This incident happened to a friend of the writer, who wanted to share it because of the high strangeness involved. Did he encounter both a BEK and a Wendigo within minutes?
"This story happened to me about 16 years ago. I was around 24 at the time. I worked hospitality so it’d be later at night when my friends and I hung out. So, at around 9 o’clock my friend and I decided to go for a drive, someplace we’ve never been, just get in the car and go. I offered (and wanted to) drive because my mother was out of town and I was using her Mercedes Benz. It was one of those early 90s E bodies, the ones that were big piles of heavy steal, a real tank of a car. I only mention the car body because it becomes relevant later in the story. He happily agreed and we hit the road.
We lived near Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the time. We drive north out of the city and drive for about an hour when I see an exit I don’t recognize and decide to get off there. There was nothing at this exit other than cornfields, no gas station or restaurant signs, and no visible light of a town in any direction. So we were in a place we didn’t recognize but that was the point, just driving to get nowhere because the speed limit was 35 and we were in no rush. The moon was out enough that everything was pretty visible. About a mile into the cornfields, we could see 2 kids on the right side of the road. We commented on how weird it was because there was no housing or stores or even lights on the horizon, plus it was 10:30ish at night. Naturally were two larger guys so we didn’t worry about anything I slowed down so we could inquire if their car broke down or if they were ok.
As we pulled up, I noticed the kid in front's clothing. It was a stained cream-colored tweed-type shirt with real tattered sleeves and overalls with only one strap. He appeared to be maybe 12 years old. The second kid was taller wearing a red flannel-type shirt, with old-time-looking khaki pants. However, I could barely notice the taller kid standing further behind the smaller one because as I pulled up noticing the clothes, I got to see the whole “child” fully and his arms were to his side slightly raised, almost in that iconic zombie way. But his eyes, I couldn’t take my eyes off of his, and I did my best to mutter to my friend “You’re seeing this too right?” His eyes were pitch black, blacker than the night, but easy to see as he stood there staring at us. I did not know what the heck I was seeing but I’ve never been so frightened in my life and I’ve had several odd experiences that have left me unable to deny that there is more in this world than what we understand.
So we’re stopped for a moment locking eyes with whatever this thing was, it was no child, it was evil, I have zero doubts of that. We quickly agree to go, and fast. We are not going to inquire with them, this was straight out of Twilight Zone, and I remembered the hitchhiker and that was not happening tonight, no sir. So, we go and we clamor between ourselves, “What the $#@& did we just see? What was that what the hell was that!”. Still no signs of homes, just open cornfields. How these 2 kids could be there, I don’t know but I believe those were not kids.
So I keep driving, and we get out of the fields into a wooded windy road shortly after probably around 5 minutes. Here in Wisconsin, there are random historical markers displaying whatever year this happened information. I only mention that because I passed one on the curve so I glanced at that. As I was driving through a curve going about 45mph a creature walked in front of my car (my mom's car). As I saw it, it was nothing like I had ever seen, its spine was tall, and it stuck above the hood ornament as I hit it. It was a grey color and looked like nothing I’d ever seen. It had a very tall arch in its spine, almost like when a cat hisses and goes on its toes, that kind of shape but in a very tall gangly creature.
I hit this thing straight on with the tank of a Benz. My friend is freaked out at this point as am I to say the least. I stop immediately, but now we’re both a bit scared from the Children of the Corn and now this thing is literally within minutes of one another. We decided getting out was not going to happen, but I decided to stay in the locked car and use the car and its lights to see what we hit and make sure that whatever the hell it was was dead and I needed to know what I just saw.
I drive in tiny circles backing up and forwards looking for this creature but after checking every inch within 100 yards and not seeing a thing including not a drop of blood where I hit it, straight on with a Benz, making contact with its spine, body, and head anywhere. That was unnerving and although I wanted to check my mother's car, that would be dealt with further down the road. We were not going to get out there. So we decided to head home at this point.
15 minutes later, before I got back to the freeway, I needed to get out and see how bad the car was. As I got out to check, quickly as I was not taking chances tonight, I noticed my grill was busted in but nothing too bad. So I made sure it was secure and got back in as quickly as possible, my friend decided to stay inside the car.
Recently, I heard of the black-eyed kids and freaked out a little bit. I did not know that they were a real thing. I thought I just saw a couple demon kids or damned ghosts or I didn’t know what to think. To this day, I’ve looked through tons of photos of supposed cryptid beasts and mythological creatures looking for what I hit, and the closest I’ve found is some Algonquin drawings of Wendigos and they were very close to what I believe I saw and hit that night. It seems to me very odd both things could happen so close to one another to not be related.
Possibly it was an evil area, or possibly a Ley line, I don’t know.
I would like to point out I’ve lived in Wisconsin a long time and it was not a deer or a coyote or anything else. What I hit, was nothing native to the known Wisconsin landscape, and neither were those horrid kids. I will never forget either of those faces and just hope I never come across them ever again." H
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