Modern American urban legend tells of Black-Eyed Children—mysterious youths with pale skin and completely black eyes who appear at night, often knocking on car windows or homes, asking to be let in. The first widely circulated case came from Abilene, Texas, in 1996, Since then sightings have spread across the U.S., with witnesses reporting feelings of terror, electronic disturbances, and the children vanished without trace. The phenomenon has become one of America’s most chilling contemporary paranormal mysteries.