Re-creation of Wile E. Coyote 'Road Runner Trap' Ends in TragedyLos Alamos, NMA town is in shock this morning, as it tries to come to grips with a senseless tragedy: one child has been seriously injured in what his friends have called "an attempt to capture The Road Runner." Apparently, the child had become fixated with the Looney Tunes "Road Runner" cartoons and began his own Road Runner Hunt.
When the smoke cleared, the boy was suspended in mid-air, still in the "rocket-clutching" pose, although he was now black and sooty all over except for his bloodshot eyes. He blinked twice, syncopated with what sounded like a dissonant xylophone chord. Immediately after that, people reported hearing what sounded like a muted trumpet going "wah wahhhhh" and seeing the boy disintegrate into a pile of ashes. The boys parents have brought his ashes to Batman, who claims he can "rehydrate" the boy in his bat cave laboratory. To prevent further such incidents, authorities have asked that parents look for the following warning signs in their children:
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His plan consisted of an oversized firework rocket, to which he attached some motorcycle handlebars and footpegs. When the Road Runner sped by, he lit the fuse of the rocket. Friends say he expected that the rocket would give him equal speed to the Road Runner, but due to some unforseen error, the rocket exploded instead of propelling him to Road Runner velocity.