A List of Dangerous Games and Rituals

Hide And Seek Alone

The instructions for playing hide and seek with just one player were posted on a Japanese website and the craze spread so far and wide that the instructions were translated and posted on an English website. Hide And Seek Alone is similar to Dry Bones and The Midnight Game; a spirit (or in the case of Dry Bones, a demon called from the grave) is supposed to find you while you hide from it... but unlike Dry Bones, there is no prize. Just nothing but risks.

PLAYERS

One.

REQUIREMENTS

One stuffed doll with limbs. It is recommended to use a stuffed animal for the doll and not a human or human like doll, as it is possible for the spirit to become stronger in a human doll. It is also not recommended to use a doll you are attached to because this could make the spirit stronger, as well. One sack of uncooked rice. One pair of nail clippers. One sewing needle. One length of red thread. A sharp object such as a knife. The knife should not be used to anger the spirit in the doll once you are ready to play because there is a possibility that it could stab you with it if it finds you. One bathroom with a bathtub.One cup of salt water. One toothpick or a sharpened pencil.One cell phone, set to silent and on the lowest brightness.One television.One hiding place.Incense.

INSTRUCTIONS (PART ONE)

1. Using your knife, cut open the doll and remove the stuffing.

2. Replace the stuffing with the uncooked rice.

3. Trim one of your fingernails and place the nail clipping inside the doll with the rice.

4. Using the needle and red thread, sew the doll shut. Do not snip the ends. Wrap the excess thread around the doll and tie off the ends.

5. Fill the bathtub with water.

6. Purify the room you plan on hiding in with your incense.

7. Once your hiding place has been purified, set up the television in the same room.

8. Place your cup of salt water and your sharp edge (once again, preferably a toothpick or sharpened pencil) in your hiding place.

9. Give the doll a name.

INSTRUCTIONS (PART TWO)

1. Begin at precisely 3:00 AM. Repeat the following words to the doll, using your own name: "[Your Name] is the first it."

2. Go to the bathroom. Place the doll in the bathtub and leave it there.

3. Turn out all of the lights in your house.

4. Go to your hiding place and turn on the television.

5. Close your eyes and count to ten.

6. When you are finished counting, open your eyes and return to the bathroom with your sharp edge and cup of salt water.

7. Remove your doll from the bathtub and say the following words to it, using the doll's name: "I have found you, [Doll's Name]."

8. Use your sharp edge (you can use a knife for this if you're using a toothpick or pencil, but don't stab the doll with the knife) to cut the red thread binding the doll.

9. Say the following phrase to the doll, using its name: "You are the next it, [Doll's Name]."

10. Put the doll back in the bathtub.

11. Quickly return to your hiding spot and do not make any noise.

INSTRUCTIONS (PART THREE)

1. Take a large mouthful of saltwater, but do not swallow it. Keep the saltwater remaining in the cup in your hand.

2. Emerge from your hiding place and go looking for the doll. It may not be in the bathroom where you left it.

3. When you find the doll, pour the remaining saltwater on it and spit the saltwater in your mouth on it as well.

4. Repeat the following phrase to the doll three times: "I win."

INSTRUCTIONS (PART FOUR)

1. Once you have found the doll and you've used your salt water on it, allow it to dry and then burn it and discard the remains.

NOTES

The rice represents the doll's internal organs. Additionally, it serves as bait to attract spirits. The red thread represents blood vessels and seals the spirit inside the doll. Snipping the red thread releases the spirit. DO NOT give the doll your name or name it after anyone you know.DO NOT turn on the lights once the game has begun. DO NOT make any unnecessary noise once the game has begun.DO NOT leave your house. Your cell phone should only be used in case of emergency, so don't go playing on it to pass the time. DO NOT leave your hiding space without your saltwater in your hand or in your mouth when you wish to end the game. Salt acts as a safeguard against spirits and without it, you have no protection. DO NOT leave your hiding place if the doll shows signs of any abnormal behavior. If you must leave, make sure you have your saltwater. DO NOT keep the game going for longer than two hours. DO NOT abort the ritual halfway through. Once you have started, you must go through with the whole ritual.