The Koolaid Man Challenge
Teens Doing 'Kool-Aid Man Challenge' Destroy Homeowner's Fence
Inside Edition
April 19, 2025
A classic Kool-Aid commercial is being copied in a destructive social media challenge. It’s called "The Kool-Aid Man Challenge," where people run right through fences. Ben Helwa from Staten Island, New York, is the latest homeowner to have his property vandalized. Surveillance video from across the street showed four youngsters running towards his house. The damage to Helwa's fence is so extensive that the entire fence may need to be replaced.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH5ZOX2GcTk
Group smashes into fence possibly imitating viral 'Kool-Aid man challenge'
NBC News
April 17, 2025
A New York man says he believes a group of people that crashed through his fence are imitating the viral "Kool-Aid" man challenge where people recreate their iconic commercials. NBC News' Marquise Francis has more on the vandalism.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdHWVdVWd60
TikTok challenge has kids running through fences like the Kool-Aid Man
KTVB 7
November 11, 2021
A new challenge popularized on TikTok has been causing issues for homeowners nationwide and now, here in Idaho. Caldwell homeowner Richard Phillips says the new TikTok challenge, called the "Kool-Aid Man," encourages running through fences mimicking the old Kool-Aid commercials.