Eyes — Horror

Do not open them again.

The previous six patients are still clinically alive. Their bodies are eating, breathing, walking. They are pleasant. They have learned to blink on cue. But their irises have changed color to a shade of blue not found in the human spectrum. When they smile, they do so with their teeth first, and their eyes second. Do not trust a patient whose sclera is too white. Do not trust a patient whose gaze feels like a hand on the back of your neck. And whatever you do—do not look into the ophthalmoscope when the room is empty. eyes horror

This report details a novel and highly disturbing ophthalmologic phenomenon observed in six patients over an eighteen-month period. Initially presenting as routine visual fatigue or "floaters," each case rapidly progressed to Stage IV: complete loss of oculomotor control and subsequent systemic involvement. Unlike known pathologies such as tonic pupil or Adie syndrome, these cases share a common, inexplicable etiology: the patients’ eyes appear to be watching something that is not physically present. Do not open them again

If you are reading this and notice, for even a moment, that your pupil does not contract symmetrically, or that your mirror image blinks a millisecond too late, close your eyes immediately. They are pleasant

The Journal of Ophthalmic Anomalies (Vol. 89, Issue 2) Submitted by: Dr. Elara Vance, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology, St. Jude’s Hospital

Seek a darkened room. Wait for the sensation of weight behind your retinas to subside. If it does not—if you begin to hear that rustling sound—then understand that you are no longer the observer.

Case Report 734-B: Idiopathic Pupillary Reflex Syndrome