Parents warned about teen Facebook challenge – Game of 72

K_Z said:

Good heavens. Really???

Thank you, Tulessa.

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katydid23 said:

I am now wondering about the recent baffling case of the 12 and 14 yr old middle schoolers, from Venice Beach, Ca, that were gone voluntarily for 2 or 3 days---hiding out---then returned home like nothing happened. :facepalm:

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Tulessa said:

VANCOUVER – Police are warning parents about a teen Facebook challenge making the rounds online. It’s called Game of 72 and it’s a challenge to teenagers on the social network to completely vanish for 72 hours.

They are not to tell anyone where they are and the more mayhem and panic that is caused, the more points that teen is awarded.

The Vancouver Police are worried enough to issue a warning about it.

Const. Brian Montague says in Vancouver alone they get 3,000 to 4,000 missing person’s reports every year, about 10 a day. “So to add to the workload of our obviously very busy investigators, for cases that are a prank or a game, is something we don’t want to see.”

He adds, as far as he knows, they have not had any cases of this game happening in Vancouver.



http://globalnews.ca/news/1984047/p.../?hootPostID=ee5a6195a64db9006180021908d77bf6

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Inthedetails said:

The thing is, vanishing for 72 from SOCIAL MEDIA would be a good challenge.

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Inthedetails said:

The thing is, vanishing for 72 from SOCIAL MEDIA would be a good challenge.

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ilovepierre said:

Yes, but from what I can gather, these teens are not just vanishing from FB/SM for the 72 hours, they're vanishing completely.
And the more panic these teens cause, the more points they get!
They are making a game out of "going missing."

This is not a good trend...

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