Videos of Children Locked in Room With Creepy Laughter Delight Internet

A new trend going viral on social media has the internet in stitches as people lock children in a room as they play a sound clip of creepy laughter.

The original sound was uploaded by a person under the username @solehudin1294, and the scary audio clip has been used in nearly 80,000 videos.

The most popular videos have millions of views and likes, including one uploaded by @fctorreb. Within two days, the video has gained over 1 million likes and 4.8 million views.

Newsweek reached out to @fctorreb for comment.

In the viral trend, people lock their children, siblings or kids they babysit in a room with the sound playing. While most run away from the door screaming and crying, others do the complete opposite.

Many users of TikTok find the videos hilarious.

"I cant [wait] do this to my children," one user commented.

"that was sooo mean... do it again," exclaimed another.

"I swear this trend is better with 2 little siblings or twins," a Tiktok user said.

Another wrote, "[That's] so mean now i wanna do it."

"All these kids bouta share this same experience," one pointed out.

"Parents traumatizing their kids for a tiktok.... Me, Im the parent," another laughed.

One wrote, "i still don't understand why they get so scared it's hilarious."

A user commented, "I shouldn't be laughing."

"i can't wait to be a mom," commented another.

"KEEP THIS TREND GOING," one TikTok user exclaimed.

"i love this trend so much," another user echoed.

One user shared a similar experience to the trend, "my cousins did this to me when i was like 8 after we watched the grudge. core memory [for real]."

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