Feb. 6, 2025

NEVER Let Them In! The Terrifying Truth About Black-Eyed Kids

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The legend of Black-Eyed Children is a chilling modern myth that has taken root in paranormal folklore, blending urban legend with accounts of real-world encounters. These entities, often described as eerily pale children with completely black, soulless eyes, are said to appear at night, knocking on doors or approaching vehicles, pleading for entry. Witnesses report an overwhelming sense of dread and an unnatural compulsion to comply, as if hypnotized. Theories surrounding these enigmatic beings range from extraterrestrial origins to demonic manifestations, with some speculating that they are interdimensional entities feeding on fear. Despite countless anecdotes, no verifiable evidence has confirmed their existence, yet the accounts continue, leaving many to wonder: Are Black-Eyed Children merely a psychological phenomenon, or is there something more sinister lurking in the shadows, waiting for an invitation? Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2EUqA7cL5B4mFolSZwOsTY?si=9f693826971f49eb Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-broadcasting-seeds-podcast/id1754460480 Rumble https://rumble.com/user/BroadcastingSeeds YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@BroadcastingSeeds

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You ever get the feeling that something's watching you, that

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creeping sensation crawling up your back of your neck, making

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the hair stand at attention. Maybe it's just your mind

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playing tricks, but maybe it's something else, something waiting for

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an invitation. Now imagine it's the dead of night, in

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your home alone, maybe flipping through late night TV or

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scrolling mindlessly on your phone. Then a knock at the door.

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Not a loud, frantic knock, not the kind that screams emergency. No,

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this knock is wrong, too soft, too deliberate. You hesitate,

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but curiosity wins out and you check the people. And there,

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standing in the dim porch light are two children, pale,

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almost off, maybe a little too still. They seek speak

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in unison. Can we come in? We need to use

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your phone. Everything in your gut says no. Every survival

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instinct buried in your DNA is screaming at you to

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slam the door. But there's something off about them. And

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then you see it. Their eyes black, endless, a void

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where a soul should be. This is the legend of

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the Black Eyed Children, a modern day horror story that

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has crept into the fabric of paranormal folklore. Are the ghosts,

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are the aliens, some kind of demonic entity playing dress up,

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or just another tale spiraling out of control in the

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Internet age. Tonight, we're peeling back the layers of this mystery.

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Will start where these encounters began, then dig into the

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first hand accounts people who swear on their lives that

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these things things are real, and finally we'll get into

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the theories aliens, demons, something even stranger. Either way, one

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thing's for sure. If a kid ever knocks at your

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door in the middle of the night asking to be

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let in, don't do it. Let's get in the origins

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and evolution of the legend. Rewind to the nineteen nineties,

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a simple time, dial up, Internet, frosted tips, and Aol

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chat rooms. The world hasn't yet been consumed by social

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media algorithms, and the scariest thing on the Internet was

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probably the Hamster Dance. Then in nineteen ninety six, a

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journalist named Brian Bethel changed everything. Bethel, a respected reporter

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in Albilene, Texas, posted a chilling account on an early

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paranormal forum. He claimed he had pulled into a parking

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lot one evening, sitting in his car while filling out

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a check, because you know, in the nineties the people

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still did that. Out of nowhere, two kids approached his vehicle.

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They were young, maybe nine or ten years old, dressed

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like they had just stepped out of a time capsule

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from the late eighties. Something about them felt off. Then

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came the request, sir, can you give us a ride home?

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We need to get our money to see the movie.

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And that's when the dread hit. Not a normal rational fear, No,

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this was primal, the ki the kind that makes every

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cell in your body want to bolt. Bethel described an

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almost hypnotic urge to comply, like the words were worming

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their way into his brain. But something wasn't right. Their

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speech was unnatural, their presence overwhelming. Then he saw their eyes,

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pure black, no white, no iris, just twin voids staring

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back at him. That was enough. He threw his car

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into gear, heart pounding and peeling out of there like

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a bat out of l When he looked back, they

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were gone, no running, no walking away, just vanished. Now

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you might be thinking, Okay, creepy story, but what's the

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big deal. The big deal is how fast it's spread.

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This wasn't just one off spooky tale. It exploded across

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the Internet. Forums lit up with people claiming they too

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had seen these strange children, some at their doors, some

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approaching their cars, all with the same eerie behavior, in

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the same soulless black eyes. Over the years, the legend

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has only grown, more encounters, more variations. Some stories claim

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that children can only enter if invited, much of the

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old vampire miss, it seems. Others describe feelings of overwhelming

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dread and even physical sickness after an encounter. There's even

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a theory that once you speak to them, they've marked you.

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And yet, despite all the stories, despite the countless eerie accounts,

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there's still no hard proof, no clear photos, no video

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footage that it isn't shaky and questionable at best, which

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leaves us with the big question are black eyed children

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real or is this just a case of mass hysteria

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mixed with some good old fashioned Internet folklore. Before we

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jump to conclusions, let's hear from the people who claim

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have experienced these things firsthand. Families, travelers, night shift workers

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describing eerily similar experiences down to the smallest details. Now,

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take the case of a woman in Vermont. It was

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winter night, snow falling softly outside. When she heard a

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knock on her door. Two children, a boy and a girl,

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stood outside head slightly bowed, their voices strangely monotone, May

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we come in? Our parents will be here soon. She hesitated,

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and every fiber in her being screamed that something was wrong.

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But the children, they looked so cold. Against her better judgment,

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she let them in. That's when two things got weird.

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The moment they stepped inside her cats freaked out. One

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bolted up under the couch, another hissed and clawed at

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the air. Then as she closed the door, she finally

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saw their faces, pale, expressionless, eyes black as coal. Panic

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said in. The children said on her couch, silent and motionless,

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until an unbearable sense of dread filled the room. Then

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one of them spoke, our parents are here now, And

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just like that, the lights went out. The woman, frozen

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in fear, could barely breathe. Moments later, too, tattle dark

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figures stood outside her house, barely visible against the snow.

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The children stood up, walked out the door, and disappeared

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into the night with the shadowy figures. After that, things

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got worse. She began experiencing unexplained nosebleeds, dizzy spells, and

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even strange electronic disturbances in her home. It was as

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if something had marked her that night, and she's not alone.

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Another man, a marine stationed at Campbell June, claimed he

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encountered two black eyed children while on guard duty late

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at night. They appeared out of nowhere, standing just outside

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the security gate. Their eyes locked onto his, and for

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a moment he felt an overwhelming urge to obey. His

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mind clouded over like he was slip slipping into a trance.

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Then pure instinct kicked in. He gripped his rifle, snapped

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out of whatever spell they had him under, and shouted

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for them to leave. Instantly, they vanished, no running, no retreat,

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just gone. So what is happening here? Are these encounters

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real or is this a psychological or is there a

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psychological explanation? Some experts suggest it's a case of mass hysteria,

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similar to how urban legends spread through word of mouth

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and implant ideas into people's minds. Others believe these experiences

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could be linked to sleep paralysis US, a condition where

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the brain is half awake, creating vivid, often terrifying hallucinations.

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But there's another possibility. Some researchers think the black Eyed

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Children aren't just a passive phenomenon. They may be engaging

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in psychological warfare, a form of manipulation, feeding off human

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fear and energy. Victims described not just seeing them, but

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feeling them, as if their very presence drains the room

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of warmth and light? Are these beings testing us, probing

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our defenses, searching for something? Whatever they are, one thing

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is clear. Once you've encountered them, you're never the same. Now,

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let's dive deep. These things aren't just hallucinations than what

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are they? Demons? Are they extraterrestrials? Are the interdimensional tricksters?

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So time to get to the theories. All right, let's

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break this down, because if black eyed children are real,

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if they aren't just a bad case of urban legend

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gone viral, then we have to ask what the hell

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are they? And trust me, there are plenty of theories.

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Some are unsettling, some are straight up mind bending, and some, well,

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let's just say they make a little too much sense.

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Theory one demonic entities in disguise. If you grew up

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around teachings, this one's going to hit home. Throughout history,

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there have been stories of supernatural beings that need permission

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to enter. Whether it's vampires or demons or malevolent spirits,

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the idea is simple. Once you invite them in, you're done.

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You've broke a spiritual law, and now they have access

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to your home, to your energy, maybe even your soul.

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And let's not ignore the fear factor every person who

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encounters these things talks about, almost paralyzing dread. Biblical texts

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often describe demons as beings that provoke terror, not because

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they look scary, but because their presence itself is just wrong.

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It's the kind of fear that bypasses logic and speaks

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to something deeper, something ancient in us that knows this

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is an human, This isn't right. Could the black eyed

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children be demons masquerading as something innocent, a trojan horse

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in the form of a child. If so, the question

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isn't what happens if you let them in, it's what

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happens if you don't. Theory number two alien human hybrids.

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Now let's go off planet for a second. The alien

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abduction phenomenon has been around for decades, and one of

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the most bizarre aspects of these encounters, the hybrid theory,

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the idea that extraterrestrials are mixing their DNA with ours,

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creating something different. The guess and guess what. One of

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the main traits of supposed alien hybrids is jet black eyes.

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Some UFO researchers believe black eyed children are failed experiments,

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half alien alien, half human, stuck in some weird in

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between state. Maybe they're testing their abilities to integrate into society.

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Maybe they're scanning us for weaknesses, or maybe they're just

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trying to learn how to become us. And if that

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sounds far fetched, consider this. People who claim to have

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encountered them often report feeling sick afterwards, migraines, nausea, unexplainable fatigue,

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just like people who reported encounters with UFOs or alien abductions.

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Could these things be part of a slow, gradual infiltration.

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If so, the knock at the door might just be random.

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It could be targeted. Three interdimensional beings slipping through the cracks.

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Now we're getting a little weird. What if black eyed

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children aren't from here, at least not in the way

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that we understand. Some physicists believe we live in a multiverse,

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an infinite number of realities stacked on top of each other.

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And if that's true, then maybe, just maybe these kids

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are something from the other side, something that slip through

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Ever hear of the Fay Folk, the Gin shadow people.

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Cultures all over the world have legends about other worldly tricksters,

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beings that show up, demand something, and leave chaos in

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their wake. Maybe these children aren't a new phenomenon at all.

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Maybe they've been here, say, forever, just appearing under different names.

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And if that's the case, the real question isn't where

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they come from, it's why they keep coming back. The

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bottom line, demon, alien, interdimensional hitchhiker, maybe even all the above,

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maybe none, but one thing. Certain people are seeing them,

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and whether they're real, psychological, or something in between, one

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thing keeps popping up in every encounter they want in.

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And the scariest part, no one really knows what happens

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if you say.

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Yes, So what do we do with this?

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The Black Eyed Children aren't just another urban legend. They's

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something deeper, something that hits a primal nerve in the

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human psyche. Whether they're demons, aliens, interdimensional entities, are just

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the world's creepiest case of mass hysteria. The fact remains

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people keep seeing them, and maybe that's the real message here.

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What are they looking for? Why do they need permission?

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And why does every story end with the same overwhelming

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sense of dread. Maybe we'll never get the answers. Maybe

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we aren't supposed to. But if you ever hear a

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knock at the door late at night and you open

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it to find a child standing there, expressionless, too pale,

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too still, and they ask to come in, close the door,

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lock it, and whatever you do, don't say yes. That's

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it for this episode of Broadcasting Seeds. If you enjoy

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this dive into strange, the supernatural, and the unexplained, make

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sure to like, share, and review the podcast. It helps

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keep these conversations alive and brings more people into the fold.

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And if you've got your own black eyed children's story,

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well I'd love to hear it. Just don't invite them

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in while you're typing until next time. Stay aware, stay skeptical,

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and keep questioning everything.

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Masket hold me hostage and they don't fight fair. Don't

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pray for me, White bro my tears. Who's gonna save me?

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If you're not right here? Move this darkness and make

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my sight clear. Take me your way because I don't

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like your ghost of my past. They feel in the

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night are wake me up. I'm trapped in my Nightmas.

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You trapped in my.

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Nightmas, trowning, trowning our mouth, the deepen apparitions of all

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my demons, all my thoughts are commiting treason all alone.

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I'm gonna hear me screaming.

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Manifestations on my fists, regrets that stretched out for light years.

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You can almost touch the light. Homiees right there, body

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free but trapped in my Nightmas. I don't let me

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ja our lights you fading.

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Now All my life is fail Now, all my life

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is face and.

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Then I'm way.

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I don't like missus Jall my life is facing. All

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my life is pain enough, like man, we check in

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my Nightmas.

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Okay the Bod