The Origins

Encounters:

Here are some of the encounters with the black eyed children.

1.
In January 2016, a report appeared on the Internet, said to have come from an unnamed woman who had not only encountered , but made the mistake of allowing them into her home. According to the report, it was a decision that she believed would have lasting implications.

The woman claimed to live in Vermont and told of how in the middle of a blizzard one evening around a year earlier, a loud knocking sounded at the front door of the house she shared with her husband. Thinking that someone had been in a motor accident due to the weather, the woman went to answer the door. A quick look out of the window revealed footprints in the snow leading to the house, but there was no sign of a vehicle on the road. Now a little unnerved, she awoke her husband. As the banging on the door continued, he went to answer it.

Two children were stood on the doorstep, a boy and a girl looking to be around eight years old. The woman recalled that they were not dressed for the cold conditions outside and that she felt instantly unnerved by their presence. Despite her probable better judgement, she invited the two children inside.

As she ushered the two children into the living room, she noticed how her cats appeared to be afraid of the visitors, with one in particular hissing at them as they passed. She offered to make the pair a cup of cocoa to warm them up and recalled that whatever she asked them, their reply was always the same: "Our parents will be here soon." She came into the room with the two cups of cocoa, and as they looked up at her to take the drinks, she noticed with horror that where their eyes should have been were two jet-black balls like giant pupils.

As she stared at them, they both suddenly asked if they could use the bathroom. She tried to remain calm and directed them to it. A moment later, her husband's nose began to bleed, and then the power suddenly went out. As the woman attempted to make her way to get her husband a tissue, she noticed both children standing at the end of the hall, motionless and staring at her.

They suddenly broke the silence and said, "Our parents are here," before opening the front door and making their way back out into the night. Even stranger, as she went to close the door, she saw the children getting into a black car as two tall men, both dressed in suits, stood next to it. They, too, entered the vehicle and drove away.

In the months following, the woman's husband was diagnosed with an aggressive form of skin cancer, and although she didn't go into specifics, stated that she also suddenly began to suffer from regular nosebleeds and described herself as being in the "worst condition of [her] life." She is convinced that both her and her husband's ill health is connected to that snowy night when they allowed the two black-eyed children into their home.

2.
One of Jim Stills's daily pleasures was to step outside of his house and enjoy a cigar in the open air of the early evening. At some point during his nightly smokes, Stills began to notice a walking along the street awkwardly. He saw the boy night after night, and for reasons he couldn't explain, he felt more and more uneasy with each passing evening, so much so that he gave up on his nightly pleasure and stayed indoors instead. He kept watch from the safety of his home on the young boy, who continued to appear each night, roaming the street with a "stiff" walk, sometimes remaining outside until the early hours of the morning.

Time passed, and Stills's interest in the boy declined, until he eventually forgot about the strange sightings altogether. That changed one evening, when he stepped outside of his front door to have a cigarette and stopped dead as he saw the boy standing directly in front of him. He stared at him with eyes that were completely black and lacked any type of emotion.

The boy asked Stills in a matter-of-fact tone to let him inside his home. The demand prompted Stills to rush back inside the house and slam the door on the terrifying child. He began to keep a nightly watch again for the strange boy, and although he didn't see him again, he apparently never again dared to venture out from his home after dark.