'm getting to my car and then I saw this kid just walking around with. It looked like shorts and a T shirt. And I'm like, oh, that's weird. Kind of cold.
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Okay.
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I didn't think anything of it, and I kind of just continued in my car. And then I put my groceries away and I get in my car and I'm getting ready to leave. And all of a sudden I hear. I tap on my window and I look up and I see this kid. I'm like, oh, okay. And I rolled on the window. I'm like, yeah, hi. Can I help you? And he was like, yeah, I'm lost. Could you give me a ride home? And I'm like, sure. But as I was saying that, I'm kind of, like, looking this kid over, and I felt this really Felt really weird. I didn't feel scared or just weird. And then I noticed his eyes. And they were. I'm not sure how to describe them, and just like solid white balls, if that makes any sense. But I'm staring at him, and I'm like, yeah, sure, okay. And I'm not sure how to really explain it, but it kind of. He didn't have any pupils or irises, but it kind of looked like he noticed I was staring at his eyes. Anything for a few seconds, and I'm like, yeah, okay. And then all of a sudden I get this weird sensation where you know when you're kind of, like, really lost in thought, and all of a sudden you're, like, spaced out. And all of a sudden you come to it and you're like, oh, what the heck? So that happened, and what was it? I was actually driving, and I'm like, okay. Not sure if you're familiar with San Antonio, but if you look at San Antonio on a map, it's kind of in the shape of a giant ring. And where I was at, I was driving on the bigger ring, coming back from an area of town that I don't actually go to very often. So I'm like, okay, how did I get here? When I had gone grocery shopping, it was about 11 or so. And then I'm looking at my clock again in my car, and it's about 2 in the afternoon. I'm like, that's really weird. I don't remember why I'm over here. And I'm like, trying to figure out, okay, that's kind of weird. And then I get a call from my husband. He's like, hey, where are you? And I'm like, oh, I'm on the freeway headed home. I think he said, oh, no, yeah, you told me you were coming home about 12:30 and you make it home. I'm like, oh, yeah, no, sorry, yeah, I've been calling you and calling you and he just wouldn't pick up. And I'm like, oh, oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, I'm on my way home now. Okay. And I put down my phone and I'm like, sure enough, I have a few missed calls. I'm like, that's really, really odd. Okay, so that's kind of what happened.
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A few weeks ago.
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I been kind of sitting on this just like wondering since I know of black eyed kids, but I'd never really heard of white eyed kids before. So I was like, that's weird. And I haven't really found too much online. I did come across that urban legend, but. Yeah, nothing, nothing really too solid. Anyhow, yeah, I thought I'd share that with you guys and look forward to this upcoming season and stay safe out there, guys.
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Thanks.
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Derek Hayes
Thanks Sam. White eyes, black eyes, does it really matter? Both options are freaky as hell unless someone out there is joking around with a pair of novelty contact lenses or something. And by the way, there was a bit of a glitch in Sam's call and I left that glitch in there just in case it somehow had something to do with this phenomena. It's not a glitch I've heard on any other call to date, so I guess you never know. But a white eyed kid might be a stretch. Perhaps he was blind and that caused his eyes to appear white. Or maybe there's some other logical explanation at play here. And maybe that applies to this final entry as well. An entry from Derek in Washington state.
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Caller
Hey Derek, this is Derek calling from just south of Seattle. I'm calling because you had reports of black eyed people, I guess we'll call them. I also had an experience with that. It was, I'd say between 1996 and maybe 1998, late 90s. My friend and I were driving home from a friend's house at about 3 in the morning and we were driving down literally the main street of the city that we live in and we were coming upon this person walking down the street and both of us thought it was kind of unusual. The closer we got, we realized that it was what we thought was an older woman which at three in the morning was very unusual. They were wearing like a 1950s style dress, which was also kind of weird. She was walking down the street by herself with a walker very slowly. And as my friend was the One driving, as we passed them, they turned and looked at us. And she had giant black eyes and grayish green skin. And they opened their mouths and. And didn't make any sound or anything, but just kind of opened their mouth and looked at us, turning slowly as we drove by. And my friend proceeded to put his foot to the floor and speed past. And this is right past the police station of the city we live in. So that tells you right there how terrified he was at the time. But a couple seconds went by and we didn't say anything to each other. And then I looked at him and I said, was that. And he said, an old lady with black eyes and gray skin. And we both agreed that that's exactly what we saw. And later on, the other weird thing is the other callers had mentioned how they had felt like the presence was evil or something. I didn't get that feeling. What I got was more of like a predatory feeling, like there wasn't malice behind it. It was just kind of what this thing did. And it was like it was presenting itself as something completely different than what it really was. It was a weird flood of information that I got all at once from just looking at it and getting the idea that, you know, you definitely shouldn't stop, you shouldn't look at this thing, you should just keep going. But anyway, after I heard the other calls, I felt like I had to call in and share my experience because seems like there's more than a couple of us out there that have seen these things.
- [65:03]
Derek Hayes
Now, if Derek's call sounds familiar, it's because it wasn't shared all that long ago back on season 19 of episode 26. And thank you again, Derek, for that entry. So what do you think here, folks? A true BEK experience or a run in with something from out of this world? And what do you think about BEKs in general? And more importantly, what are you doing to avoid them now? We danced around connections between the BEK and other phenomena the whole evening. Aliens, ghosts, demonic forces. And I know I said I only had two calls remaining, but at the last second, I decided to add it in one more with a possible BEK connection. So the following is from Shawana, and it first appeared on the beyond portion of season 19, episode 38.
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Caller
Hey, Derek, this is Shalina.
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I was just listening to the episode with the mirrored men, and everybody's describing them looking like the men in blue. And that's really interesting to me because I've heard a story about the black Eyed children. Well, I read it online a few years back and I was one of the only ones that I found to display what happens whenever they actually bring a black eyed child to their house. And they always have to call their parents. So the Black Eyed children, whenever the parents came, it looked like the men in black. So I'm wondering if there's any correlation between the mirrored men and the Black Eyed children. So that is really fascinating and I'm hoping that maybe because I know you love the mirrored men. Well, I love the Black Eyed children stories. I totally think that's where we get a lot of our vampire lore is from those little guys. But anyway, really fascinating. Maybe you can look it up or you can do some research and maybe go down a different kind of a rabbit hole. I'd love to hear your perspective on it. That's really curious. I just wanted to call you real quick. All right, bye.
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Derek Hayes
Thank you, Shawana. You know, I'd never thought of that possibility. Could the men in black be in fact the Black Eyed Kids parents? And you know, if that is true, what does that make the mirrored men? Weird uncles, perhaps? That seems fitting. Well, either way, it was an interesting question. Joanna, I wish I had an answer for you. But what I do have is a big old thank you to all of tonight's callers and an even bigger thanks to you listener for tuning in here tonight. Now Monsters Among Us is written and produced by me, Derek Hayes, copyright Red Grow Media. Additional support is provided by Sarah Carter Hayes, Delaney Bowers and Connor Ryan. All media used in this production is done so under the protection of fair use. Be sure to like and follow us on our social media accounts. Be sure to like and follow us on YouTube, give us a rating review, wherever that sort of thing is possible. And be sure to join our discord. Now, don't forget, you can catch the show every Saturday evening at 10pm Eastern on the unax digital network. Visit unexnetwork.com to tune in. And finally, tonight's score was provided by Iron Cthulhu, Apocalypse Code at AG Music and Carl Casey at White Bat Audio. Now watch the film you know where borregotriangle.com and join us in the beyond. And you know where to find that as well, monsters among us. Podcast.com and click the Patreon tab or search us out on Patreon or Apple subscriptions. And one last thing before I go. My good buddy David, Flora and myself were lucky enough to be guests on Steve Berg's podcast High Strangeness. Be sure to check that out if you'd like to hear an in depth conversation about our documentary and all things spooky. I've included a link in tonight's show notes. Now folks, I'll be back here on Thursday with a brand new installment. But until then, you keep it spooky and you have yourselves a good night.
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Caller
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