Kids damage Lehigh Acres garage door in social media ‘door kick challenge’ stunt caught on cam
By Jaylen Baron
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LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (WBBH) — Kristina Schanz was startled by an unexpected surprise when a group of kids participated in a social media “challenge” by body-slamming into her garage door at her home on 43rd Street West.
“I’m going to lose my mind,” Schanz said, describing her reaction to the incident, which occurred right before dinner. Security cameras captured the scene as a white SUV rolled up with its doors open for a quick escape, and several kids ran up to her home and slammed into the garage door.
“I turned around and saw my door, and I was like, you’ve got to be kidding me. So terrible victim of, you know, young kids playing the TikTok trend,” Schanz said, expressing disbelief at the loud bang created by the body slams.
The trend has been seen circulating on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts and more.
Schanz emphasized the difference between harmless trends like dancing or singing and those that involve property damage.
“When it comes to doing something harmless like dancing or singing or doing those types of trends versus somebody actually enforcing property damage or going out to someone’s private property, you know, parents should be vigilant of what their children are doing when they’re at school, outside of school,” she said.
Schanz expressed concern that this trend could lead to more severe consequences than just a dented garage door, noting the potential danger with many people owning guns.
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