In Fortnite there is currently a discussion about the creepy creature Momo. The thing allegedly keeps appearing in videos and causes fear and terror among many children. Parents are also worried. Because the thing urges children to harm themselves.
What is Momo? This creepy creature first appeared in 2018. At that time, a strange number messaged thousands of WhatsApp users and urged them to send the message to 15 other users. If this didn’t happen, the user would die.
For adults, such a chain message is not really taken seriously. But children were indeed frightened.
What Fortnite has to do with Momo
This is why Fortnite is also affected: Some Fortnite players have now reported that this creature appears in videos on YouTube.
It appears during Let’s Plays of Fortnite and interrupts the video.
It probably says: “Hello, I am Momo. Your worst nightmare. I will kill you. At night, I will be in your bed, in the morning you will be dead.
Do you want a surprise? Look me in the eyes. I’m not lying. You will die.
Cut your leg, and you will never meet me. Cut your wrists, and your parents will never see me. Sweet dreams, my dear.”
This is why parents are worried: For adults, it is easy to distinguish between fake and reality. However, many children who watch Fortnite videos may not be able to do so.
Not only Fortnite is affected by these horrible videos. This creature supposedly also appears in the children’s series “Peppa Pig”. This show is primarily aimed at preschoolers.
Many parents have reported that their children came to them completely disturbed. The videos pose a significant danger to children.
What parents report
Child told to shave their head: This topic is particularly big in England. Some children there are affected. The “Sun” reports on a 5-year-old girl who was found by her parents in the bathroom with scissors. Momo allegedly ordered her to shave her head, or she would be hurt.
Child hears creepy noises: A 6-year-old boy is said to have heard creepy noises in a gaming video. Momo supposedly said that one wants to hurt their friends. As a result, the boy could only fall asleep in the presence of his mother and a watchdog.
Many parents, including in Germany, are now in an uproar and are demanding that YouTube remove such videos from the platform.
This is how YouTube reacts to these videos
This is what YouTube says: The video platform takes this issue seriously, but gives parents some reassurance:
After a long review, we have not seen any recent evidence of videos promoting the Momo Challenge on YouTube. Videos that promote harmful and dangerous challenges are clearly against our policies, including the Momo Challenge. Despite press reports about this challenge, we have not received any new links from YouTube that violate our community guidelines.
What does that mean? According to YouTube, there are no more videos on their platform that call on viewers to harm themselves. However, there are still videos that report on this creature and also show images of it. This does not violate YouTube’s policies.
This is how to recognize potential videos: If you watch videos, pay close attention to ensure they are uploaded by the right channel. The videos in which Momo appears are reuploads. The video was usually re-uploaded by a small channel, with the Momo sequence edited in the middle.
In conclusion, we can only hope that this sick challenge will eventually disappear, as it did in 2018 on WhatsApp.
Momo is unlikely to appear in MontanaBlack’s videos:
