NATIONAL NEWS - The following article, about the new "Charlie Charlie" game being played in schools across South Africa is by the Caxton publication, Ladysmith Gazette.

 

While we have absolutely no proof the “Charlie Charlie” game is being played in Ladysmith schools, several high school children we spoke to all admitted having heard of the game. As a parent, we feel you have a right to know about the game.

We tested the game for several hours without results and frankly, it is very easy to pull off. With the slightest breeze, the pencils will move. We eventually used a straw to fool a few colleagues.

Now we, for one, are not going to rule out supernatural forces, but see the video below on how they made the pencils move very realistically without “Charlie’s” help.

Also, take note of how they arranged lighting and stage-managed the viewer into creating the correct mood to make the whole pencil game not only believable, but scary.

At the end, they debunk the whole thing. A good video to have your children watch if you feel they may have been exposed to the game at school and are disturbed by it.

The sad thing is that there are a lot of impressionable people out there and even with a sound explanation, it can still be very freaky…