Scientologists are barricading their church to stop teens ‘speed running’
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The posts might have you thinking they’re plotting a heist – pouring their eyes over building floor plans, figuring out the fastest way in and out.
But what these teenagers are actually doing is ‘speedrunning’ getting into Church of Scientology buildings in the US.
The speed runs, gamer slang for doing something as fast as possible, sees users run as far as they can into the churches before security intervenes.
Most Gen Z users burst through the centre doors, smacking down rope barriers and leaping over chairs while laughing and blowing air horns.
When did it start?
The trend was kicked off by TikTok user @5.0arrodo last month, whose since-deleted video showed a teen artfully dodging church guards.
He manages to get to a flight of stairs before leaving the Scientology centre in Hollywood, California.
‘Maniac 16 year old infiltrates the Church of Scientology,’ the caption read, according to the database Know Your Meme.
But the trend spread like wildfire when content creator Swhileyy, 18, uploaded a since-removed clip of himself jogging past security.
In just under a minute, the teen managed to get down to the same stairs as @5.0arrodo, duck under a woman’s arm and push through an exit door.
The stunt wasn’t planned, Swhileyy told The Hollywood Reporter. He ducked inside after bumping into a Scientology critic outside the Scientology Information Center on Hollywood Boulevard.
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