Two red eyes seen briefly in a dark bedroom
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld], from Walton Beach, tells Art Bell that they repeatedly felt a presence while lying in a dark bedroom. On one occasion they sat up quickly and say they saw two red eyes looking at them for about two seconds before they vanished. The caller says it has happened to them twice. The host and caller compare it to the red eyes in “The Amityville Horror.”
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The story as told
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld] and says they are calling from Walton Beach says [quote withheld] The caller says it unsettles them [quote withheld] They report lying in bed, keeping their room “pretty dark,” and feeling that [quote withheld] while sleeping. They say silhouettes are still visible in the dark. With their eyes closed and not moving, they would think about getting up quickly and looking fast, because they felt something else was there. They tell the host that they have [quote withheld] and add, [quote withheld] They then say they jumped up and looked quickly. They report that most of the time nothing was there, but on this occasion they saw [quote withheld] two red eyes, for “about two seconds” before they were gone. They say it has only happened to them twice. The host says several times that red eyes are not good and are not linked to angels or a protective side. The caller agrees: [quote withheld] The caller raises “the Amityville horror” and its two red eyes as a comparison, and the host and caller agree the experience was [quote withheld] The host thanks the caller and the call ends. The host then reflects on how often people feel watched and suggests that listeners try sitting up quickly to catch a glimpse. The caller does not say what caused the eyes.
Reported events, in order
- 0:03
The caller introduces themselves as [name withheld] from Walton Beach and says their story unsettles them every night they go to bed.
- 0:46
They report lying in bed in a dark room and feeling another presence in the room.
- 0:57
They say that with their eyes closed and not moving, they would think about sitting up fast to catch whatever was there.
- 1:19
They say they have long had a feeling something was there, and that most times when they looked there was nothing.
- 1:31
They report jumping up and seeing two red eyes looking directly at them for about two seconds before they vanished.
- 1:54
They say it has only happened to them twice.
- 2:16
The caller compares the eyes to the two red eyes in “The Amityville Horror.” The host and caller agree it was [quote withheld]
Claims
Each claim is labeled as something the person telling the story noticed (observation), what they made of it (interpretation), something others told them (hearsay), or something the host said (host statement).
- observation· 0:46
While lying in bed in a dark room, the caller felt another presence in the room.
- observation· 0:57
The caller lay with their eyes closed and not moving before deciding to sit up quickly to look.
- observation· 1:25
Most times when they looked quickly there was nothing there.
- observation· 1:31
On this occasion they saw two red eyes looking right at them for about two seconds, then they were gone.
- observation· 1:54
The red-eye experience has happened to them twice.
- interpretation· 2:16
The caller compares their experience to the red eyes in “The Amityville Horror.”
- host statement· 2:01
The host says that red eyes are not good and are not linked to a protective or angelic side.
Scores, with reasons
An AI model gave these scores using a fixed set of scoring rules (scoring-v1). They are editorial judgments and rough guides, not the odds that anything paranormal happened. How scoring works.
This is a brief but coherent story told firsthand, with a clear sequence. It is weakened by how little can be checked and by how easily sleep or a dark room could explain it.
Evidence for and against
- Firsthand story of lying in their own bed.
- Concrete sequence: felt a presence, sat up, saw eyes for about two seconds, eyes gone.
- The caller separates what they saw from what they concluded, and says most times nothing was there.
- No date, no place detail that can be checked, no other witness.
- The events happen while lying in bed with eyes closed in a dark room, where ordinary visual explanations fit easily.
- The host's framing steers the story toward the Amityville comparison.
- The labels showing who is speaking are unreliable. Some lines marked as the host read as the caller's voice.
- Some words in the transcript are marked as smoothed or uncertain.
- 0:46
- 1:31
- 1:25
What the model inferred (not said on air): Scored as a typical brief firsthand story with easy ordinary alternatives. Nothing in the content offers a way to check it.
The story rests entirely on the caller's own word. There is no documentation, no physical trace, and no second witness on air.
Evidence for and against
- The caller says the experience happened twice.
- No names, dates, records, photographs, or physical traces offered.
- No second witness on air.
- It is not stated whether anyone else in the household was present.
- 1:54
What the model inferred (not said on air): The caller's word alone, according to the scoring guide.
A red-eyed stare in a dark bedroom is moderately unsettling. The story is short and unresolved, and it does not escalate.
Evidence for and against
- Red eyes looking directly at the caller in their own dark bedroom.
- The caller felt the presence repeatedly before the sighting.
- The eyes vanish after about two seconds, leaving it unexplained.
- Brief, with a single scene.
- The host's joking closing advice lightens the tone.
- No threat, contact, or escalation reported.
- The caller describes their own feelings only as being unsettled.
- 1:31
- 0:35
- 1:33
What the model inferred (not said on air): Rated for the bedroom intrusion and staring eyes, tempered by the story's brevity.
Red eyes in a dark bedroom and a felt presence are stock ghost-story elements. The distinctive touch is the caller's deliberate attempt to sit up fast and catch the presence.
Evidence for and against
- The caller sits up quickly, meaning to surprise whatever is there.
- Compared to the well-known red eyes of Amityville.
- The main motifs (a presence, red eyes, a dark bedroom) are common.
- Explicit reference to an existing film and haunting case.
- The pilot archive is small, so compared with the rest of the archive the score carries little weight.
- 0:57
- 2:16
What the model inferred (not said on air): A familiar setup with one distinctive detail about their behavior. Provisional score.
Scoring confidence 0.60 · analysis confidence 0.65 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: The caller's firsthand word.. The originality score blends the model's score (30) with how rare the story's details are across the archive. This method is still provisional.
Ordinary explanations to consider
These are possibilities only. None is a finding about what happened.
- Images seen while falling asleep or waking up, with eyes closed and the body relaxed in bed. · The caller says they were lying in bed with “my eyes closed” and “wouldn't be moving” before the sighting.
- Small lights in a dark room, such as indicator lights on electronics, misread as eyes, or dark-adapted afterimages. · The caller says [quote withheld] and that in the dark [quote withheld]
- Seeing a face or eyes in dim shapes. · The story depends on seeing shapes in a dark room where, they say, silhouettes can still be seen.
What stands out
The story turns on a deliberate act. The caller says they sat up suddenly, meaning to catch a presence off guard, and saw the eyes for only about two seconds. The caller and host both compare the experience to the red eyes of “The Amityville Horror.”
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