Charlie

"Charlie Charlie, are you there?"

- Question asked at the beginning of any Charlie Charlie game.

Charlie is a paranormal urban legend that rose to popularity on the Internet in 2015. Charlie is the vengeful ghost of a young boy who was tragically lost and has returned to haunt and terrorize the world of the living for causing his death.

History
The "Charlie Charlie Challenge", as it was called, was a modern day rendition of the Mexican pen-and-paper game Juego de la Lapicera, which worked in a similar fashion to Magic 8 Balls. Originally described on the internet in 2008, the challenge and the urban legend of Charlie grew in 2014 when YouTuber Le Videoblog uploaded the video "Jugando Charly Charlie" (playing Charly Charlie), in which two men form a rectangle out of six pencils before calling upon a spirit to move the pencils. In 2015, the trend spread via Vine and Twitter, being a Ouija-board style spiritual communication device that contacted a demon/ghost named Charlie.

Biography
The origins of the character of Charlie are unknown, though most variations of the legend state that Charlie's death was either a direct or indirect result of human error or provocation. Some versions state that he committed suicide after being bullied in school, while others state that he was killed in a car crash caused by a distracted driver. Any version of the story states that Charlie is vengeful to humans and blames them for his demise, and will seek vengeance on the guilty and innocent alike.

Some versions of the story state that he is a Spanish deity or demon that works in conjunction with Satan himself, though there is no evidence to support that a demon called Charlie has ever existed in Spanish-speaking cultures and thus is not widely accepted.

To summon Charlie, place two pencils or pens in a "plus" shape on a piece of paper. Write "Yes" and "No" in the corners of the paper, each answer diagonal from its copy. Asking "Charlie Charlie, are you there?" will presumably summon Charlie to you. You can ask yes/no question that he might answer by turning the top pen or pencil to point at his response, or he may wreck havoc and cause paranormal disturbances. The game is reportedly dangerous and potentially even deadly.