A 12-year-old girl has died after allegedly taking part in a sick ”choking challenge” or “pass-out challenge” on TikTok on January 13.
Milagros Soto was found dead in her bedroom after filming the whole incident for the online ‘blackout challenge’.
The game is also referred to as the “choking challenge” and the “pass-out challenge”.
The original "Choking Challenge" video that went viral was posted by user @streets.tv on TikTok. The video was posted on August 31, 2019, and has since been viewed over 24 million times. @streets.tv is 28 years old and lives in New York City, New York
The original "Kia Theft" video that went viral was posted by user @jennibrooks on TikTok. The video was posted on August 5, 2020, and has since been viewed over 7 million times. @jennibrooks is19 years old and lives in San Diego, California.
19 year old Marcus Webster, 17 year old Swazine Swindel, 16 year old Kevin Payne and 14 year old Ahjanae Harper were passengers in a stolen Kia driven by a 16 year old boy who lost control of the car and crashed it. The four of them died in the crash.
The original "Orbeez Challenge" video that went viral was posted by user @jordyn.jones on TikTok. The video was posted on May 28, 2020, and has since been viewed over 40 million times. @jordyn.jones is 20 years old. and lives in Los Angeles, California.
The original "Skull Breaker Challenge" video that went viral was posted by user @davidlopezfilms on Tiktok. The video was posted on February 10, 2020, and has since been viewed over 40 million times. @davidlopezfilms is 29 years old and lives in Los Angeles, California.
A 16-year-old girl died because of the prank in December.
A recent video taken at a school in Venezuela, South America, went viral after it showed a boy slamming into the concrete ground after two peers kicked his feet away.
The original "Bird Box Challenge" video that went viral was posted by user @emily_coen on Tiktok. The video was posted on December 24, 2018, and has since been viewed over 3 million times. @emily_coen is is 22 years old and from is from San Francisco, California.
There have been reports of people dying due to attempting the "Bird Box Challenge". For example, in 2019, a 15-year-old girl from the United Kingdom died after attempting to do the challenge when she crossed a busy road while blindfolded. It is important to remember that social media trends can be dangerous and should not be attempted.
The original "Fire Challenge" video that went viral was posted by user @jade_xo on TikTok. The video was posted on April 29, 2021, and has since been viewed over 2 million times. @jade_xo is a she and is 22 years old and from Los Angeles, California
Reports of people dying from the "Fire Challenge" on TikTok include a 14-year-old girl from Texas who suffered severe burns when she attempted the challenge, as well as a 16-year-old boy from Florida who died from his injuries after attempting the challenge. It is important to remember that social media trends can be dangerous and should not be attempted.
I hope the originating posters of these videos have some bad karma coming their way.