KINGSTON, Jamaica — A noted Jamaican pastor has sounded an urgent warning about the ill-effects of playing the creeping game phenomenon Charlie-Charlie Challenge.

Errol Rattray told OBSERVER ONLINE Friday that the game should be taken very seriously, as it may release demonic elements causing the individuals who play the game to become possessed.

He also added that those who are in the environment when the game is being played may also be susceptible to the powers of the demonic elements.

“This is a situation that cannot be solved without supernatural intervention. Dabbling in the unknown opens individuals to the supernatural realm,” Rattray said.

“Young people have inquisitive minds and are very adventurous, so they are easy targets. Parents should be very wary of the places children go and their company,” Rattray advised.

Jamaica and St Lucia have banned the playing of this game in schools and advised that it should not be played at home either.

The ban follows the reported illness of students in St Lucia who played the game, which invokes demons — and reports from teachers in Jamaica of students displaying disruptive behaviour and characteristics of being possessed.

Moya Hinds