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Post by Graveyardbride on Sept 29, 2014 12:43:00 GMT -5
Black-eyed Child Returns to Haunt Cannock ChaseA leading paranormal investigator has scoured a Staffordshire beauty spot following chilling sightings of a phantom known locally as the Black-eyed Child. Lee Brickley launched an in-depth investigation of Cannock Chase after reports that the ghoulish apparition has returned to the sprawling heathland.
The spectral child is believed to be the restless spirit of either Christine Darby, age 7, or Margaret Reynolds, 6, both of whom were raped and murdered by Raymond Leslie Morris in the 1960s. Morris was accused of assaulting and killing several little girls, however, the bodies of Darby and Reynolds were the only two found in the area where the Black-eyed Child has been spotted. The ghost was first reported 30 years ago, sparking worldwide interest – and is today a cult internet sensation. Recent descriptions of the girl, who has coal-black pits for eye sockets, are identical to those chronicled in the early 1980s.
Lee, author of books about the paranormal, was stunned recently when he received a new eyewitness account of the Black-eyed Child.
Alerted by what sounded like screams, a shocked woman came across the wandering, sightless specter while walking Birches Valley. “We instantly started running towards the noise,” she said. “We couldn’t find the child anywhere and so stopped to catch our breath. That’s when I turned round and saw a girl stood behind me, no more than 10 years old, with her hands over her eyes. It was as if she was waiting for a birthday cake. I asked if she was okay and if she had been the one screaming. She put her arms down by her side and opened her eyes. That’s when I saw they were completely black, no iris, no white, nothing. I jumped back and grabbed my daughter. When I looked again, the child was gone. It was so strange.”
On his paranormal website, Lee, 28, and himself from Cannock, said the woman’s experience mirrors the earlier sighting:
“In the summer of 1982, my aunt was 18-years-old, and she and her friends would often meet on Cannock Chase in the evening time, probably in much the same way many teenagers still do today. One evening, just before dark, she heard a little girl frantically shouting for help. Rushing to locate the sound, she stumbled upon a dirt track and caught sight of the girl, about 6-years-old running in the opposite direction. When my aunt caught up, the girl turned around and looked her in the eyes, and then ran off into the dark woodland. Her eyes had been completely black with no trace of white. There was a police search but to no avail. At the time, no-one had any reason to believe anything paranormal was going on. The girl certainly appeared to be of flesh and blood.”
There have been similar sightings of Black-eyed Children around the world.
“Some people believe them to be extraterrestrials, vampires or ghosts,” said Lee. “But there is one big difference between the sightings around the world and the stories coming out of Cannock Chase. Only on Cannock Chase do the sightings consistently happen during the daytime or just before sundown. In the US many reports suggest Black-eyed Children appear in groups, regularly knocking at the door of unknowing victims and asking quietly if they may come inside.” Source: Mike Lockley, The Birmingham Mail, September 28, 2014.
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Post by serena on Aug 17, 2022 11:44:50 GMT -5
I saw something about Black-eyed Kids on another site and someone said in the comments that what they call BEKs all started with the sighting of a girl murdered at a place called Cannock Chase in England and that all the other BEK stories were made up by lunatic fringe writers. So I did a search and found this article and it looks like that's probably what happened.
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Post by catherine on Aug 17, 2022 12:49:35 GMT -5
I saw something about Black-eyed Kids on another site and someone said in the comments that what they call BEKs all started with the sighting of a girl murdered at a place called Cannock Chase in England and that all the other BEK stories were made up by lunatic fringe writers. So I did a search and found this article and it looks like that's probably what happened. |
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Post by jason on Aug 17, 2022 12:57:17 GMT -5
The idiot in Texas who got the lunatic fringe started with all the BEK stories was Brian Bethel, a pothead, who claimed two BEKs asked him for a ride on Halloween night of 1996. After that, would-be writers like Nick Redfern of Mysterious Universe started reporting BEKs all over creation. Redfern and his ilk are no different than those two frauds in Chicago who report all those Chicago Mothman sightings. Nick Redfern is such a freaking joke! A couple of years ago, he wrote a ridiculous article about "hooded" Black-eyed kids. When did they start wearing hoods? He started out by saying that when someone thinks of a hooded "being," these hooded BEKs come to mind. When I think of a hooded being, a ghostly monk comes to mind. If anyone's interested, there's a discussion about Redfern and his nonsense here: whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/10991/believe-camouflaged-aliens?page=1&scrollTo=22592
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Post by catherine on Aug 17, 2022 18:00:05 GMT -5
There's another article about the Cannock Chase murders under the heading: "Is Black-eyed Child the Ghost of Murdered Cannock Chase Girl?" (The two really should be combined.) I wish someone would research and do an article on these murders because Raymond Morris killed several young prepubescent girls and the case has all the elements of a good story for this site: gore, mystery and ghosts! whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/2573/black-eyed-murder-victims-ghost
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Post by madeline on Aug 17, 2022 21:12:24 GMT -5
Tere's another article about the Cannock Chase murders under this same heading: "Is Black-eyed Child the Ghost of Murdered Cannock Chase Girl?" (The two really should be combined.) I wish someone would research and do an article on these murders because Raymond Morris killed several young prepubescent girls and the case has all the elements of a good story for this site: gore, mystery and ghosts! whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/2573/black-eyed-murder-victims-ghost |
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Post by serena on Jun 17, 2023 4:15:06 GMT -5
I'm also interested in the Cannock Chase murders. There's a lot online, but I haven't found anything that tells a really interesting and informative story of all that happened. It would be perfect for the "Today in History" section on the date of one of the murders. |
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