LOCATION FILE
Matamoros — the black-eyed man, 1998
FOLLOWMatamoros, Tamaulipas
DIRECTIONS →OVERVIEW
A reported black-eyed-children encounter: youths, usually two or three, with eyes described as entirely black, who ask to be let into a car or house. The legend's earliest dated text is Brian Bethel's post of 27 August 1997 about Abilene, Texas.
HISTORY
A caller to Ground Zero radio, 29 November 2018; Phantoms & Monsters, 4 February 2019.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
HEARSAY. Secondary (radio caller via blog). Adult, not a child. No police report, photograph or independent witness has been found for this or any black-eyed-children encounter. Collected for ODPSI white paper ODPSI-WP-LR-2026-002 (research notes, 14 Nov 2026).
VISITING
A public place; the report itself left nothing to see.
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