WTF! 11 YEAR OLD BOY DIES PLAYING THE PASS OUT GAME ON FACEBOOK!

An 11-year-old Michigan boy died on Sunday after his parents said he suffocated while playing a dangerous game called "pass out" that has become popular among teenagers.

Brandon Stine, of Westland, Mich., near Detroit, was found dead in his bedroom, and his parents said they suspect he was playing a game in which people intentionally deprive themselves of oxygen in order to get a quick buzz upon waking up.

The game, known alternatively as "the fainting game," "tap out," "hangman," "elevator," and "blackout," is often played by groups of teens who partner up and cause each other to lose consciousness by choking or other means, but can also be played alone.

Investigators who searched Stine's Facebook page said there was evidence that he had played the game before.

His mother, Jenny Stine, told Fox News Detroit that she had pleaded with her son not to play the game and that he had told her, "Mom, I would never do anything that stupid."

"I just thought we would be best friends forever and he'd always be there for me, and I just never thought in a million years something like this would happen," the boy's father, Brian Stine, told Fox.

The game, which some call an age-old teen ritual, has been receiving increased media attention in recent years as teens, college students and other young people have begun posting pictures and videos of themselves playing it YouTube and Facebook.

The website of The Dangerous Behaviors Foundation, a nonprofit organization that tries to educate parents about risky behavior among teens, said there were 26 reported deaths, mostly teens, due to the "pass out" game in the U.S. this year as of late October.

Since 2007, 183 people have died, according to the foundation.

Jenny Stine said she and her family were urging parents to talk to their children about the game and check their children's phones, social media and email accounts for any evidence that they might be playing it.

"You need to talk to your kids over and over again, and check on them constantly and look for signs," Jenny Stine told Fox.



MAYBE I'M GETTING OLD BUT I NEVER HEARD OF NO SH!T LIKE THAT! I HAVE A 10 YEAR OLD & COULDN'T IMAGINE THAT SH!T HAPPENING! IF I CAUGHT MY KID ON YOUTUBE OR FACEBOOK DOING THAT! I WOULD BEAT THE SH!T OUT OF HIM! LOL! IT'S CALLED TOUGH LOVE!!!!


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