Elmo gets into fist fight, breaks man’s hand

Elmo’s had a rough week between his fallout with Katy Perry (and her subsequent defamation via bouncing Katy Perry boob gifs) and now this…a Florida man in an Elmo suit got into a fist fight with a random stranger.

Police say that an unnamed man assaulted the man in an Elmo suit, who was clad in the outfit due to performing at a kids’ party, over the weekend in a guitar store.

A police statement said about the incident:

“The man who was wearing the Elmo costume was already in the store when the suspect entered the store and was physically aggressive towards customers and staff. The suspect in this case suffered broken fingers and was taken to the hospital where he would receive treatment for his injuries and undergo a mental evaluation. The man dressed as Elmo was the victim in this incident and was not injured.”

According to police, the man who assaulted Elmo left the fight with two broken fingers. He was also detained for a mental health evaluation as it was unclear why he snapped on the man in the Elmo costume.

It’s easy to forget that though Elmo looks so cute and cuddly, he does live on a street with people living in trash cans and large birds having drug hallucinations. You have to learn to defend yourselves in those mean streets.

I would also desperately like to see video of this. I don’t know what pure bliss is, but I imagine it can be achieved through a grown man in an Elmo suit snapping another man’s fingers in a guitar store.

Man attacks Elmo; Elmo wins [CNN]

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