The "Knock Out Game" is no Monopoly family night game. This growing trend amongst teens consists of literally approaching an unexpected stranger, punching them in the face and running away. These teenagers are usually in a group and our trying to prove how brave or daring they are by the attacks, which are usually then posted online. This "game" is unfortunately nothing new even though recently it has been given the name "Knock out Game".

ABC 7 New York reports on one of the most recent victims in Brooklyn, a 78-year-old woman who was knocked down by a brutal punch on the head in her own neighborhood. The victim was so embarrassed and frightened that she waited weeks before reporting the incident and will not reveal her identity to reporters.

Phoebe Connolly, another victim in Washington, D.C, explains how a teenager punched her in the face while she rode her bike through Columbia Heights. "He just like threw a hook with his left hand, and just got me right in the face, saying 'wa-pow' as he hit my face". Connolly rode her bike back home with a bloody nose that day and later on posted about the incident on Facebook where a friend replied "Oh that sounds like the 'Knock out Game'.

This despicable epidemic has also hit New Jersey and even London with videos surfacing the web where victims are actually knocked out unconscious. Kids seem to be very familiar with the game, talking about it casually and with no remorse on major news outlets. They find it to be exciting and truly a thrill to harm strangers who don't get the chance to fight back. These videos are just unbelievable. The way these kids remorsefully step in front of men, women even elderly people and just hit them with all the strength, proceeding to then runaway laughing.

Police are telling people to be on the look out as this beastly behavior is quickly spreading. The authorities should also be spreading around major cities and neighborhood trying to at least protect our communities and find the perpetrators.

"Are they going to take somebody's money? Are they going to take their cell phone? No, they are just going to knock you out. There's no purpose for it whatsoever", Connolly says, who happens to work with teens for a living.