If you’ve ever scrolled through TikTok while your phone is charging under your pillow, congratulations—you might be one of millions rethinking that habit real quick.
So, what just happened to freak out the entire internet? It started as a totally normal night in Oklahoma. A teenager, a phone, and a charger. But this wasn’t your usual “oops, I slept through my alarm” kind of morning. Nope. This one came with sparks. Literal ones.
Let’s rewind for a second.
Danielle Davis thought she was in for a peaceful night’s sleep. Her son, 16-year-old Rayce Ogdahl, was tucked in bed, his phone charging like it had a meeting at dawn. Totally normal setup. We’ve all done it. Phone on the bed, alarm set, ready to snooze through five reminders.
But then the unthinkable happened.
Around 4 a.m., Danielle was yanked out of dreamland by her son’s scream. Not your average teen meltdown over Wi-Fi either. Rayce came stumbling down the hallway with burn marks around his neck like he’d just survived a scene from a Marvel origin story.
Turns out, Rayce had rolled over in bed and something small—but deadly—shifted. His necklace, which was metal, touched the exposed metal prongs of the phone charger plugged into an extension cord.
Yes, an extension cord. The MVP of lazy setups and tangled disasters.
Cue instant power surge. His necklace turned into a DIY electric loop and the current traveled around his neck. Within seconds, sparks flew (no, not the romantic kind) and Rayce realized this wasn’t just a pinch or static shock. It was a full-on circuit zap.
He later told his mom he felt the energy through his body. He saw sparks coming off his own skin. And the worst part? He was fully awake for every terrifying second of it.
Here’s where the chaos gets real. After a mad dash to the emergency room, doctors confirmed Rayce had suffered not one, not two, but three levels of burns—second, third, and fourth degree.
That’s the kind of damage usually reserved for superhero origin stories or wild camping accidents, not a teen just trying to charge his phone and catch a few Z’s.
The necklace left marks burned into his skin, stretching from his chin to his collarbone. It was like his accessory tried to permanently tattoo itself into his neck—and not in a trendy way.
Doctors even said the amount of voltage that ran through him was enough to be fatal. That’s not just shocking—that’s horrifying.
As soon as the story hit social media, people went from “haha, I sleep with my phone” to “burn it all.” Memes popped up faster than new iPhone models. Some highlights:
- A photo of a charger with the caption: “Plot twist: it’s not your ex that’s toxic, it’s your power strip.”
- One user wrote: “And here I was thinking my biggest worry was rolling over my AirPods in bed.”
- Another declared: “This is why I sleep in a Faraday cage now. Goodnight and good luck.”
Parents everywhere began panic-Googling fireproof phone docks and debating whether to ban chargers from bedrooms entirely. Meanwhile, teens were like: “So… this means I have to sleep without TikTok now?”
Yes, Brayden. Yes, it does.
Danielle, the heroic mom in this horror-movie-meets-household-accident, is on a mission. She’s not just telling her story for sympathy. She wants people to change how they treat their tech.
Her top tips?
- Stop charging phones on your bed.
- Watch out for metal jewelry near plugged-in gadgets.
- And for the love of all that is shock-proof—ditch those sketchy extension cords.
It’s not about banning phones or creating panic. It’s about staying alive. Because, as Danielle puts it, “There’s not a single text or notification worth this.”
Hard agree.
Don’t treat your phone like a teddy bear. Don’t trust your charger more than your own instincts. And definitely don’t sleep with anything metal near a live wire.
Rayce’s story could’ve ended in the worst way imaginable, but thanks to fast thinking and sheer luck, he’s recovering. He’s got scars, sure—but he’s also got one wild tale to tell for the rest of his life.
So maybe tonight, we all follow Mom’s advice. Keep the charger off the bed. Unplug before sleep. And remember: the real danger might not be the notifications—it’s what’s silently buzzing next to you.
Now go share this with that one friend who still has a charger held together by duct tape. You know the one.