The Midnight Man Game INSTRUCTIONS (Warning – play this at your own risk)
“The Midnight Game” is an old pagan ritual used mainly as punishment for those who have broken the laws of a pagan religion.
While it is mainly used as a scare tactic to not disobey the gods, there is still a very real chance of death to those who play the Midnight Game. There’s an even higher chance of permanent mental scarring. It is highly recommended that you DO NOT play the Midnight Game.
However, for those few thrill seekers searching for a rush or those delving into obscure occult rituals, these are the simple instructions on how to play. Do so at your own risk.
INSTRUCTIONS
PREREQUISITES: It must be exactly 12:00AM when you begin performing the ritual, otherwise it will not work. The materials required include a candle, a wooden door, at least one drop of your own blood, a piece of paper, matches or a lighter, and salt. If you are playing with multiple people, they will all need their own of the aforementioned materials and will have to perform the steps below separately.
Write your full name (first, middle, and last) on a piece of paper and put at least one drop of blood on the same paper. Allow it to soak in.
Turn off all the lights in the house. Go to your door and place the paper with your name in front of it. Take the candle and light it. Afterward, place the candle on top of the paper with your name.
Knock on your own door 22 times (the hour MUST be 12:00AM upon the final knock), then open the door, blow out the candle, and close the door. You have just allowed the “Midnight Man” into your home.
Immediately relight your candle.
This is where the game begins. You must now lurk around your completely dark house with the lit candle in hand. Your goal is to avoid the Midnight Man at all costs until exactly 3:33AM.
Should your candle ever go out, it is because the Midnight Man is near you. You must relight your candle within the next ten seconds. If you are unsuccessful in relighting the candle, you must immediately surround yourself with a circle of salt.
If you are unsuccessful in both of these, the Midnight Man will induce a hallucination of your greatest fear until 3:33AM. If you are successful in relighting the candle, you may proceed. If you are successful in creating the circle of salt, you must remain within the circle until 3:33AM.
You must continue until 3:33AM without being attacked by the Midnight Man or being trapped within the circle of salt to win the Midnight Game. The Midnight Man will leave at 3:33AM and you will be safe to proceed with your morning.
Staying in one spot the entire game will only result in the Midnight Man finding you. It is highly advised you continue moving throughout the game.
DO NOT turn on any lights during the Midnight Game.
DO NOT use a flashlight during the Midnight Game.
DO NOT go to sleep during the Midnight Game.
DO NOT use another person’s blood on your name.
DO NOT use a lighter to substitute for a candle. It will not work.
DEFINITELY DO NOT attempt to provoke the Midnight Man in ANY WAY.
That is all. Have fun.
Source: http://inuscreepystuff.blogspot.com.au/2010/08/midnight-game-instructions.html
More Reading: http://www.scaryforkids.com/midnight-game/
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Can a person who is not playing be in the house of the person who is playing and just observe? Or will they need a ring of salt? The salt will protect you? So can you start out the game with a ring of salt around you?
I believe it’s essential that all present must play.
they can do anything they want in the house aslong as they didnt take place in the ritual they are fine
The rules on other sites say “you are suppose to LIGHT your candle first, THEN knock 22 times at midnight” After that, open the door, blow out the candle, close the door, relight the candle, and enter the door.
I think nothing happened cuz u didn’t follow the rules exactly.
This makes absolutely no sense ritually speaking. For example- if it has to be done precisely at midnight, does it matter if its daylight savings time? Do you need absolute astronomical midnight or will a general midnight in that time zone be good enough? If it is to punish people for lacking respect for the Pagan gods, then why does the ritual require you to do this to yourself? What happens if you just up and leave the house instead of sneaking around inside it? And what’s up with the 22 knocks? That number doesn’t have any particular significance in any Pagan tradition I’m aware of. And speaking of numbers, what’s up with 3:33 in the morning? You do realize that most people in the Middle Ages didn’t have the ability to tell time with enough precision to make that time meaningful either? Likewise the ability to measure 10 seconds didn’t really happen either. I’m pretty sure this was invented within the last 20 years specifically to give tweens at slumber parties an excuse to sneak around the house late at night and scare the heck out of each other . Rest assured that the only thing you’ll summon if you play this little ‘game’ is your parent’s wrath for leaving piles of salt all over the house and making too much noise.
If you are so sure of it being a hoax, why don’t you try it?
Really Karen does it matter
@Karen
According to the Chaldean numerology system, 22 is symbolized by a ” a Good Man blinded by the folly of others, with a knapsack on his back full of Arrows”. In this picture he appears to offer no defense against a ferocious tiger which is attacking him. It is a warning number of illusion and delusion, a good person who lives in a fool’s paradise; a dreamer of dreams who awakens only when surrounded by danger. It is also a number of false judgment owing to the influence of others.As a number in connection with future events, it is a warning and its meaning should be carefully noted.
The punishment is that the offender must do the ritual him/herself.
Leaving the house is not an option because it would give an unfair advantage to the participant(s), and also because the Midnight Man would have to remain alone until 3:33 am in your house. If you think about it for a moment, this would be an undesirable element.
It is commonly accepted that the hour of midnight is determined by local time–EST, CST, etc. If your time zone is in Daylight Saving Time, add or subtract one hour as necessary. This is because DST did not exist in ancient times, so it cannot be used in calculating time.
In the base 10 system, where all numbers are represented by ten distinct forms (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9), nine is the final number. As such, it becomes a limit, a bound, or the ultimate attainment. The Greeks called “nine” the horizon, where the Ennead, or the nothing/void lay beyond. Expressions such as “a cat has nine lives”, a “cat-o’-nine-tails”, “the whole nine yards”, “cloud nine”, “dressed to the nines”, “a stitch in time saves nine”, and “possession is nine point (or nine-tenths) of the law” are all variations of the concept of the ninth level being the nth degree, the highest level, or the maximum possibility.
Ancient and modern traditions are replete with ninefold symbolism. The Norse God Odin, ruler of the 9 Norse worlds, hung 9 days on the world axis or Yggdrasil tree to win the secrets of wisdom for mankind. In Scandinavia, 9 day fertility feasts were held every 9 years. There were 9 Norse giantesses, who strode 9 paces at a time and lived at the edge of the sea and land. The city of Troy in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey was besieged for 9 years, while Odysseus wandered for 9 more years in trying to return home. The Greek goddess, Demeter, was depicted with 9 ears of wheat and searched 9 days for her daughter Persephone. The birth of Apollo and Artemis by Leto took 9 days and nights.
For more about the number 9: http://www.halexandria.org/dward091.htm
Obviously, 9 is used because of its mystical properties. What matters most here is the concept of 9, as opposed to technical accuracy.
All of this information, and more, is easily available with a bit of searching.
The Number 22 is in the bible said to be (Disorder and Chaos)
My friends wanna do this game at our sleep over next year but im worried that something bad might happen can someone please tell me what to do!
so, what does happen if you leave your house orrrrrrr turn on the lights?
He will appear over the internet
Wtf?! What the fucking black jacket,holly shit with you amatur artists.shit helps you.
what happens if you fall asleep while playing the game?…. and what happens if you play with a flashlight? will it still work?