Black-eyed children are described as superficially resembling human children or teenagers between the ages of 6 to 16.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent folklore-tracking sources (Wikipedia, Snopes, Penn State, Spooky Isles, Grokipedia) consistently describe the age range and superficial resemblance to human children, confirming this is an accurate representation of the urban legend as commonly told. [tier=silver indep_score=0.812 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Black-eyed children (wikipedia)
- https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/black-eyed-children/ (corroboration)
- https://sites.psu.edu/urbanlegends/2019/03/29/black-eyed-children/ (corroboration)
- https://www.spookyisles.com/who-are-the-black-eyed-children/ (corroboration)
- https://grokipedia.com/page/Black-eyed_children (corroboration)