Black-eyed kids folklore meets late-night roadside folklore in this quiet gas station story set on a lonely highway. This short night encounter blends cryptid stories, unexplained sightings, and rural horror with the feel of a real graveyard-shift account.A tired clerk works the overnight shift at a nowhere gas station when a soft knock at the glass breaks the hum of coolers and distant traffic. Two soaked kids stand under the buzzing light, asking to come inside and use the phone. Store rules say no. The cameras wake up. On the grainy screen, every eye is solid black. As the presence lingers at the locked door, the clerk has to decide whether this is just a strange visit, or the kind of story that turns into legend.Told as modern folklore and first-person storytelling, this episode leans into gas station stories, black-eyed kids folklore, forest legends, trucker stories, urban legends, and slow-burn cryptid lore rather than jump scares.

A long-haul driver is alone on a dark two-lane when he notices something pacing his truck in the ditch. When the dogman rises out of the shadows to stare in through his window, the highway becomes a trap he can’t escape.

Dogman in My Rearview is a cinematic horror short from Toom’s Dark Bedtime Stories — a channel for late-night tales of cryptids, folklore, and paranormal encounters.

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Moon Eyed People In The Rock CutCrawling through a tight rock passage on an old Appalachian trail, a solo hiker’s headlamp dies and the stone around him opens its eyes. Dozens of pale, lidless “moon eyed people” stare up from the rock and reach for his boots, trapping him between daylight and something ancient in the ridge. A claustrophobic first person take on Appalachian folklore and cave horror.