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creatures that resemble children and teenagers,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Pallor" title="Pallor">pale skin</a> and black eyes, who are reportedly seen <a href="/wiki/Hitchhiking" title="Hitchhiking">hitchhiking</a> or <a href="/wiki/Begging" title="Begging">begging</a>, or are encountered on doorsteps of residential homes.<sup id="cite_ref-DailyDot_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyDot-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-randi.org_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-randi.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black-eyed_children&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While <a href="/wiki/Tabloid_journalism" title="Tabloid journalism">tabloid</a> coverage of these creatures has claimed that tales of black-eyed children have existed since the 1980s,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> most sources indicate that the legend originated from 1996 postings written by Texas reporter Brian Bethel on a "ghost-related mailing list," relating two alleged encounters with "black-eyed kids." Bethel describes encountering two such children in <a href="/wiki/Abilene,_Texas" title="Abilene, Texas">Abilene, Texas</a> in 1996,<sup id="cite_ref-bethel_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bethel-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and claims that a second person had a similar, unrelated encounter in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bethel's stories have a become regarded as classic examples of <a href="/wiki/Creepypasta" title="Creepypasta">creepypasta</a>, and gained such popularity that he published a <a href="/wiki/FAQ" title="FAQ">FAQ</a> "just to keep up with demand for more info about the new urban legend."<sup id="cite_ref-DailyDot_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyDot-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, Brian Bethel told his story on reality TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Monsters_and_Mysteries_in_America" title="Monsters and Mysteries in America">Monsters and Mysteries in America</a></i>. He wrote a follow-up article for the Abilene Reporter News, describing his experience and maintaining his belief that it was legitimate.<sup id="cite_ref-bethel_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bethel-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, the horror film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Haunting_of_Sunshine_Girl#Sunhine_Girl_and_the_Hunt_for_Black_Eyed_Kids" title="The Haunting of Sunshine Girl">Black Eyed Kids</a></i> was produced with <a href="/wiki/Kickstarter" title="Kickstarter">Kickstarter</a> funding, its director commenting that the creepy children were "an urban legend that's been floating around on the Internet for years now, I always thought it was fascinating."<sup id="cite_ref-Columbian_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Columbian-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2013 episode of <a href="/wiki/MSN" title="MSN">MSN</a>'s <i>Weekly Strange</i> that featured reports of black-eyed children is thought to have helped spread the legend on the internet.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During one week in September 2014, the tabloid <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Star_(United_Kingdom)" title="Daily Star (United Kingdom)">Daily Star</a></i> ran three sensationalistic front-page stories about alleged sightings of black-eyed children, connected to the sale of a supposedly <a href="/wiki/Haunted_house" title="Haunted house">haunted</a> pub in <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The paper claimed a "shock rise in sightings around the world". Alleged sightings are taken seriously by <a href="/wiki/Ghost_hunting" title="Ghost hunting">ghost hunters</a>, some of whom believe black-eyed children to be <a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life" title="Extraterrestrial life">extraterrestrials</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vampire" title="Vampire">vampires</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Ghost" title="Ghost">ghosts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Science writer <a href="/wiki/Sharon_A._Hill" title="Sharon A. Hill">Sharon A. Hill</a> was unable to find any documentation of black-eyed child encounters, concluding that the tales are passed on as "friend of a friend" <a href="/wiki/Ghost_story" title="Ghost story">ghost stories</a>. Hill considers the legend to resemble "typical spooky folklore stories" such as the <a href="/wiki/Black_dog_(ghost)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black dog (ghost)">phantom black dog</a>, where the subject is not supernatural, and there may never have been an actual original encounter.<sup id="cite_ref-randi.org_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-randi.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Snopes" title="Snopes">Snopes</a> rates tales of black-eyed children as a legend, and cites an <a href="/wiki/Inquisitr" title="Inquisitr">Inquisitr</a> article that advised readers to "(f)ile black eyed children under the same heading as 'bigfoot'. Believe it if you like, but realize that there is no evidence of their existence, just subjective testimony that ranges from reasonable to suspiciously fame-whoring".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black-eyed_children&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_oil_(The_X-Files)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black oil (The X-Files)">Black oil (The X-Files)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Men_In_Black" class="mw-redirect" title="Men In Black">Men In Black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_urban_legends" title="List of urban legends">List of urban legends</a></li></ul> <div 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