Toddler's Elmo Doll Makes Death Threats, Family Says

[Carlos_E]

A Lithia family says a cuddly, programmable Elmo doll revealed its dark side yesterday after fresh batteries were installed.

Instead of singing songs or reciting the favorite color of its 2-year-old owner, James Bowman, the doll started making death threats, the family says.

With a squeeze of its fuzzy belly, the Sesame Street character now says, in a sing-song voice, "Kill James." "It's not something that really you would think would ever come out of a toy," said Melissa Bowman, James' mother. "But once I heard, I was just kind of distraught."

The Elmo Knows Your Name doll, which connects to a computer to learn certain phases and names, recently ran out of battery power, Bowman said.

About an hour after she put new ones in, "I noticed exactly what it was saying," Bowman said. "And my son was repeating exactly what it was saying."

Bowman said Elmo is James' favorite character. James even has Elmo slippers, but the malfunctioning, death-threat-spouting Elmo Knows Your Name doll is now being kept away from her son, Bowman said.

"This is his absolute favorite toy," she said. "So we've been going through a lot of hassle because he's trying to climb up the counter and up the closets to get it."

Fisher-Price, the toy company that manufactures the dolls, said it will issue the Bowmans a voucher for a replacement doll. The company said it will examine James' model for the source of the problem and check whether other Elmos are experiencing the same malfunction.

Video of Elmo Death Threat!!!!

http://www.tbo.com/video/xml/MGBBBA7WXCF.html

[Carlos_E]

[Hollywood080]

too weird. it can't be real though right? Maybe the dad reprogrammed it too say it thinking they could get a quick payday.

[goodcents]

omg hollywood if that's your girl then you should get a medal, that's freaking hott!!!!!!!!! me want more pics!!!!!!!!!!!!

[_CrossroadS_]

Y.E.S. .... Yes.

That's awesome.

I was creeped out the first time I ever saw sesame street and 20 years later, I am still creeped out...fuggin' monsters.

[Carlos_E]

Video of Elmo Death Threat!!!!

http://www.tbo.com/video/xml/MGBBBA7WXCF.html

[Merc..]

Crazy ...

[SMCengineer]

That's hilarious!

[soulstealer]

[Hollywood080]

My lil brother used to be scared of the teddy ruxpin doll cause he thought it was possessed cause it would turn on and start talking in the middle of the night even when it was turned to off!

[Prada]

Hmmm terrorists have infiltrated toys.

[firmechicano831]

lol. That was funny.

[Amorphic]

Hmmm terrorists have infiltrated toys.

next thing we'll see is the media telling consumers to have mass burnings of these 'terrorist toys'

[Sir Lifts-a-lot]

it was probably someone on the line at the manufacturer. You gotta think that those workers get a little antsy and need something to liven up their days.

[Prada]

next thing we'll see is the media telling consumers to have mass burnings of these 'terrorist toys'

Yeah we'll witness the beheading of Elmo
Well Elmo does look like Osama a little. Facial hair and all.

[Z-Ro]

hahaha WTF

[J*U*icEd]

wow... just hook it up to the computer and reprogram the damn thing.... i bet when they were testing the toy before it was packaged, one of the employees programmed it to say that as a joke with another employee... just reprogram the thing and give it back to ur kid

[J*U*icEd]

IMO thats alot of fuss over nothing.... thats why i hate the news so much!!!