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Satanic ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ Led to Texas Teen’s Death, Says Father
Breitbart Texas ^ | July 12, 2017 | Bob Price

Posted on 07/12/2017 8:20:48 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The father of a San Antonio, Texas, area teenage boy said his son apparently killed himself while participating in the satanic “Blue Whale Challenge” that is spreading on social media.

After playing the game online, the parents of 15-year-old Isaiah Gonzalez found him hanging in his bedroom. His father, Jorge Gonzalez, wants other parents to know about the dangers of this game that is believed to have originated in Russia, Fox News reported.

“It talks about satanic stuff and stuff like that and my son was never into that,” the teen’s father told KSAT ABC12 in San Antonio. He said his son showed no signs of being involved in anything like this. “We had no signs at all. Isaiah was Isaiah.”

Police in San Antonio told the local ABC affiliate this is the first they have heard about this game. The game reportedly involves online predators who target teens using cellphone apps and chat rooms.

It appears Isaiah live streamed his suicide as part of the game. His parents found his cell phone propped up with a shoe to point it at his final act.

During the game, the victims are challenged to do increasingly dangerous acts. They are said to be threatened with acts of violence against their family if they fail to execute their tasks. The final task is reported to be suicide.

There are 50 daily tasks assigned to the victims, the Washington Post reported. Officials blame the game for deaths all over the world. It is played out in Facebook groups and Instagram, the newspaper reported.

Isaiah’s mother, Angela Cantu-Gonzalez posted a tribute video to her son’s memory on Facebook.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bluewhalechallenge; isaiahgonzalez; localnews; sanantonio; suicide; teens; texas
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
It is played out in Facebook groups and Instagram, the newspaper reported.

And FB does nothing to censor these users or stop these types of 'games'. No responsible parent should allow their child to use Facebook.

21 posted on 07/13/2017 7:21:39 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are...)
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To: EliRoom8; dp0622

My father died when my brother and I were 5 and 2-——she did her best as a single mother,without welfare and foods tamps etc., and you knocked them all.


22 posted on 07/13/2017 8:58:42 AM PDT by Mears
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To: Mears

>>and you knocked them all.<<

Choose to believe that if you wish. The tone and context of my comments on this thread are that modern parents shirk their responsibility of mentoring and guiding their children. What is especially galling are the liberated women who choose to have a child without a father’s influence. Zero forethought on what kind of a father this man will make. There are so many single mothers who simply look forward to pushing that baby in a carriage and chatting it up with other single mothers. And letting mom and dad know that they’re finally grandparents.
It’s FUN for five years!!! Then the kids pretty much take care of themselves.
Disaster (suicide) hits and the parents fail to see their own delinquent role and blame it on the internet or video games. Now the crusade begins.


23 posted on 07/13/2017 9:48:42 AM PDT by EliRoom8
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They then get older and then you get “OMG what happened!” from the parents.

There are no perfect children and there are no perfect parents.........

24 posted on 07/13/2017 9:55:55 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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