BLACK EYED CHILDREN-Abilene,Texas (DA)
- 3 years ago
There are a couple of factors in the BEK lore that are very unusual among urban legends. Unlike most urban legends, the BEKs phenomenon can be traced back to it's original source. Also, the source has some journalistic credentials. His name is Brian Bethel and he's a reporter for the Abilene Reporter-News.
Bethel's story goes that back in 1996 he pulled into the parking lot of a movie theater to use the parking lot lights to write a check. While he was doing that, he says, two kids that looked to be about 9 to 12 came up and asked him for a ride. Bethel says he got a really bad vibe from the kids but it wasn't until a few moments of conversation that he noticed something very eerie about them. Their eyes were completely black. The sclera, or the whites of the eyes, were completely black as were the irises.
Bethel's story goes that back in 1996 he pulled into the parking lot of a movie theater to use the parking lot lights to write a check. While he was doing that, he says, two kids that looked to be about 9 to 12 came up and asked him for a ride. Bethel says he got a really bad vibe from the kids but it wasn't until a few moments of conversation that he noticed something very eerie about them. Their eyes were completely black. The sclera, or the whites of the eyes, were completely black as were the irises.