Zennie 0 #1 June 27, 2001 OK. This isn't skydiving related, but I just about blew my drink out my nose reading this....------------------------Friday June 22 9:43 AM ETCookie Monster Is AssaultedFather Arrested for Attacking Cookie Monster - (WKMG)MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - A Maryland man punched and kicked Cookie Monster at a crowded Sesame Street theme park outside Philadelphia, after the character declined to pose for a photo with his 3-year-old daughter, police say.Lee McPhatter allegedly became irate when his daughter, Mina, approached Cookie Monster at Sesame Place to have a photo taken only to be moved aside by Jennie McNelis, 21, who was inside the Cookie Monster suit.Police said McPhatter began shouting at the blue, furry Cookie Monster, then thrust his head into the character's mouth. When the cookie-loving monster pushed back, McPhatter allegedly pushed the character to the ground, and began punching and kicking.McNelis was treated at a local hospital for injuries including bruised ribs.``This is a first. We've had character costumes stolen and numerous shopliftings, but never anything like this,'' said Middletown Police Officer Dan Buckley.McPhatter, 22, of Waldorf, Maryland, was arrested for the June 9 incident, arraigned before a district magistrate and released on $20,000 bail.Located 20 miles northeast of Philadelphia, Sesame Place bills itself as the only U.S. theme park based on the popular children's television program. Officials at the park, which is operated by Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks, were not immediately available to comment on the attack.------------Blue Skies!Zennie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OmriMon 0 #2 June 27, 2001 Quotebegan shouting at the blue, furry Cookie Monster, then thrust his head into the character's mouth. When the cookie-loving monster pushed back, McPhatter allegedly pushed the character to the ground, and began punching and kicking.LOL, thats one of the funniest thinks i ever heard! Free Skies,Omri Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFKING 4 #3 June 27, 2001 Just think of the REAL victim here......the little girl. She'll probably be on "Oprah" 16 years from now, explaining WHY she is suing the Sesame Street Show, and how her life was traumatized by this incident in her childhood......The cookie-loving PLF Kingps....where the hell was Big Bird during all this ? Cowering in the bushes ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #4 June 27, 2001 Quotewhere the hell was Big Bird during all this ? What about Snuffalupagus? He'd be great at breaking up a fight. Justin"If it can't kill you, it isn't worth doing." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #5 June 28, 2001 Reason number 1,234,569 not to procreate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RemiAndKaren 0 #6 June 28, 2001 I hear you Kev!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #7 June 28, 2001 My daughter will be destroyed when I tell cookied monster got the crap beat out of him...thanks soooo much for bringing this up....marc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyberskydive 0 #8 June 29, 2001 never mess with a guy named McFatter - LOL Sounds like he has ties with ronald McDonald, I think its a conspiracy - they are watching me- have to go.........C-28534http://www.sunraydesigns.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
