text: 'Put 'em in a coffin' prank damages Houston BMW 
   
   The latest bizarre internet "meme" to take off has made a splash on the web – and a giant dent in the hood of a Houston man's BMW. 
   
   According to KPRC-TV, teens trying to emulate the popular "Put 'Em in a Coffin" videos left a crater in the hood of Houston resident James McHugh's white BMW, as well as his wife's car. The damage has left McHugh with a $4,000 repair bill. 
   
   "Put 'Em in a Coffin" videos started popping up online in May after a member of the rap group ThotBoyz posted a video of himself flopping back first across the hood of a car with his arms crossed in front of him like a body in a coffin. 
   
   The original Vine video was viewed more than 3 million times (see above). Soon, copycat videos started making their way around the internet, with teens flopping on cars, fast food counters, cafeteria tables, classroom desks and elsewhere. 
   
   For more stupid games kids play, check out the slideshow above. ||||| KIDS DO? [NO AUDIO] PUT THEM IN THE COFFIN. PUT HIM IN THE KEVIN. PUT HIM IN A KOCH. PUT HIM IN A COFFIN. Reporter: IT'S THE VERY LATEST SOCIAL MEDIA-DRIVEN DEINSTRUCTIVE ATTENTION-GETTING PRANK TO HIT THE INTERNET. YOU CAN FIND IT ALL OVER YOUTUBE. IT'S CALLED PUT 'EM IN A COFFIN. PUT THEM IN A KEVIN. Reporter: AND IT'S ALL ABOUT -- COFFIN. Reporter: AND IT'S ALL ABOUT DANGEROUS TEENAGERS FILMING THEMSELVES DOING A BACKWARD DIVE. WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE DID THEY DO? SOMEBODY ELSE OBVIOUSLY JUMPED ON TO THE HOOD AND SO THE WHOLE HOOD IS NOW CAVED IN. Reporter: 28-YEAR-OLD JAMES McCUE HAD BOTH THE HOOD OF HIS WHITE BMW AND THE HOOD OF HIS WIFE'S CAR SMASHED IN. HE SAYS BY ONE OF THESE COFFIN CREWS. HIS HOME SECURITY SYSTEM HE SAYS CAPTURED THIS VIDEO OF A GROUP OF SEVEN YOUNG MEN WALKING UP TO HIS CAR LAST FRIDAY NIGHT ON PLAZA DEL SOL PARK. ANY IDEA WHAT ALL THIS IS GOING TO COST KNEW DAMAGES? THEY SAID ABOUT $4,000 FOR BOTH OF THEM, JUST BASED ON PICTURES. PUT THEM IN A COFFIN. ? Reporter: YES, KIDS ARE CALLING IT A GAME. JAMES CALLS IT A RIDICULOUS SENSELESS, INFURIATING CRIME. IT'S GOING TO COST HIM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THAT'S PRETTY FRUSTRATING, YOU KNOW. YOU WORK HARD AND TO HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY WASHED AWAY IN -- YOU KNOW, FOR 10 SECONDS OF LAUGHS, THAT'S PRETTY FRUSTRATING. Reporter: NOW, YOU SAW FROM THE VIDEO, THIS DOESN'T INVOLVE JUST TEENAGERS JUMPING ON THE CARS. THEY'RE JUMPING ON TO STORE DISPLAYS, THEY'RE JUMPING ON TO TRASH BINS OR EVEN JUMPING ON EACH OTHER. THIS IS ALL PART OF THIS NEW GAME. AGAIN, JAMES SAYS ALL OF THIS SHOULD COST HIM AROUND $4,000. 
   
   HOUSTON - 
   
   Teenagers are throwing themselves on cars and property and recording it in a new trend spreading around the web. 
   
   One Houston man was left with a big bill after several teens damaged his car. 
   
   James McHugh's BMW has part of its hood smashed in as the result of teenagers engaging in a practical joke popping up on YouTube and social media. 
   
   "Put 'em in a coffin" is the latest social media-driven attention-getting prank where teens basically do a backward dive onto the hood of a car. 
   
   "They jumped on the hood and now the whole hood is caved in," McHugh said. 
   
   McHugh, 28, had both the hood of his white BMW and the hood his wife's car dented. He says his home security camera captured video of a group of seven young men walking up to his car last Friday on Plaza del Sol Park. 
   
   McHugh says the damage is going to cost him about $4,000. 
   
   "You work hard, and then to have that much money washed away for 10 seconds of laughter," he said. "It's very frustrating."
target: – The latest prank that all the kids are into is a little more destructive than the toilet paper of yesteryear: Called "Put 'em in a coffin" and based on a Vine video from May that's gone viral, it involves throwing yourself back-first onto the tops of cars (and grocery displays, and classroom desks, and one another, etc.). And for at least one Houston man and his wife, the damage is into the thousands. Last Friday, James McHugh, 28, found both his BMW and his wife's car seriously dented across the hoods, reports KPRC-TV, and a home security camera caught grainy footage of seven young men approaching his property. He says it'll cost about $4,000 for the repairs. "You work hard, and then to have that much money washed away for 10 seconds of laughter—it's very frustrating," McHugh says. People have been posting videos on YouTube, Vine, and other social media sites since rapper VonMar of the group ThotBoyz posted the original back in May, reports the Houston Chronicle. Since then, his video has been viewed more than 3 million times on Vine. As for McHugh, there's no word yet on whether his own security footage will help identify the vandals. (This high school prank resulted in 62 arrests.)