User blog:Mmpratt99 deviantart/Is There Such a Game Called "Smee?'

The reason I asked is because I was reading Smee, a ghost story by A. M. Burrage that features this sort of hide and seek game. I also put this story up on Creepypasta. Here's a quote from the story, talking about the rules:

`Every player is given a sheet of paper. All the sheets except one are blank. On the last sheet of paper is written "Smee". Nobody knows who "Smee" is except "Smee" himself - or herself. You turn out the lights, and "Smee" goes quietly out of the room and hides. After a time the others go off to search for "Smee" - but of course they don't know who they are looking for. When one player meets another he challenges him by saying, "Smee". The other player answers "Smee", and they continue searching. `But the real "Smee" doesn't answer when someone challenges. The second player stays quietly beside him. Presently they will be discovered by a third player. He will challenge and receive no answer, and he will join the first two. This goes on until all the players are in the same place. The last one to find "Smee" has to pay a forfeit"

Is this game for real?