Facebook game encourages kids to go missing. Or does it?
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Ok has anyone heard of the 72-hour challenge?? Teens or young adults apparently go missing for 3 days *on purpose* to worry their families. Crazy!! I can't imagine the pain that would cause.
Posted by Kathy Sweeney KFVS on Monday, June 15, 2015
According to Snopes.com, the story is false.
Snopes has discovered claims of the game started back in April, after The Daily Mail published a case in which a 13-year-old girl was missing. But digging deeper, the original article, cited by The Daily Mail, stated that the "game" was probably a hoax and that police were not able to find any trace of a real plot, only shares from panicked parents. "The Daily Mail" made no mention of the, in Snope's words, urban legend aspect.
Parents need to be aware of a new "game" traveling around social media involving children daring each other to vanish...
Posted by Revere Police on Friday, May 1, 2015
But as Snopes found out, there is no evidence that the game is real and that kids are actually taking part.
