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

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We all have our darkside. Even teddy bears and Elmos. It was only a matter of time before Elmo snapped. I doubt anyones surprised.

( the Sesame Street character now says, in a sing-song voice, "Kill James.") Now THAT is scary!

I'd like that on mp3

The doll hooks up to your home computer to be personalized, so what are the odds either she or her husband know enough about programming to reprogram the doll. Would that even be possible? If so, I want one so I can make it say weird stuff, too.

Sounds to me like a custom-made lawsuit. My poor baby was SOOOO traumatized...............

Sounds to me like another case of "tech in a cubicle goes mad and writes his own programming"

It's really not that human thing identifying patterns & stuff? Very anti-transcendentalist.

TeraLink Was Here!

WOW! They will get a voucher for a replacement...good grief. Take the toy off the market. No one else needs that kind of hassle.

I would just bag the thing and toss it out. But if it coincidentaly shows up on my door step, I'll burn the damn thing!

LOL awesome.

I've always said that Elmo is EVIL!
But yeah I thought just what Zu13 thought, I think the whole deal sounds a little fishy. Either that happened or someone online hacked the Elmo doll.

Either that or the parents had tampered with it and are out to make a buck.



Hahaha *Elmo pounding on the door!* HEEEEEEEERRRRES ELMO!!!!!! Tickle me aye!!! Tickle this!!!!

CHUCKY LIVES AGAIN!!!

Zu13, you make an excellent point. I'm surprised someone hasn't set up shop, bought a whole mess of these Elmo's, reprogrammed them, and then sent them to different people. Can you imagine an Elmo doll sent to Clinton that said "Obhama in 2008!"

Katana357

Wow..... thats like somebody saying this MP3 player I bought just started playing satanic metal! I want a refund!
*wonders when they'll make one of these with a bluetooth connection to the computer*

What's that toy gonna do for that kid's self confidence??!

'Mummy, my favourite Elmo toy wants to kill me!!!'

Good God no!!! LOL!

P.S. You're avatar is even creepier than a death-threatening Elmo doll. Eep.

Muahahahahaha

Saying no to Bully's

lulz

Hay Man, are demon possessed Elmo dolls water proof! How does Kill James verbally sound when submerged in the toilet bowl during an Exorcism! And if a Water Baptism fails there is always a “Put another Elmo Log on the Yuletide Christmas Fire!

Hay anybody have any really scary “Freebee” Stories?, I am so scared here and will never be able to walk by the toy box ever again especially in the blackness or night! Oh My Gwad Mommy Stretch Armstrong is reaching across the room and steeling Cookies Mommy!

Ive seen the video, the elmo actually says "tell james",but in a sing-song like voice that makes the "tell" sound like "kill".

mystery solved.

This is not the first case of Elmo making death threats!!! A few weeks ago at work I read a story about an Elmo doll that had me LOL so hard I had to go out side. Every one thought I lost my marbles…

It seems that a mother bought an Elmo Potty doll (I did not know they even made one). The first time her kid was using it, Elmo yelled out “Who wants to Die!” Come to find to find it was saying “Who wants to try.” But due to the shabby speakers they put in the dolls when they are mass produced it came out “Who wants to Die!. Before that it was the Hoky Poky Elmo also known as the Suicide Doll was reported as saying “You make me want to beat up Elmo”. I am not making this up. If you do not believe me do a little searching you will find the stories.

Every one knows nothing will make you p faster than a cute fluffy red monster shouting out death threats. I know I all most did LOL too hard.

after all those years of love and affection for elmo he finally looses the plot, dun! dun! dun!

I'm sorry James, I'm afraid I can't do that.

Who know's what this is really all about!
I thought these toy's had the type of device where you press a button and tape a saying or word and it record's it and when you press another button ,it plays it back.
Maybe it's simply dodgy workman ship and cheap part's

I'm not so sure that I would want a replacement doll . The same problem may be in all of those dolls. I haven't checked to see where the dolls are made, but a good guess is "China" . Could be some one is screwing with the dolls at the place they are made. Wouldn't be surprised at all. I wouldn't want one of those crazy dolls for my grand kids .

One of these days these smart dolls will strangle a kid or something because of shoddy programming. That will be the end of Elmo forever. I think it's only a matter of time.

I want a Elmo doll that says death threats! That would be freakin sweet! Especially if he can say many other evil things too lol.

The mother should have her ear's checked. It said "Tell James", and it sounded like an incomplete sentence. Probably just a malfunction. But hey, if it gave me TV time, I'd stretch it as much as possible.

:alien: wow!that must of been scary for them. i know i would be.

My son's got one of those talking Barney toys and one of the phrases is, "Let's play some more." I could swear it sounds like, "Let's pray some more."

Yeah, I hear 'Tell James" as well, lol. Also, I love how it's got in the clip "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." Yeah, sure, his favourite, he has at least 500 toys there that are ALL ELMO. If you're so concerned take the doll right away from the child and put it somewhere where he can't see it. Or get rid of it. SHEESH! You're the parent, he's two for crying out loud.

so true I mean tickling is torture he snapped

but the question we have to ask ourselves is who is James? what if its a message? What if this James is bad?

elmo needs an exorsism

ok this is some crazy ****!@ (sorry bout language)

first only things that killed you were guns, knives, rocks, pianos falling on your head, and animals

now cows kill (mad cow disease), squirrels kill, air kills, rats kill, mosquitos kill, fish kill, wasps kill, and even chicken kills!@

thats ****ing great now even elmos killing people (if you want to learn more about it go to youtube and look up elmo's got a gun by weird al)

its sad when elmo kill and also that santa one so santa kills too next tele tubbies are gonna be serial killer

This has happened a couple of other times with the talking Elmo doll. I truly believe that it's being done to these dolls by some sick **** who works in the putting together of these toys.