The Charlie Charlie challenge first gained notoriety on social media in May 2015, though it was eventually exposed as a promotional stunt for the Warner Studios horror film "La Horca."
This challenge dares participants to confront their deepest fears by attempting to summon a Mexican ghost named Charlie using an improvised Ouija-like board. The ultimate objective is to successfully summon this otherworldly spirit.
A group of Mexican girls reportedly achieved this feat, but Charlie's response was far from benign.
In a disquieting video that surfaced several years ago and has recently resurfaced, these young women appear to be possessed, writhing on a church's concrete floor while uttering curses and screams as onlookers recite verses from the Holy Scriptures.
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The video, filmed in Peru, captures one girl launching an attack from behind on another, only to be restrained by authorities present at the scene. The exorcism ceremony persisted for approximately five harrowing hours without apparent success, after which the girls were transported for medical evaluation.
As the Charlie Charlie challenge continued to captivate the online world, an increasing number of individuals recorded their attempts to summon Charlie.
The rules of this unsettling game are deceptively simple: Arrange two pencils perpendicular to each other on a sheet of paper, inscribing the words "yes" and "no" in each quadrant formed.
Similar to a Ouija board, participants are required to chant, "Charlie, Charlie, can we play?"
If Charlie is indeed present, the pencils will mysteriously move to indicate "yes." To conclude the game, participants must sing, "Charlie, Charlie, can we stop?" before tossing the pencils to the ground, thus severing contact with the spirit; failure to do so risks enduring the ghost's malevolent presence indefinitely, haunting both them and their home.