A group of friends is in a forest at night, trying to find a black cat named Laika. The cat's owner has offered a reward of 50,000 rubles to whoever finds it. The friends are scared and trying to stay calm, but strange things keep happening around them, including unexplained noises and a mysterious figure in a balaclava who disappears. As they continue their search, they start to get more and more spooked, and some of them begin to lose their nerve. The friends had agreed that whoever screams first would be out of the challenge, but despite their fears, they are determined to find the cat and win the reward.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. A group of people are in a forest at night, searching for a cat named Laika.
2. They are trying to win 50,000 rubles by finding the cat.
3. The car they are in stalls, and they have to get out and investigate.
4. They hear strange noises and see a figure in the distance.
5. One of the group members screams, and they start to get scared.
6. They try to start the car again, but it doesn't work.
7. They decide to leave the car and continue searching for the cat on foot.
8. They hear more strange noises and see a figure in a balaclava.
9. The figure disappears, and the group is left confused and scared.
10. They decide to leave the forest and call off the search for the cat.
11. They reflect on the experience and realize that they were pranked and that the whole thing was a setup.
12. They agree to share the prize money if they had won it.
13. The experience was recorded and is being shared as a video.