The elevator game

The elevator or elevator game is an urban legend that has become extremely popular among YouTube and Reddit users. This practice has its origin in Korea and the general objective of this ritual is to enter another dimension if you press the elevator buttons in a specific order.

## How to play the elevator game

This ritual consists of, through an elevator, traveling to hell, an alternate world or the same building completely in the dark with terrifying sounds and things... In order to play, follow these steps: First go to a place where the elevator is not so frequented by people, this elevator must have 10 floors or more. 2-Once you find this elevator, write down the following, you must take the elevator on the 1st floor, after this press the button for the 4th floor, and once the elevator takes you there, go down again but this time to the 2nd floor When you get to the 2nd floor, press the 6th floor button, and when you get there, go back to the 2nd floor again. When you're there, press the 10th floor button. While on the 10th floor, press the button for the 5th floor. At this point, press the button for the 1st floor, but if instead of taking you to the first floor it takes you to the 10th floor, you have done everything correctly and only you know what happens while there.

## Instructions to go to the other world

Enter the building and get on the 1st floor elevator alone. You should not continue if you are with someone else. 2.- Press the button to the 4th floor. 3.- When you get to the 4th floor, don't go out. Instead you have to push the button to the 2nd floor. 4.- When you get to the 2nd floor, press the button to the 6th floor. 5.- When you get there, press the button to the 2nd floor and at the moment press the button to the 10th floor. 6.- On the 10th floor, press the button to the 5th floor. 7.- A young woman should get on the elevator on this floor. Don't look at her, don't talk to her. She is not what she seems. 8.- Press the button to the 1st floor. If the elevator keeps going up to the 10th floor instead of down, you should proceed. If the elevator goes down to the 1st floor, as soon as the doors open you must leave. Don't look back, don't talk. 9.- If you get to the 10th floor, you must choose whether to stay in the elevator or go out. If you decide to go out and the woman who went up on the 5th floor asks you where are you going? DON'T answer her, DON'T look at her. 10.- You will realize that you reached the other world, when you see that you are the only person there.

## Journey back to our world

1 .- If you decide to get out of the elevator on the 10th floor, press the button to the 1st floor, if it doesn't work, press it until it does. Get out as soon as the doors open. DON'T look back, DON'T talk. 2.- You must use the same elevator to return. 3.- When you enter the elevator, press the buttons in the same order that was said from instructions 2 to 8 of "instructions to go to the other world". You should end up on the 5th floor. 4.- When you get to the 5th floor, press the button to the 1st floor. The elevator will start going up again to the 10th floor, you MUST press any button that stops the elevator going up BEFORE you get to the 10th floor. 3.-After you reach the 1st floor, look around you carefully. If something looks off, even a small detail, DO NOT GET OUT of the elevator. Again you must repeat from step 2 until you reach the 1st floor. When you feel confident that it is your own world, you can exit the elevator.

## Additional notes

* When you get to the other world, the floor you land on will probably be the same as your own world, but there are 2 different things: The lights will be off and all you'll see out the window is a red cross in the distance.
* Some people who have done this ritual say that electronic devices don't work there, other people say they do.
* Going back to your original world can be difficult, you could be disoriented and forget which elevator you came in, or the elevator seems to get further and further away when you walk towards it.
* If at any point in the ritual you pass out or lose consciousness, you will most likely wake up in your own world. However, pay attention to your surroundings, because the world you arrived at may not be your original one.
* Regarding the woman on the 5th floor, don't talk to her, don't look at her, she might decide to stay with you forever.
* If that woman is the same as someone you know, DON'T FALL. She can change the shape of her. --- The game has been mentioned in some horror webtoons, such as in one of the "Stories of the Unusual" short stories, called "The Reboot Elevator".