October 2017
THE BLUE WHALE CHALLENGE -
A GAME DESIGNED TO KILL!
(A wake-up call to the Parents!)
The 'Blue Whale' game is a twisted online challenge
that aims to goad vulnerable youngsters into taking their
own lives. The vicious viral game is spreading online via
social media. The challenge of suicide attempts is more
vulnerable than suicide itself. 'Blue Whale' game is one of its
kind. It is said to involve 50 challenges which are monitored
by a curator. They include watching horror movies and
inflicting self-harm. The players are expected to take photos
of themselves undertaking the challenge and upload them as
proof for the curator's approval. The last challenge is to
commit suicide. In every step there is a challenge to get a
NDE - 'Near Death Experience.' It is also a place of no return.
The first victim who was from Tamil Nadu who fell in this
evil pit writes like this - “You can enter once but cannot
quit.” Even Judas fell into the same pit - “Then Judas threw
the silver coins down in the Temple and went out and hanged
himself” ( Mat 27:5).
A Siberian court sentenced the 22-year-old Russian
creator of the game, FilippBudeykin to three years in jail for
inciting Russian youths to kill themselves. In an interview
FilippBudeykin was asked if he really pushed teenagers to
suicide intentionally - “Yes”, he said. “I truly was doing
that. Don't worry, you'll understand everything. Everyone
will understand”, he added, cryptically. Budeikin studied
sound engineering and psychology for three years until he
was expelled. He had confessed that his mother and older
brother hit him while he was growing up. He also stated that
he was suffering from bipolar depression.
It is always a surprise to see things that are affecting
the lives of today's youth in an extreme way. The fact that
this game is designed to kill makes us shudder to
comprehend what kind of world we are living in. We can
never deny about the e