From Gimmett, this is Repiall, I'm PJ Poe.

Live from the news station, this is Seven News at Seven.

A highly disturbing internet challenge is daring children to do dangerous things, including

attempting suicide.

This is called the Momo Challenge.

So if you're not a parent with small children, it's possible that you haven't heard of Momo.

In that case, what you need to know is that she is a new internet boogie man and she is

scaring parents everywhere.

This terrifying face is circulating the web.

This is Momo with bulging eyes, chilling smile, and jet-black hair on a bird's body.

The Screacher Momo is supposedly killing children over the internet.

In one version of the story, Momo messages her kid, gets them to do an escalating series

of dares, and in the final one, she tells them to commit suicide.

In the other, Momo just tells your kid to commit suicide after suddenly appearing in the

middle of an otherwise normal YouTube video.

The Palm Beach County School District is taking action to keep your kids safe.

They're temporarily blocking YouTube after the Momo Challenge is causing big concern.

So the good news is that very little of this story seems to actually be true.

The image of the person who's supposed to be called Momo is actually the snapshot of

a random Japanese special effects culture called Motherbird, and the idea that Momo has

appeared in videos telling kids to kill themselves, or even that any kids have died or been harmed,

there's no actual evidence of this.

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