Newfoundlander Meghan Waterman goes viral with #ALSicebucketchallenge

There have been thousands of ALSIce Bucket Challenge videos posted in the last week, but the video fromTorbay's MeghanWaterman has not only been noticedit's gone viral.

Buzzfeed has declared herYouTube video the "Funniest, Most Heroic VideoEver." Friday morning, it had received over 500,000 views.

But Watermanhas a hazy recollection of what happened. She recorded the video afterundergoingremoval of four wisdom teeth and while still under the influence of an anaesthetic. Her mother put her to bed and told her to stay in her room.Watermanhad other ideas.

The video shows Waterman takingthe challengewith a swollen face and sometimes bleeding mouth. She's also worried aboutwhether her mother is going to catch her.

I was kind of confused onwhy I did that.I was like, 'Oh, that's me doing weird things on the internet.'- Meghan Waterman

"All I remember is I was on Facetime with my friend and it just seemed so important that I had to do it. So I hung up on her and I ran out into my kitchenand I filmed it," she told CBC.

"All I remember next is I woke up, and then I looked on Facebook, and I guess I posted it when I was asleep.I was kind of confused onwhy I did that.I was like, 'Oh, that's me doing weird things on the internet,'"

Waterman doesn't know how her challenge came to the attention of internet heavyhitters like Buzzfeed. Sheposted it on Tumblrand it started to got lots of likes and reblogs. People were asking her to post it on YouTube, so she decided to before someone else did.

Positive reaction

"I've gotten a lot of good reaction actually. The only kind of bad reactions I've got are mostly on Facebook and that's kind of the adults,saying ,'Wow, why would this teenagerdo that? That's pretty stupid.' That doesn't really bother me because I'm getting a lot of nice messages, saying how I made someone's day.and how I made someone smile," she said.

"And it's just amazing that a little video like that can have that change on someone."

Waterman said another upside is that people are watching other videos she's posted of her singingcovers of songs she likes.

Waterman said she's not worried about what happens when her 15 minutes of fame ends;she's happy about the attention she's received, and making people happy.

"I was going to donate. I wasn't going to do the video at first because I didn't have time because I was getting my wisdom teeth out,"she said.

"ButI guess I decided to do both."

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was started to raise money for people suffering fromAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease. Thousands of people have taken the challenge of pouring ice on their heads or donating. Most are doing both.

ALS Canada announced via Twitter Friday morning that it had received$2 millionin donations.