Michael Ernest Black was 31 when he vanished from Asheville, North Carolina, after an evening at Cowboys Bar on Haywood Road. He was last seen on September 4, 1987, leaving the bar in the company of an unidentified dark-haired white man and a white woman with long dark hair. He wore a blue t-shirt, blue jeans, and black tennis shoes.

Michael, known as Mike, is a white male with blond hair, blue eyes, a mustache, several tattoos (including a snake, a spider, and a star inside a circle on his arms) and multiple scars on his wrists, arms, thigh, abdomen, and back. He did not own a vehicle. He was reported missing to the Asheville Police Department on September 10, 1987, and his case is listed as endangered missing and remains open.

Few concrete leads have emerged and the identities of the two people last seen with him have never been publicly identified. If anyone knew Michael, saw him that night, or has information about the people he left with, please come forward.