The Weekly World News proclaims the discovery of the 2-foot tall chiropteran child on June 23, 1992

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Bat Boy was created by former Weekly World News Editor Dick Kulpa. He debuted as a cover story on June 23, 1992. ^[1] The original front-page photo of Bat Boy, showing his grotesque screaming face, was the second-best selling issue in the tabloid's history, and he has since evolved into a pop-culture icon. The story of Bat Boy was turned into an acclaimed off-Broadway musical, Bat Boy: The Musical. Former Alderman of Loves Park, Illinois. ... Mother Nature is surrounded by grottesche in this fresco detail from Villa dEste When commonly used in conversation, grotesque means strange, fantastic, ugly or bizarre, and thus is often used to describe weird shapes and distorted forms such as Halloween masks or gargoyles on churches. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, (literally: the culture of the people) consists of the cultural elements that prevail (at least numerically) in any given society, mainly using the more popular media, in that societys vernacular language and/or an established lingua franca. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ...

Biography

Bat Boy often appears on the frontpage of the Weekly World News.

Bat Boy has a chaotic sense of morality. He has been known to steal cars as well as come to the aid of the needy. According to the mythos, the only person who cares about the chiropteran child is Dr. Ron Dillon, who discovered him in a West Virginia cave. At the time of capture, he was two feet tall and weighed nineteen pounds. By February 2001, he was 2' 6". In 2004, he was five feet tall and his weight was unknown. Image File history File links Batboy_Steals_MINI.jpg Summary Reduced resolution picture of front page of Weekly World News - used under fair use in discussion of BMW/MINIs innovative approach to advertising in the BMW MINI article. ... Image File history File links Batboy_Steals_MINI.jpg Summary Reduced resolution picture of front page of Weekly World News - used under fair use in discussion of BMW/MINIs innovative approach to advertising in the BMW MINI article. ... The Weekly World News (WWN) is a tabloid newspaper published by American Media Inc. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Look up muthos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Chiropteras are bat-like creatures in the anime movie Blood: The Last Vampire. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Area  Ranked 41st  - Total 24,244 sq mi (62,809 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 240 miles (385 km)  - % water 0. ...

He sheds his wings every three years, and regenerates a new pair.^[2]

During the 1990's Bat Boy is rumored to have tried to escape society's gaze by enrolling in a small liberal arts college in upstate New York under the assumed name of Guy Fledermaus (German for bat). He purportedly graduated with an art degree from the college's "Music Program Zero".

On 27 February 2001, he allegedly attacked a fifth-grader in an Orlando, Florida park. The girl was nearly ripped to shreds.^[3] The next day, he endorsed presidential candidate Al Gore.^[4] February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: The City Beautiful, O-Town, 407 Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ... Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. ...

On 14 August 2003, he announced he was running in the California gubernatorial election.^[5] August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arnold Schwarzenegger, winner of the 2003 California recall The 2003 California recall was a special election permitted under California law. ...

In October 2005, it was revealed that a boy was saving his money for plastic surgery such that he would then resemble Bat Boy.^[6]

In October 2006, Bat Boy was captured on film riding on top of a New York City subway car. Bat Boy was said to be living in the Subways tunnels during this time. This story was converted into a "documentary" video on the Weekly World News web site. ^[7]

Genealogy

According to the Weekly World News, the discovery of Bat Boy's family tree on a genealogy chart recently stunned evolutionary scientists who used to think the famed imp was a pitiful, one-of-a-kind mutant - but now believe he belongs to a race of creatures who have interacted with humans for at least 400 years. The chart itself was written on vellum and found in the same Ozark Mountains cave where Dr. Ron Dillon, a biologist, rescued Bat Boy after he was trapped by a falling rock in 1992. Carbon dating revealed the chart to be over a hundred years old. {The Ozark Mountains are no where near West Virginia ... see introductory entry above.} A family tree is generally the totality of ones ancestors represented as a tree structure, or more specifically, a chart used in genealogy. ... Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. ... An imp is a mythological being similar to a fairy, frequently described in folklore and superstition. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into mutation. ... Vellum (from the Latin for wool or pelt) is a sort of parchment, a material for the pages of a book or codex, characterized by its thin, smooth, durable properties. ... This article is about the Ozark Plateau. ... Radiocarbon dating is the use of the naturally occurring isotope of carbon-14 in radiometric dating to determine the age of organic materials, up to ca. ...

• Artemis "Pip" Boee (1591-1622) - Little is known of his life. Arrived in the New World days after the landing of the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock on the lesser known vessel, The June Bug.
• Charles Alexander "Cotton" Boee (1612-1691) - The son of Artemis, he was a prosperous farmer in Massachusetts.
• John "Little Cotton" Boee (1658-1722) - The deeply religious firstborn of Charles who was devoted to his wife Rebecca. It is noted that her own birth was hard and long, resulting in slightly enlongated ears.
• Susannah Boee (1661-1692) - John and Rebecca's daughter; she gave birth to two children, Alexander and David. The townspeople, perhaps frightened by her pointy ears, accused the woman of "consorting with Satan" during the Salem witch trials. She was burned at the stake; however, her children were not.
• Alexander Boee (1679-1769) - the shortest family member on record, standing at twenty-eight inches tall. Remembered for having changed the spelling of his last name to "Boie" ("because he wanted people to think he was French").
• David Boee (1682-1776) - the younger brother of Alexander Boee. He is revered as the oldest soldier to fight for American independence. Tragically, he was killed the day the British surrendered.
• Catherine Boie (1735-1815) - Alexander's daughter who was best known for her work with wildlife. She studied animals and kept many unusual species as pets, including bats. Her oldest child, Andrew, was fascinated with the nocturnal critters.
• Andrew Jackson Boie (1785-1866) - The study of bats, owls and other nighttime animals his life's work.
• Rodney Boe (1787-1869) - Was Catherine's youngest child, an inattentive speller who inadvertently dropped the "i" from the family name. Family friends presume Rodney's poor scholarship was an attempt to focus attention on his smarter siblings, to divert eyes from his short stature, oversized eyes and pointed ears.
• Archibald Boe(1825-1911) - Rodney's firstborn, he left the family's ancestral home in Massachusetts and moved to California where people were "more tolerant" of unusual looking people.
• Marcus Boe (1875-1930) - Eldest son of Archibald, he established himself as respected "bug man" with a successful exterminating business. There were rumors that he didn't use flypaper or traps, but caught them with his mouth.
• Horace "Joe Ears" Boe (1890-1931) - Archibald's youngest son who left California at age thirteen, hopping an eastbound train to Chicago. Horace was shot dead in a shootout with famed federal agent Eliot Ness in 1931.
• Margaret Boy (1910-1983) - Horace's only child. She dropped the "e" from the family name and added a "y" so people wouldn't associate her with her mobster dad. She left Chicago and moved to West Virginia .
• Herbert Hoover Boy (1944-1972) - Worked in the coal mines of West Virginia as a child of 12, not of financial need, but because he liked caves and the job.
• Susan Boy (1954-?) - Herbert Sr.'s daughter. She achieved regional success as a country singer with a persona that has been likened to that of mountain songbird Dolly Parton. Susan's liaisons with an unnamed country legend produced two children: Ruth Carter Cash Boy and "the one they call Bat".
• Ruth Carter Cash Boy (1972-?) - "a quick learner who was able to quit school after the sixth grade." It is unclear where she is today.
• Bat Boy (1982-?) - The brother of Ruth Carter Cash Boy. He is a decorated U.S. Marine who has confounded the authorities by stealing cars and biting children after serving his country as a "super patriot" on the front lines in Afghanistan and Iraq. Elusive and reclusive, where he will pop up next is anybody's guess.

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Adventures of Batboy

Cartoonist Peter Bagge originally penned the "Adventures of Batboy" for the Weekly World News. According to the cartoon, Bat Boy is currently hitchhiking with a typical American family after resigning from being the President of the United States (and King), has placed Weekly World News columnist Ed Anger under arrest and saying goodbyes to Beyoncé Knowles, a half sasquatch, (with whom he was romantically involved) and Dr. Ron. Accorrding to past issues of WWN, Bat boy has joined a death metal/thrash metal band as their lead singer. Cartoonist Jack Elrod at work. ... Peter Bagge is an American comics artist and creator of Hate, Neat Stuff, Martini Baton, and Sweatshop. ... The presidential seal was first used in 1880 by President Rutherford B. Hayes and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. ... Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981) is a homosexual R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, fashion designer and model. ... Sasquatch can refer to different topics: A Sasquatch is another name for Bigfoot. ...

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Bat Boy: The Musical

Poster for the musical showing the first photograph of Bat Boy, 1992 (Weekly World News)

Main article: Bat Boy: The Musical

A musical based on the Bat Boy character premiered at Tim Robbins' Actors' Gang Theatre on Halloween, 1997 and has since been produced Off-Broadway, in London's West End, and in scores of productions throughout the world. Music and lyrics are by Laurence O'Keefe, with a book by Brian Flemming and Keythe Farley. A recent production of Bat Boy was at Marlborough School (an all girls school in Los Angeles) which was very successful and well-received. The first UK amateur performance of Bat Boy was at Goldsmiths College, London. ImageMetadata File history File links Batboycoverposter. ... Tim Robbins at Cannes, 2001 Height: 6 ft 4 in / 1. ... Halloween, or Halloween, is a tradition celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting sweets, fruit, and other gifts. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... // West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland . Along with New Yorks Broadway Theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of theatre in the... Laurence OKeefe (Born Newcastle, England, January 2, 1965), is an English bass player and has previously played in a number of bands, most notably The Jazz Butcher, Levitation and Dark Star. ... Brian Flemming Brian Flemming (born 6 June 1966) is an American film director and playwright. ...

Trivia

In the movie Twelve Monkeys, as James Cole (the protagonist) is escaping from an asylum, a security guard can be seen reading the original Bat Boy issue of the Weekly World News. Twelve Monkeys is a 1995 science fiction film written by David and Janet Peoples and directed by Terry Gilliam. ...

Christian Bale met with Bat Boy before filming the Batman movie so he could get a feel for the character. In an interview with E! Christian Bale referred to Bat Boy as his source of inspiration.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ [Kulpa, Dick] (June 23, 1992). Bat Child Found in Cave! Weekly World News
2. ^ Weekly World News: Five things you don't know about Bat Boy!, 10 December 2002
3. ^ Weekly World News: BATBOY ATTACKS GIRL, 10!, 27 February 2001
4. ^ Weekly World News: BATBOY ENDORSES GORE, 28 February 2001
5. ^ Weekly World News: BATBOY ANNOUNCES RUN FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNORSHIP!, 14 August 2003
6. ^ Weekly World News: KID SAVING UP FOR PLASTIC SURGERY -- TO LOOK LIKE BAT BOY!, 14 October 2005
7. ^ Weekly World News: BATBOY SIGHTED IN NYC! [1]

• 11 July 2005 issue of Weekly World News