Teens up ante with most dangerous TikTok challenge yet

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The latest moronic TikTok challenge could cost participants their life if it spreads to the United States.

Although most of the previous “challenges” posted on the social-media outlet are dangerous, the trespassing challenge could top them all, especially in countries like the U.S., where guns are far more prevalent and homeowners more likely to use them.

The challenge originated with a group of teens filming themselves illegally entering a home in London and confronting the owner of the house. The account that uploaded the original video, captioned with “walking into random houses,” appears to be suspended, according to the New York Post, but the video has gone viral on Reddit and Twitter.

In the video, the teens ignore a woman sweeping up and enter the house through the front door, which is slightly open. The women follows the home invaders inside and calls for the owner to “come to the front door right now,” which he does.

“Is this where the study group is,” the teen recording the intrusion asks the owner, pretending to be confused. The group gets a negative response from the owner James, but boldly enters the living room and sits on the couch.

After James tells them he’s “got kids,” the group of teens leaves the house with the videographer saying, “I thought this was the study group.”

The video drew the ire of many, suggesting teens in the U.S. could get shot pulling a similar prank.

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“Didn’t even have to listen to the video to know this isn’t in America … boys would’ve been dead before they crossed the lawn,” one Reddit commenter said.

“In Florida that gets you killed,” added a different Reddit user, while another suggested someone “try that in Texas.”

A number of people have been shot in recent months for simply going to the wrong house.

In April, Ralph Yarl, 16, was shot in the head by an 83-year-old man after ringing the wrong doorbell while trying to pick up his siblings in Kansas City, Mo.

Earlier this month, a 14-year-old Louisiana girl was shot in the head while playing hide and seek on a 58-year-old man’s property.

Earlier TikTok “challenges” put forward by users include drinking enough Benadryl cough syrup to hallucinate, which could lead to seizures and other medical issues, and a blackout challenge that involves someone choking themselves to the point of passing out, which could be fatal.