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9.one man hide and seek

The Most Dangerous Games: One-Man Hide and Seek

Instructions for how to play a version of first began appearing on Japanese horror bulletin boards during the summer of 2007. The craze spread quickly in Japan; the instructions were copied, and pasted, and copied again on site after site, and YouTubers began uploading videos documenting their experiences playing it.

It wasn't until the fall of 2008 that instructions for appeared on an English language site... but perhaps it would have better for everyone if it hadn't been translated at all.

As always, play at your own risk.

Players:

1 principal

Requirements:

1 stuffed doll with limbs1 sack of uncooked rice1 pair of nail clippers1 needle1 length of red thread1 sharp edge such as a knife or pair of scissors1 bathroom with bathtub1 cup of salt water1 television1 hiding placeIncense or ofuda

Instructions:

The Prelude:

Using your sharp edge, cut open the doll. Remove the stuffing.Replace the stuffing with dry, uncooked rice. Clip off a piece of your fingernail and place it inside the doll with the rice.Using the needle and red thread, stitch the doll closed. Without snipping the thread, take the remaining length, wrap it around the doll, and tie off the ends.Fill the bathtub with water.Purify the room in which your hiding place is located with the incense or ofuda. Once it has been purified, set up the television in the same room. Place the cup of salt water and the sharp edge inside the hiding place.Name the doll.

The Main Event:

Begin at precisely 3am. Repeat the following phrase to the doll three times, filling in your own name where appropriate: "[Your Name] is the first it."Go to the bathroom. Submerge the doll in the bathtub and leave it there.Turn out all the lights in your house.Go to your hiding place and switch on the television. Close your eyes and count to ten.When you have finished counting, open your eyes, retrieve your sharp edge, and return to the bathroom.Remove the doll from the bathtub and say the following phrase to it, filling in the doll's name where appropriate: "I have found you, [Doll's Name]." Use your sharp edge to cut the red thread binding the doll.Say the following phrase to the doll, filling in the doll's name where appropriate: "You are the next it, [Doll's Name]." Then return the doll to the bathtub.Quickly return to your hiding place. Remain as silent as possible.

The Ending:

Take a large mouthful of salt water. Do not swallow it; hold it in your mouth. Keep the cup containing the rest of the salt water in your hand.Emerge from your hiding place and begin looking for the doll. NOTE: The doll may not necessarily be in the bathroom where you left it.When you find the doll, pour the remaining salt water in the cup over it. Expectorate the salt water in your mouth over the doll as well.Repeat the following phrase to the doll three times: "I win."

The Postscript:

Once the game has been completed, allow the doll to dry, then burn it and discard the remains.

Additional Notes:

The rice represents the doll's internal organs. Additionally, it serves as bait to attract spirits.

The red thread represents a blood vessel and seals whatever spirits you might have attracted inside the doll. Snipping the thread in the Main Event: step 6 releases the spirits.

When naming your doll, do NOT give it your own name. It is also advisable to avoid giving it the name of anyone you know.

Once the game has begun, do NOT do any of the following things until it has been completed:

Turn on the lights.Lock any doors, including the front or back doorsMake unnecessary noise.Leave your house.

It is not generally advisable to emerge from your hiding place in the Ending: step 2 without both holding the salt water in your mouth and carrying the cup with the remaining salt water in your hand; should anything have found its way into your home during the course of the game, they will act as safeguards and protect you from any harm your visitor or visitors may attempt to inflict upon you. The purpose of the television is to alert you to the presence of these potential visitors. Should it begin to display abnormal behavior, do NOT, under ANY circumstance, leave your hiding place without the salt water.

Do not allow the game to go on for longer than two hours.

Once it has been started, the game MUST be played through to completion. Do NOT attempt to abandon it partway through. To do so would result in disaster.

As I looked this up, I figured out that it has a lot of different names such as Hitori Kakurenbo, Hide and Seek Alone, The 3 AM Overnight Challenge- but it all is the same game with the same objective. This originated from Japan and became quite famous with the help of the internet spreading it around. In this game, you are trying to play hide and seek with a possessed doll. I know it sounds crazy and strange, but bear with me hereTo play, the person gets a doll, and follow the rules and guidelines to try and have a spirit possess the doll. This is so the doll can "play the game" with them. In many of the reports about the game, the summoning part doesn't work and the doll doesn't do anything. In a few reports, however, they state that the doll is found in other parts of the house, or goes entirely missing. There have been accounts of strange events happening during the game, such as the doll moving, doors shutting, and feeling as if they're being touched. And if they get caught by the doll, it will apparently stab them. This is because, as a part of the game, the player has to stab the doll with an object to anger the spirit. In some different versions of the game, it says that the doll will try and kill you as soon as it sees you, instead of giving one simple stab.I've watched some videos of people playing it, and I have to admit, even though it isn't real, it definitely is a terrifying game to play. You hide in a small spot at 3 in the morning, waiting and listening to find out if a demonic doll is looking for you. You also have to turn on your television to static and stare at it, which is unsettling and creepy to do. I'd recommend that people shouldn't really play this game, but if you do, please use caution and know what you're doing. The game rules are in the external link below, so click on that if you want to look into it more!