In the movie, characters have to move about the outside world wearing blindfolds to avoid looking at an unseen monster that forces people to kill themselves. "Honestly I'm almost embarrassed to have to say 'Don't drive with your eyes covered' but you know apparently we do have to say that," Lyman said. Anaya takes three steps forward and kicks the ball, missing his friends face by a few inches. As you creep closer to an object, these lines light up yellow, starting with the ones furthest from the car icon, followed by the closer ones and the beeping noises until you're almost upon the object, at which point all of the lines flash red and the beeps flat-line, warning you to stop. And we just so happened to have a Grand Cherokee like the one used in Bird Box (pictured above) on hand, along with our office's curiously large collection of plastic garbage bins. Jake Paul shows off dangerous stunts for Bird Box challenge Lt. Travis Lyman, Layton Police, said the 17-year-old girl driving the pickup truck was with a 16-year-old boy when she decided to attempt the "Bird Box Challenge" and used a beanie as an impromptu blindfold. YouTube found itself in a similar situation last year, when teens, in the name of online glory, filmed themselves biting into brightly colored liquid laundry-detergent pockets. The movie promotion involved blindfolds and video games, but no dangerous real-world stunts. we tried something similar using night vision, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. The Seattle Times does not append comment threads to stories from wire services such as the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post or Bloomberg News. After 3 strikeouts, i finally came through!!! Blindfolded Driver Crashes While Participating in 'Bird Box' Challenge All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our, Digital That'd help the driver keep better track of where they're pointed, but then, so too would an old-fashioned compass. A video posted by YouTuber Morgan Adams on December 30th, 2018, in which she spent 24 hours blindfolded, gained 2.1 million views within five days (shown below, left). According to cops in Layton, Utah, a 17-year-old teen veered into . pic.twitter.com/4DvYzrmDA2. "Bird Box Challenge while driving predictable result," Layton Police tweeted with photos of the crash. Especially not while driving. Inevitably, somebodys going to do the monumentally stupid thing that is driving while blindfolded, a Colorado State Patrol officer said in a video message last week. We dragged on the brake pedal the entire exercise, slowing the Grand Cherokee. Its unclear whether YouTube has removed similar videos and, if so, how many. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. "Bird Box" challenge: Online meme turns into dangerous game Blindfolded Teen Crashes Car in 'Bird Box' Challenge in Utah - Insider The technique was made famous by the American Daniel Kish, for his ability to navigate by clicking with his mouth and listening to the way the sound bounces off the surfaces around him. In reality, matching the Bird Box driver's performance would require sheer dumb luck or a comfort level higher than ours with inevitable collisions.