Black Eyed Children: Revised 2nd Edition

Author David Weatherly explores the rather new phenomena of Black Eyed Kids which are normal looking humans with the exception of their eyes being pitch black. The first story can be traced to an internet forum around 1998 by a man named Brian Bethel. Was he writing fiction or did it really happen to him? The author then gives us many accounts of such beings and they are creepy to read. The set up is basically the same: A group of children from the ages of ten to fourteen approach a person or knock on the door. They ask to come inside and use the phone, bathroom or in some cases to watch television. The person who looks at their eyes feels a sense of dread and says no. We do get some accounts of what happens if someone says yes and bad things happen. Many of the accounts are from the internet and others are people who the author interviews or even knows. They are people from all walks of life and all professions. They remember these encounters quite vividly and most of the incidents are a bit creepy. This all seems fine and well for the most part however many of us want evidence of these encounters. There are photographs of these entities all over the place but most have been photoshopped or are from movies. Many skeptics believe the stories are caused by youngsters pulling pranks on people or are entirely made up. It is hard to tell these days what to believe. The author does discuss the possibilities of the incidents being pranks. He also states to have found an incident which happened in the 1950s. The problem with that story is it is unverifiable it actually happened that long ago. Many may have adapted a local folklore tale to fit the BEK format. If the author found this incident in a book or magazine dated before the internet then he would have something. I enjoyed this book as the author did do his homework and researched all sorts of things that go bump in the night to try and explain this phenomena. I also liked the anecdotes in the book. However, the problem is trying to convince the readers this is real. We only have anecdotal evidence so far. (People would dismiss videos and photos as being touched up or being pranks.) If anecdotal evidence is what we must go on then we must judge those who are relating to us the incidents. Most of them appear to be of sound mind and come from good professions which rely on keen observation. There are also incidents involving more than one witness which can help a case. Some people claim memory can play tricks but I do believe a very powerful positive or negative experience is one that is not forgotten. Therefore, I do think there is something to these incidents. I cannot discount all the eyewitness accounts to the author himself. If one is a skeptic that is fine. This book is good as a scary read. If one believes in this then this book will be good to have on the shelf. If one is on the fence, this book may not be enough to convince them. There are many explanations given as to what these entities may be by the author. I do think it is a mixture of them myself. There was a classified program many refer to as Project Montauk. The name may not be real but one can find many programs done to young people by our government. Maybe there is a modern version of that program that is dealing with things best left alone. Maybe they are using institutionalized, homeless and/or orphan children for these programs. Does it sound far fetched? Remember when the government acknowledged they fed mildly retarded children food tainted by radiation without anyone's consent? Look it up. Then come back to me and say this can't happen.

This book is very well written. Author researched subject very well. Out of the four books I purchased on the paranormal, this one scared the crap out of me the most.

I am looking for accounts of people letting them in and this book didn't help much, so I gotta dock it a point for that. Very good and informative read for people who don't know much about them.

You are coming home after along days work and you are about to leave your car to go into your house. You look through your window and you see two children standing there. Definitely something strange about those kids. They are wearing goodies or mismatched old clothes, and for kids aged 10 to 12 they sure do give you the heebie jeebies. You ask them some questions and they don't respond. Let us in they say. They keep on insisting. These kids are making you super uncomfortable. It is like part of your mind wants to lock your car door and drive away, yet these children have some kind of hypnotic hold on you. Feeling creeped out you look at them a little closer. Long arms that hang down to their sides, their skin is pale and maybe even pasty, but most of all it is their eyes. Their eyes are jet black. Now your freaked out and you scrounge the car for your cellphone so you can call for help. As you begin to dial you notice something else, they have disappeared into thin air. Stories like this are becoming more common place, more people are seeing these black eyed children. Brian Bethel a journalist was the first to write about his story in the 1990s. Since then the reported sighting of Black Eyed Children have skyrocketed. Encounters with these children leaves on traumatized. Bad dreams, paranoia and overall discomfort are left in their wake. Sometimes even bad luck follows. These kids have left behind and awful bad smell. People who have encountered them feel an evil presence like something predatorial. Yet they must ask your permission to come inside and they will not get to break in and attack you. Who or what are these kids? Speculation runs the gamut from the extraterrestrial hybrids meant to take over the planet all the way down to being men in black, hungry ghosts from Japan and China to even being vampires. These children could be offshoots of other creatures like fairies, succubi, djinn, the angel of death and demons. David Weatherly has done a bang em up job of researching this urban legend. He has collected stories of various encounters and he has researched modern and past connections to this phenomenon. You may not be entirely convinced but always check your doors before leaving.

David Weatherly's book about the Black eyed Children kept me so ingrossed, i was toldly creeped out about this strange phenomenom! I can't wait to read more of his books. He gives you alot of different options for food for thought as to what you the reader think these children are, i'm still not sure what i think that these children are or could be? I just hope i never come in contact with them! I think everyone who likes the pharanormal should read this book!

Love the book, never got bored. So much good info here. As a fellow paranormal investigator, I actually learned a lot from this book. TY!

I found the book to be both interesting and creepy. However, it was a bit repetitive with the author pretty much wasting page space saying the same thing over and over again. Plus it already was a very short book. Dont get me wrong, it is a creepy, interesting read. And I could not read it at night. I would have given it 5 stars if it had been less repetitive on the author's blathers and contained more stories. Also there were some discrepencies- for example the author states that most encounters with the BEKs happen to people in high security or govt jobs, yet not one story in his book involved such a person. Little things like that. Nonetheless, a creepy little read that left me paranoid for days. LOL.

Fascinating, documented stories of people's experience with the strange phenomenon of Black eyed kids suddenly appearing asking -then insisting to "come in" -- your house or car- saying "This won't take long..." - creepy, unreal looking with solid black eyes -- and they vanish just as quickly as they appeared...Personally I believe it's demons.....

Loved this book, it was very well written and thoroughly researched. David has lots of first-hand accounts of visits from the BEK. He also looks at various theories into what they may or may not be which I liked. The only issue I have is the blank pages throughout the book over 40 of them, between chapters at one point there was a totally blank page at the end of a chapter the next page had 'Part two" another blank page then text. I don't know if this was to pad the book out or what. In an age of depleting natural resources, I thought the number of blank pages excessive. The Book did not need filling out it was full of loads of information and clear a lot of work had gone into writing it. This was only a slight niggle and not enough for me not to give it 5 stars. Well worth buying.

Muito bom, uma pesquisa completa e abrangente do fenômeno

I appreciate that the author approached this topic from many different angles of explanation. I really enjoyed this book and learned a lot.

Fascinating. Didn't expect such a fair assessment of these incidents.

The Author has done his research well. A must get.