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| *'''Ruth Carter Cash Boy''' (''1972-?'') - "a quick learner who was able to quit ] after the sixth grade." It is unclear where she is today. | *'''Ruth Carter Cash Boy''' (''1972-?'') - "a quick learner who was able to quit ] 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 ] by stealing cars and biting children after serving his country as a "super patriot" on the front lines in ] and ]. Elusive and reclusive, where he will pop up next is anybody's guess. | *'''Bat Boy''' (''1982-?'') - The brother of Ruth Carter Cash Boy. He is a decorated U.S. Marine who has confounded the ] by stealing cars and biting children after serving his country as a "super patriot" on the front lines in ] and ]. Elusive and reclusive, where he will pop up next is anybody's guess. | ||
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| ==''Bat Boy: The Musical''== | ==''Bat Boy: The Musical''== | ||
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Bat Boy is a fictional character whose antics often appear in the pages of the Weekly World News.
He is a medical anomaly, half human, half bat. As a result, he is often captured by, and/or escapes from various tormentors, many of whom are scientists or are associated with the United States government.
A famous front-page photo of Bat Boy, showing his grotesque screaming face, has since evolved into a pop-culture image of sorts.
The story of Bat Boy was turned into an acclaimed off-Broadway musical, Bat Boy: The Musical.
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. In 2004, he was five feet tall and his weight was unknown.
Cartoonist Peter Bagge pens 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.
Bat Boy was created by former Weekly World News Editor Dick Kulpa.
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 Mountain cave where Dr. Ron Dillion, a biologist, rescued Bat Boy after he was trapped by a falling rock in 1992. Carbon dating revealed the chart to be 100 years old.
- 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 nightime 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 repected "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 Virgina 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.
Bat Boy: The Musical
- 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.
Reference
- July 11th, 2005 issue of Weekly World News