A harmful problem on TikTok landed a North Carolina teen within the hospital with severe burns over practically 80 p.c of his disfigured physique.
Grisly photographs of Mason Dark have gone viral after the 16-year-old was dared by a bunch of Tik Tokers to make a torch out of a twig paint can and a lighter.
The TT customers usually meet on-line to create mini flamethrowers, however this time their makeshift undertaking went awry as Dark was engulfed flames after the spray can exploded.
Dark ran to a river close by in Wake Forest and dove inside to place out the flames. When he emerged from the water, he had third diploma burns over 76 p.c over his physique, together with his face.
His mother, Holli, advised native affiliate WRAL News, “He is unrecognizable, unrecognizable.” She additionally stated her son was rushed to a burn heart, the place he has already undergone surgical procedures to obtain pores and skin grafts. He’s anticipated to remain within the hospital for at the very least 6 months.
Holli went on to say the letter “T” was seared into his again as he was taking off his flaming shirt on the river mattress.
She added, “The approach he appeared when these children noticed him when he first got here in, to what he appears like now, it’s 100 occasions completely different.”
Dark is an energetic highschool soccer participant and monitor runner.