These ten bizarre chilling accounts of black‑eyed children will send shivers down your spine as we travel from English countryside mysteries to eerie American road‑side sightings.
Bizarre Chilling Tales That Defy Explanation
10 Eyed Girl Of Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England
In September 2014, the tabloid The Daily Star splashed front‑page stories about a phantom girl haunting Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. Paranormal investigator Lee Brickley recounted a terrified local woman who heard a scream she presumed was a child in danger. She chased the sound and, after a brief search, spotted a pale girl in white standing behind her, hands covering her eyes as if awaiting a birthday cake.
When the woman asked if the child was okay, the girl removed her hands, revealing eyes that were utterly black—no iris, no white. The woman recoiled, grabbed her own daughter, and when she glanced back, the apparition had vanished.
Brickley added that his aunt had witnessed the same specter three decades earlier in 1982. She recalled hearing a child’s cry, seeing a girl in white, and when she placed a hand on the girl’s shoulder, the eyes were again pitch black before the girl fled.
In April 2015, a drone flying over the fields captured footage that some claim shows a figure matching the description. Medium Christine Hamlett believes she photographed the entity and suggests the child may be a Victorian‑era victim of diphtheria, a disease that can cause a dark, sunken eye appearance.
9 Strange Figures In Courtyard, France, 1974
In 1974, investigators David Weatherly, Joel Mesnard, and Jean Marie Bigorne documented a baffling sighting in the French village of Aisne. While maneuvering their car near a house, drivers Alain G. and Patrick V. peered into the courtyard and saw five diminutive figures—about four feet tall—clad in identical long garments, their hair flowing to the waist.
The most unsettling feature was their solid black eyes. One figure gestured invitingly toward the car, prompting the men to flee the scene. Later attempts to return with more people yielded no trace of the mysterious figures.
A local neighbor corroborated the encounter, recalling that the figures behaved like children playing in the road.
8 US Marine Receives A Knock On His Door
At Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, an unnamed Marine experienced a midnight knock in November 2009. Expecting a roommate, he opened the door to find two small children standing on his porch. Their jet‑black eyes filled him with dread, and an instinctive urge to slam the door shut surged through him.
When he managed to ask what they wanted, the children replied in a monotone voice that it was cold outside and they wished to come in and read. As they stepped forward, the Marine shut the door firmly. The knocking persisted for several minutes, accompanied by a rattling sound from his window, before the children vanished.
Morning inquiries revealed that no one else had observed anything unusual.
7 The Strange Tale Of Kerrie Kisner, North Carolina
Kerrie Kisner, a 20‑year‑old student from Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh, took a detour to the Triangle Town Center mall. While walking to her car, she noticed a pale boy, appearing about twelve, conversing with an older woman. The boy’s eyes were dark rings, his posture rigid and unnatural.
Feeling the surroundings grow sinister, Kerrie hurried toward her vehicle. As she passed, the boy locked eyes with her; his pupils were completely black, like voids. She sensed he could read her thoughts.
She fled, and the boy turned away, never receiving whatever the woman intended to give him.
6 Eyed ‘Ghost’ Caught On Camera, London
Although Catherine Howard was executed at 21 in 1542, folklore claims her child‑like, black‑eyed ghost haunts Hampton Court Palace. Coach driver Trevor Tyre, 45, captured a photo of a spectral figure kneeling on a gallery rail. He didn’t notice the apparition until reviewing the image at home, where a pale girl with black eyes stared back, dressed in a white gown.
Staff at the palace report frequent sightings of the same figure, though it’s unclear whether it’s Howard or an unknown black‑eyed child.
5 Eyed Children Into Her Home
In January 2016, an anonymous woman from Vermont recounted a chilling winter night when a loud knock echoed through her home. Snow‑covered footprints led to the door, but no vehicle was visible. Her husband answered, and two children—roughly eight years old—stood on the porch, shivering in inadequate clothing.
Despite instinctive dread, the woman invited them inside. Her cats hissed, and as she offered cocoa, she noticed their eyes were jet‑black spheres. The children asked to use the bathroom, and soon her husband’s nose began to bleed while the power flickered out.
Suddenly, the children appeared at the hallway’s end, motionless, and whispered, “Our parents are here.” They opened the front door, entered a black car with two suited men, and vanished. In the following months, the husband was diagnosed with aggressive skin cancer, and the woman suffered frequent nosebleeds, which she attributes to that night’s encounter.
4 Harold Meets The Devil, Virginia, 1950
One of the earliest recorded black‑eyed child reports dates to 1950 in Virginia. Sixteen‑year‑old “Harold” was walking home when he noticed a boy leaning against a fence. The boy, silent at first, suddenly demanded, “I want to go to your house. You’re going to walk me up to your house.”
Harold saw the boy’s eyes—pure black, without white or iris. The boy insisted, “Now, don’t you run away from me. You’re going to walk me up to your house.” Overcome with terror, Harold fled, hearing a high‑pitched scream reminiscent of a bobcat.
His parents believed him; his father grabbed a gun to hunt the ominous figure, while his mother thought Harold had encountered the Devil and considered taking him to a priest.
3 Eyed Children Approach Gas Station, Louisiana
In November 2012, a lone gas station in Northeast Louisiana experienced a power outage at 3 a.m. The attendant used his phone as a torch, restored backup lighting, and noticed three children on bikes at the edge of darkness.
Two of them leapt off their bikes and approached the door, staring intently. When the attendant opened the door and asked if they were okay, a young girl requested to use his phone. As she took the handset, the attendant saw her eyes—solid black orbs. She snapped, “I need the real one!” and demanded the landline.
Fear surged; the attendant slammed and locked the door, shouting for the girl to go home. The children lingered at the window a moment longer before riding away into the night. The station’s security cameras had been offline due to the outage, leaving no footage of the encounter.
2 Strange Teenagers In Ohio
In July 2010, an Ohio night‑shift worker known as “Noetic” spotted two black‑eyed teenagers across the street from his data center. The boys stood motionless, staring directly at him.
After finishing his cigarette, Noetic returned inside. Ten minutes later, the intercom buzzed; the boys appeared on the monitor, still silent. One gestured toward the camera, seemingly inviting Noetic outside. When Noetic asked what they wanted, they remained mute.
He later peeked through a one‑way glass and saw their eyes—completely black. He opened the door, and one boy said, “That will not be necessary, sir, we simply need to use your phone, can you let us in?” Noetic refused, threatened to call police, and shut the door.
The boys vanished from the camera’s blind spot, and when police arrived, there was no trace of them.
1 Nightly Smoke Turns Into Strange Sighting, Massachusetts
Jim Stills loved stepping outside for an evening cigar. Over weeks, he noticed a strange boy wandering the street with a stiff gait. The nightly sightings grew unsettling, eventually prompting Stills to stay indoors.
One night, as he opened his front door for a cigarette, the boy stood directly before him, eyes an empty black void. The child demanded, “Let me inside,” causing Stills to sprint back and slam the door shut.
After that night, Stills never ventured out after dark again.