CBC News: the fifth estate - The Choking Game

Note: You are viewing the unstyled version of CBC.ca because you can not see our css files, or because you do not have a standards-compliant browser or you are a mobile user.

Aired March 15,
2006 at 9pm
on CBC-TV

COMING SOON: WATCH the fifth estate ONLINE

Watch this story online

(23:43)
(Download Windows Media Player)
REPORTER: Linden MacIntyre
PRODUCER: Morris Karp

WEB EXCLUSIVE: IS YOUR CHILD AT RISK?

Is your child playing the "choking game"? Read the warning signs. MORE

CHOKING GAME WARNING SIGNS

Any suspicious mark on the side of the neck, sometimes hidden by means of a turtleneck, a scarf or a permanently turned-up collar.
Changes in personality, such as overly aggressive or agitated behaviour.
Any kind of strap, a rope or a belt lying about near the child without any reason - questions about such objects are often eluded.
Complaints of headaches, sometimes excruciatingly bad ones, loss of concentration, a flushed face.
Bloodshot eyes or any other noticeable signs of stress on the eyes.
A thud in the bedroom or against a wall - meaning a fall in cases of solitary practices.
Any questions by a child about the effects, sensations or dangers of strangulation.

Choking Game aliases: Blackout, Fainting Game, Space Monkey, Dream Game, Suffocation Roulette, Pass-out Game, Flat liner, California Choke, Space Cowboy, Airplaning, Purple Dragon and many more.

Source: Deadly Games Children Play website

The CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external sites. All links will open in a new browser window.

^TOP