The "Choking" Game Makes a Comeback
Grays Harbor County youth injured in choking game
By Sara Jean Green and Susan Gilmore
Seattle Times staff reporters
The same day a Seattle girl died after apparently hanging herself while playing a choking game, a Grays Harbor County boy was admitted to a Tacoma hospital with brain damage after choking himself, fainting and hitting his head in front of a group of middle-school students and teachers.
It is known, especially in middle-school circles, as "the choking game," "the pass-out game," "the tingling game" or "the space monkey." Since April, two Idaho boys, one from North Carolina and another from California have been among a growing number of teens across the country to die after cutting off oxygen to their brains in an apparent attempt to get high.
On Wednesday, Alexandra Maree Berlin, 12, died from asphyxia from hanging by a karate belt around her neck, according to the King County Medical Examiner's Office. Investigators have not determined if her death was an accident or a suicide. [...]
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By Sara Jean Green and Susan Gilmore
Seattle Times staff reporters
The same day a Seattle girl died after apparently hanging herself while playing a choking game, a Grays Harbor County boy was admitted to a Tacoma hospital with brain damage after choking himself, fainting and hitting his head in front of a group of middle-school students and teachers.
It is known, especially in middle-school circles, as "the choking game," "the pass-out game," "the tingling game" or "the space monkey." Since April, two Idaho boys, one from North Carolina and another from California have been among a growing number of teens across the country to die after cutting off oxygen to their brains in an apparent attempt to get high.
On Wednesday, Alexandra Maree Berlin, 12, died from asphyxia from hanging by a karate belt around her neck, according to the King County Medical Examiner's Office. Investigators have not determined if her death was an accident or a suicide. [...]
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posted by Steve Nawojczyk at
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1 Comments:
The Choking Game is more common that we can all imagine. I don't think it is a come back, I believe children are taking more risks. I lost my 12 year old son to this game and we have created a web site for information on the Choking Game.
www.DeadlyGamesChildrenPlay.com
there are other great sites for information also. www.stop-the-choking-game.com and www.StillLovingMyGabriel.com
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