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Teen Left Severely Disfigured After
TikTok Challenge Gone Wrong








A North Carolina teenager was taken to the intensive care unit after his attempt to emulate a
viral TikTok trend took a disastrous turn.

Mason Dark, a 16-year-old resident of the idyllic college town of Wake Forest, North Carolina,
was trying to film his take on a viral TikTok challenge in which participants use cans of spray paint
as makeshift flamethrowers.

However, Dark’s effort blew up in his face when, instead of projecting outward to achieve the
desired flamethrower effect, the flame traveled backwards into the can, causing it to explode.

“They all heard a big boom, and then Mason came running out and [he] started taking off his shirt,”
Dark’s mother told WRAL News.

Sources report that Dark then jumped into a river to soothe his burns. This further complicated
the injury, as the risk of infection from the river water is deemed high, adding to Dark’s medical woes.

Before the injury, Dark was a star athlete who competed on Heritage High School’s football team.
Needless to say, Dark is unlikely to play football ever again with the severity of his injuries.

Members of Dark’s family reported that the burns covered 76% of his body. He is currently undergoing
treatment at UNC Burn Center where he is expected to remain for six months.

“The way he looked when those kids saw him when he first came in, to what he looks like now, it’s
100 times different,” Dark’s mother said.

“He’s unrecognizable. Unrecognizable,” she emphasized.

On Wednesday, Dark underwent surgery to get skin grafts, the first step in the long and painful
healing process. He is under sedation on account of the immense pain of his wounds.

The Dark family has organized a GoFundMe campaign to pay for the boy’s medical expenses.
So far, they have raised over $20,000 out of their goal of $25,000.