- Nickolas Conrad, 15, was at a sleepover in Little Rock, Arkansas, with six of his friends when they decided to do the ‘hot water challenge’
- He woke up screaming and crying and suffered first and second degree burns
- Police are looking into the incident but no charges have been filed
- The challenge already killed an eight-year-old girl in Florida
A boy suffered severe burns after his friends threw boiling water on him while he slept.
Nickolas Conrad, 15, was at a sleepover with six of his pals when they decided to do the ‘hot water challenge’.
‘I felt this really bad burning on my neck and when I woke up and I started screaming and crying,’ he told KTHV.
The high school student suffered first and second degree burns on a large portion of his neck.
‘It was the worst pain of my life,’ he said. ‘They’re not my friends anymore and they’re not going to be.’
Nickolas Conrad, 15, was at a sleepover with his friends when they decided to throw boiling water on him as part of the ‘hot water challenge’
Nickolas suffered first and second degree burns on a large portion of his neck
Nickolas’s mom, Mickey, is pictured bandaging his wound
His mom, Mickey Conrad, is still in shock.
‘I thought it had been an accident but when I found out it was deliberate, it’s so concerning,’ she said.
She’s urging parents to warn their kids of the dangers of recreating challenges from the internet.
‘Don’t ever say: “My child won’t do that,” and educate them,’ she said.
The Sherwood Police Department said they’re doing what they can to make sure kids are informed about the consequences of this challenge.
Police are still looking into the incident but no charges have been filed yet.
The adults at the house where the incident took place were asleep and say they were unaware of what was going on.
Nickolas said he woke up when the boiling water hit him and started screaming and crying
Nickolas is no longer friends with the boys who threw water on him while he was sleeping
America’s latest dangerous craze: The ‘Hot Water Challenge’
To participate in the ‘Hot Water Challenge’ one must take a container of boiling water and throw it on an unsuspecting person or drink it.
YouTube videos demonstrate how the challenge is carried out. The water takes just seconds to cause third degree burns when it reaches 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
The challenge is popular among U.S. teens. It follows in the footsteps of other trends like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge and the Floor is Lava Challenge.
The cruel challenge has already claimed the life of eight-year-old Ki’ari Pope in Florida in March.
Pope’s cousin dared her to drink boiling water through a straw.
She received a tracheotomy that left her deaf and with chronic respiratory problems. She died in early August.
An 11-year-old was hospitalized in NYC in August after friends threw hot water on her while she was sleeping.
Ki’ari Pope drank boiling water through a straw in March as part of the hot water challenge. She died after months in the hospital