CharlieCharlieChallenge - No Ouija

[Paranormalcy]

So this is trending. Two pencils and a pad of paper, a lot like Bloody Mary except it summons a Mexican demon. Perhaps to discuss who your new husband should be now that Zayn has left One Direction.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/charlie-charlie-challenge-twitter-kids-5758543?ICID=FB_mirror_main

[Auntyseptic]

Hmmm, Looks like Harry is my future husband , Anybody know any good life insurance companies?

Edited May 25, 2015 by Cat_From_Hell

[XenoFish]

Might have to try this for the fun of it.

[Auntyseptic]

Might have to try this for the fun of it.

Just keep your hands off my Harry!

[freetoroam]

Is Charlie a Mexican name?

[Auntyseptic]

Is Charlie a Mexican name?

I've heard a lot of Charlie comes from there.

[XenoFish]

Just keep your hands off my Harry!

I just had a picture taken with Harry. Wait maybe that the wrong one.

[Paranormalcy]

I get the idea you all arent' taking this with the grave seriousness it deserves.

But seriously, I had never heard of this before. What is this supposed to do, honestly. How can thousands of people all contact Charlie, if I even believe in that. What a crazy fad.

[freetoroam]

I've heard a lot of Charlie comes from there.

How the heck did that not cross my mind. I think this explains what the curious teens have been up to .

[Skep B]

I literally just read about this thing 10 minutes ago and was gonna post about it to see if anyone else had heard of it. Criminey this got up here quick

[She-ra]

Well I must have been outside planting flowers and I didn't see this posted yesterday.

I also used the search function for "Charlie the demon" and nothing showed up. Weird.

Anyways, I find this hysterical. Some of the spoof ones are crazy...and some of the *real* ones made me laugh so hard. People literally running screaming out of their houses

Too funny.

[She-ra]

I get the idea you all arent' taking this with the grave seriousness it deserves.

But seriously, I had never heard of this before. What is this supposed to do, honestly. How can thousands of people all contact Charlie, if I even believe in that. What a crazy fad.

You would not believe the shear number of teenagers doing this right now. I just *double posted* this topic by mistake - sorry I didn't see this topic- and it's ALL OVER twitter and instagram. Some of the kids are doing funny spoofs but a lot of them are doing serious ones and then freaking out. It's caused quite a stir. Did you see the articles on that Paranormalcy?!?!?!

[+and-then]

Seeking contact with Demons usually means the person is bored and looking for excitement - they want to be scared (safely). All people have that in common I think. But I also think they do it because they don't REALLY believe in Demons. Since I do believe I would never attempt to invite one for coffee - but to each his own.

[Merc14]

The Slender Man is moving the thing around?

Edited May 26, 2015 by Merc14

[Robert1]

I've never heard of this one before. I think it's weird. Is it anything like Bloody Mary?

[djfxw]

This guy should of played George McFly in the Back to the future movies. Whats with the hippie laughs and hyped up sugar rushes?

[theotherguy]

So, did Sr. Charlie just decide to become a demon? Did a new demon spontaneously appear? Why couldn't it have chosen a more impressive name than Charlie? Personally, I'm not sure I could be more skeptical. A poorly balanced pencil seeks a more stable position, and it's called demonic influence. Is Jenga evil, too?

[paperdyer]

How the heck did that not cross my mind. I think this explains what the curious teens have been up to .

BAsis for more than one horror flick.

[Calibeliever]

My cousin's husband's niece's father's brother-in-law's friend told him that his brother's high school mate's uncle tried this once and then he died!!

[Leonardo]

While not suggesting I believe any of this, I do find it quite interesting that the game is popularly referred to as "summoning a demon" - much like ouija also is. Why does a 'spirit' one contacts that is not the Christian, Muslim, Judaic, etc deity automatically have to be labelled a "demon"?

Are all 'spirits' also 'demons'? Does this mean those deities of the various religions are just 'demons' that happen to have a lot of people believe in their existence?

Or is it, of course, simply a case of cultural bias. In any culture where a particular deity/spirit is worshipped, any other deity/spirit must be a "demon" as a matter of course. Our petty tribal psychology is not limited to just 'othering' our fellow human beings, but also all those mental constructs we have built for ourselves.

Edited May 26, 2015 by Leonardo

[ancient astronaut]

I'd rather play the Sophia Vergara are you here game?

[Mentalcase]

I've never heard of this one before. I think it's weird. Is it anything like Bloody Mary?

No, no it's not.

My cousin's husband's niece's father's brother-in-law's friend told him that his brother's high school mate's uncle tried this once and then he died!!

I heard that too. Plus, I just read it on the interwebz. So it must be true.

[YoshiYoshi]

The previous comments are along the lines of satire:"Liek zomg interwebz is haunted 0_o..." Ya ok we get it,You're skeptical of this hoax just as everyone with a shred of common sense is.Get over yourselves.

[UFO_Monster]

I tried it. I asked Charlie that if he was present, if he'd let us know in some way. The pencil landed on "No."

So I can confirm that he wasn't present.

[Kenemet]

Several people who analyzed this say that it works because someone is blowing on the pencils.

That's the way it looks to me, too.