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"Set in an abandoned toy factory, Huggy is a villain in the game who stalks the players from vents are unreachable places. Videos of the game are available to watch on YouTube, with other clips dedicated to Huggy in songs.
"One song includes the lyrics 'I could hug you here forever, till you breathe your last breath together."
Chris Conroy, cyber protect officer for Dorset Police said: "There are videos people have made, songs people have made, and it's popping up all over YouTube and Tik Tok using this quite graphic imagery of this bear-like character with razor sharp teeth. It's based around jump scares and things you certainly wouldn't want children exposed to."
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Huggy Wuggy is a character in a puzzle game which sees players attempt to escape their stalking villain in a toy factory. The game is available on platforms such as YouTube and Roblox and contains disturbing content that is unfiltered due to there being no age rating.
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Police said some schools are seeing children recreate a game in the playground with hugging and whispering nasty things in the recipient's ear. A line in one Huggy Wuggy song reads: "I could hug you here forever, til you breathe your last breath together."
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"I was asking him questions about whether he was a goodie, and Harrison was adamant 'no he's a baddie and he kills people'. That was really contradictory for me because I thought 'that can't be right - he's called Huggy Wuggy'.
"He said children at school had been talking about it and one of his friends has been watching it. This weekend we were out shopping and he spotted a boy with the teddy and he said 'that's Huggy Wuggy, look mummy.'
"It was my first glimpse of the physicality of Huggy Wuggy and that prompted me to ask a bit more about him. He told me Huggy Wuggy kills everyone he meets and he's not nice, he's a baddie and he's very mean.
"I believe its accessible on Youtube and it's really frightening that this Huggy Wuggy has snuck in under my radar as a parent and infiltrated my child's mind without me even being aware. Now I feel really silly for not listening more intently to what my son was telling me and realising the violence this character portrays.
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Justine Brown, headteacher at Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School in Walmer, Kent, was among those issuing warnings to parents recently. he said: "We are seeing children recreating a game on the playground with hugging and whispering nasty things.
"It is a very deceiving character, as hugs should be seen as something kind and loving, and because of its cute name, it can infiltrate firewalls and filters. Please be vigilant about what your children are watching."
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