Camera catches boyfriend ‘sacrificing’ girlfriend to save himself in escape room

Predicting how someone will react when frightened can be difficult. One woman got some insight into her boyfriend’s basic fear response in an escape room, and it wasn’t pretty. 

A surveillance video posted on TikTok by an escape room in Germany has gone viral. The purpose of an escape room is for players to find and use clues in a room or rooms in order to leave before time runs out. 

Teammates typically work together, but this boyfriend locked his girlfriend inside a room with a monster to get out. 

“POV: You are in an Escaperoom [sic] and your boyfriend sacrifices you to safe himself,” the video text read.

In the clip, a monster approached the doorway. The boyfriend pushed his girlfriend toward it, darted out of the room and closed and locked the door. His girlfriend screamed in fear and banged on the door as the monster came closer.

The video received 29.3 million views and 3.5 million likes on TikTok

“Why did he close the door though. I get leaving the room first in panic but why shut the door behind you with your girl still inside,” a user wrote

“Well that’s going to be a interesting ride home,” another said

“Just shows what would happen in a serious situation,” a person added

“Knowing me I would take that so personal,” a TikToker replied

“My husband would 100% do the same haha,” someone added

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