Efforts to pinpoint the origin of this challenge are ongoing, but according to the group administrator, one of the first participants was James Gensaw, speaking words in the Yurok language. 
Jitihada za kuweka kumbukumbu sawa kuhusu asili ya Zoezi hili zinaendelea, lakini kwa mujibu wa kiongozi wa kundi hilo, mmoja wa washiriki wa mwanzo kabisa alikuwa James Gensaw, aliyekuwa anayezungumza maneno ya lugha ya Yurok.