Every so often, the internet opens a portal on a weird new trend. Case in point: the Milk Crate Challenge. You'll find a collection of videos on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter of people stacking milk crates, trying to climb them like a staircase, and taking dangerous falls -- because, believe it or not, piles of milk crates don't make for sound structures.
Before getting banned on TikTok, videos with the hashtag #milkcratechallenge had racked up more than 10 million views, and #cratechallenge had more than 82 million views, before the platform started taking down the clips. Here's what's been going on with the Milk Crate Challenge.
What is the Milk Crate Challenge?
The Milk Crate Challenge involves stacking milk crates in a pyramid of sorts so they form steps. People try to climb up one side and down the other as the stacks get increasingly precarious. When they make a misstep or the physics of the situation just don't hold out, they fall to the ground, usually on top of the toppled crates.
Is anyone getting hurt?
So far it's hard to tell if anyone has gotten seriously injured. Doctors told Today that falls could result in injuries like "broken wrists, shoulder dislocations, ACL and meniscus tears, as well as life-threatening conditions like spinal cord injuries."
On Sunday, Atlanta's WSB-TV reported that a metro Atlanta health worker has seen two injuries from the challenge.
The videos of the falls can be pretty wince-inducing, with people landing on their backs,...
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