How to Block "Challenge Momo" Videos from Youtube to Protect Young Children : A shocking video revealed a 6-year-old girl describing how she was targeted by the Momo challenge suicide game while watching a Peppa Pig video on YouTube. Momo is the name of the viral challenge and creepy doll-like character with long straggly hair, pale skin and a screwed smile. Bre-Andria Roussell was watching Peppa Pig when Momo appeared on her screen attempting to befriend her. Related articles Momo challenge: How parents should warn children about HORRIFYING game Momo challenge: Police reveal hackers use 'HORRENDOUS GAME' The 6-year-old said: “It was in a YouTube video….She could be in your dreams or she could kill you.” Telling her mother about Momo, she said: “Momo is where you have an app and you can call and text her. “She is going to answer and then hang up then it starts getting freaky. “Then you are going to text her to see ‘if we can be friends’ and she will say ‘yes we can be best friends’ but when you come to her house she is going to actually kill you, and I don’t want that to happen to me, so make sure you stay safe okay.”Momo challenge: Bre-Andria Roussell describes how Momo targeted her (Image: NC) I don’t do that app because I don’t want to get killedBre-Andria Roussell The girl added: “She says when you call her she is going to hang up, and she might call back, you might not answer and stuff gets freaky. “Your lights cut off and cut on and it just gets really really freaky.” Asked if it had happened to her, the 6-year-old said: “No, I don’t do that app because I don’t want to get killed”. Brittany Roussell, shared the video on her Facebook page to raise awareness about the character and it was viewed more than 2000 times. The video has also been shared on TV. There have been reports of the Momo challenge appearing midway through Fortnite, Peppa Pig and other children’s videos. Some parents say their children have been told they will be “killed in their sleep” if they do not contact Momo. The police have advised parents to make sure they know what their children can access online, and to used parental controls to keep their child’s devices. Psychologist Dr Raphi Wald explained how parents can talk to their children about the implications the momo challenge can have on them. The psychologist said: “The way you want to have it is talking about how there are people out there in the world who might try to convince you to do bad things. “And that they might try to convince you to do things that you know you don’t want to do.”
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