time travel, parallel universes, and other useful illusions
Speaking of old unsolved mysteries, let’s take a brief journey back to the late 1990s and look at a segment from a show called Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. People are always telling me about this particular episode, and I can see why – it’s pretty creepy, at first glance.
How do urban legends begin? Are they just stories? Or do they arrive through some sliver of truth, like escaped serial killers or accidental hangings? Sometimes, only sometimes, they simply appear.
There are countless reports of these strange beings. Known as Black Eyed Children (BECs) or Black Eyed Kids (BEKs), these individuals usually appear as young children, typically around the age of 10, with black eyes, completely devoid of color. But they’re not just children: there have also been reports of adults, and even elderly, with solid …