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The
Blue Whale Game (
Russian: Синий кит,
Siniy kit) also "Blue Whale Challenge", is an
Internet "game" that is claimed to exist in several countries. The game allegedly consists of a series of tasks assigned to players by administrators during a 50-day period, with the final challenge requiring the player to commit
suicide.
[2][1] The term "Blue Whale" comes from the phenomenon of
beached whales, which is linked to suicide.
Blue Whale began in Russia in 2013 with "F57", one of the names of the so-called "death group" of the
VKontakte social network,
[3]and allegedly caused its first suicide in 2015.
[4][5] Philipp Budeikin, a former
psychology student who was expelled from his university, claimed that he invented the game. Budeikin stated that his purpose was to "clean" the society by pushing to suicide those he deemed as having no value.
[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
In Russia in 2016, Blue Whale came into broader use among teenagers after a journalist brought attention to it through an article that linked many unrelated suicide
Kenya
In
Nairobi County, Jamie Njenga, a Form Two student at J. G. Kiereini Secondary School in
Kiambu County, had played the Blue Whale challenge. He committed suicide on 3 May.
[123][124] He hanged himself on the balcony of a hotel owned by his grandfather in the city centre.
[125][126][127][128]
victims to the Blue Whale, creating a wave of
moral panic in Russia.
[13] Later, Budeikin was arrested and pled guilty to "inciting at least 16 teenage girls to commit suicide", leading to Russian
suicide prevention legislation and renewed world-wide concern over the Blue Whale phenomenon.
[11] It has also been linked to other rising self-harm trends, such as "human embroidery" in China.
[14]
Argentina
In
San Juan Province, Argentina, a 14-year-old boy was admitted to intensive care after participating in Blue Whale.
[21][22][23][24][25]
In
La Plata, the grandparents of a 12-year-old girl complained to a police station and expressed concern that she had wounded her arm with a sharp object due to Blue Whale.
[26][27][28]
On 27 June 2017, 16-year-old Benjamín Palavecino died in the
San Martín de Paraná hospital in the province of
Entre Ríos. He had been hospitalized since 31 May 2017, after attempting to complete the final suicide challenge.
[29]
Chile
In the Chilean city of
Antofagasta, a mother reported to the police that her 12-year-old daughter had 15 cuts on her arm that formed the design of a whale.
[86][87][88] After being interviewed by police officers, she confessed that she followed game administrator's instructions while playing this game.
[89][90][91][92]
A 13-year-old girl in
Padre Las Casas played the game along with three other friends. The girl reached the tenth stage, making cuts in her arms.
[93]
An 11-year-old boy in
Temuco accepted an invitation to join the game on
Facebook from an unidentified woman, but declined to participate after being contacted by a profile named "Ballena Azul".
[94]
