[BansheeBill]

More stupid teen behavior that parents have to worry about. There was a FR thread last month about the 10 year old from Idaho who is thought to have died the same way.

[RedBeaconNY]

Ugg... This was a big deal at the Scout camp I went to a couple of years ago. Apparently, it's really funny to knock yourself out by cutting off your oxygen supply. Fortunately, nobody died, but man was it stupid.

[RedBeaconNY]

It was reported that security cameras in her school had caught students playing the ‘‘game'' in the locker rooms.

That right there has the makings of a lawsuit. Stupid stuff happens in locker rooms all the time, but you don't videotape kids changing under ANY circumstances.

[TNdandelion]

What's knew about this? The only thing I see different is there's no evidence the kids are masturbating during the game.

[TNdandelion]

What's knew about this? The only thing I see different is there's no evidence the kids are masturbating during the game.

[Names Ash Housewares]

I remember reading about cans of compressed air being huffed and killing a kid. The kind you clean a computer or small stuff with.
Problem was the "air" coming out had propellant in it that made it heavier then air and it would displace all oxygen in the lungs. I believe that was the jist of the story.

[G Larry]

Somewhere in the 1963/64 time frame a similar thing was going on at our playground.
Hyperventilate, crouch, and hold your breath.
Somehow, word got around that this could damage your heart and the fad went away.

[FortWorthPatriot]

I remember doing this stupid game back when I was in the 5th grade (circa 1973), only we would stand behind the person, bear-hug them around the chest and arms, lift them up and back until they passed out. They would also hold their breath during this "game."

Until I began seeing these recent stories about kids these days doing the same thing, I always thought that it was something stupid only kids in my generation did. It really is strange seeing it happen all over again 32 years later.

Of course, I do not recall hearing any reports of fatalities back then, either. The "novelty", if you will, wore off for me the first time someone did it to me and I banged my forehead on my desk when I passed out. Honestly, I was scared to do it again.

[FortWorthPatriot]

I remember doing this stupid game back when I was in the 5th grade (circa 1973), only we would stand behind the person, bear-hug them around the chest and arms, lift them up and back until they passed out. They would also hold their breath during this "game."

Until I began seeing these recent stories about kids these days doing the same thing, I always thought that it was something stupid only kids in my generation did. It really is strange seeing it happen all over again 32 years later.

Of course, I do not recall hearing any reports of fatalities back then, either. The "novelty", if you will, wore off for me the first time someone did it to me and I banged my forehead on my desk when I passed out. Honestly, I was scared to do it again.

[The Great RJ]

Really nothing new...in my paramedic days it was called auto-erotic asphyxia. I remember one case where a guy hanged himself with a belt from a closet door while wearing his girlfriend's clothes. Saw another strange case where a 9 year old deliberately choked himself with a dog leash with fatal results. All this was more than a decade ago.

[kenth]

Whatever happened to good old fashioned huffing?

[Chode]

i guess just sitting on the floor, hyperventilating and then standing up fast while holding your breath and passing out is just too pa-say nowadays...

[Krankor]

I have a feeling they're leaving out the masturbation part so as not to add embarrassment to the parents' grief. The chin-up bar with the belt around the neck is definitely the stuff of auto-erotic asphyxiation. They're probably leaving out the fact the kid was naked or had no pants on.

[judgeandjury]

Choking game's deadly lure

In most ways, human beings are smarter than animals. But in some ways, animals are smarter than human beings.

[Clemenza]

Anyone remember this Quincy episode?

" I wanna see you CHOOOOKKKKKEEEE!"