While you were enjoying your Memorial Day Weekend relaxing by the pool, millions of other Americans spent their time trying to summon a demon named Charlie.
The “Charlie Charlie Challenge” went viral late last week all across the internet (over 2 million people have used the hashtag #CharlieCharlieChallenge in the last 48 hours). The challenge has people placing two pencils on a piece of paper in the shape of a cross. The words “yes” and “no” are written in boxes outlined by the pencils. Then people ask, “Charlie, Charlie are you here?” in an effort to summon Charlie. Then if the pencil goes toward yes, Charlie is there and you can ask questions…or whatever.
Charlie,Charlie are you here?#Charliecharliechallenge https://t.co/8taLy0LTax
— Salva (@SalvadorRaya) May 25, 2015
So who the hell is Charlie? The urban legend has him as a dead kid who may have died in a car accident or child abuse who now just cruises around answering dumb questions on video to be posted on Instagram, Twitter, and Vine. People also would have you believe the legend started in Mexico, but that is most likely a big, fat lie. (Actually, the whole thing is a big, fat lie…but whatever)
However the hell it started, it sure has become popular:
#charliecharliechallenge no wtf I happened ??? pic.twitter.com/wRcqXCkdHf
— Holly (@Holly_hickman_) May 25, 2015
LMAO SHE FREAKED OUT??#charliecharliechallenge pic.twitter.com/iVsWOvpTCQ
— Riley Curry (@ltsRileyCurry) May 25, 2015
https://instagram.com/p/3HkYilNAKE/
And like everything on the internet, there are also parodies:
https://twitter.com/BestScenees/status/602873597858709504
CRYING ??? #CHARLIECHARLIECHALLENGE pic.twitter.com/wV1iiBir17
— FADE′ (@ComFade) May 26, 2015