Teens are kicking doors before running away.
In the challenge, which has appeared on TikTok, you can see kids singing a popular Kesha song and then aggressively kicking doors and running off. It's so aggressive that it's leaving behind thousands of dollars in damage.
"This is a new level of ding dong ditch, and somebody's gonna get hurt," one Austin resident said.
He did not want to be identified, for fear of retaliation, but said the challenge has been going on for over a year.
"When I had this door put in, it was over $1,500 for, you know, everything to get done. So, I'm sure, you know, they can't fix that. The door has to be replaced," he said.
His Ring camera video shows a person singing "Die Young" then kicking the door. It left a dent that has yet to be fixed.
He called ABC7 Chicago, after a report last week on a different incident in Sleepy Hollow.
"You can see kids running up to the house, the noise of them trying to break through my front door," Anne Ybarra said.
"People come to the door with their weapon, and, you know, you end up hurting somebody's child. And then they'll be on TV, saying, 'my kid was a good kid.' But then, when you look at the video, you see these kids doing crazy stuff," the Austin resident said.
While the challenge has taken off across the country, the Austin resident says just on his block several others have experienced their doors being kicked. He says parents need to take action to watch their kids, so they don't start chasing what he says is "internet clout."
"It's basic for me, you know, because we were raised, you know, wanting to be outside. The phone wasn't the babysitter," he said.
Chicago police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the trend.