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Ozzy Osbourne Commemorates Bat-Biting Anniversary with Adorable Plush Toy

January 20, 1982. A day that would live in rock infamy. The day Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off of a live bat on stage in Iowa. Or was it…

January 20, 1982. A day that would live in rock infamy. The day Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off of a live bat on stage in Iowa.

Or was it live? As the story goes, 17-year-old fan Mark Neal smuggled a bat into Ozzy's concert in Des Moines. He threw it onto the stage and Ozzy picked it up. Thinking it was a rubber bat--fans were fond of throwing such things on stage during Ozzy's sets in those days--he bit into it. Problem is, it was a real bat. Ozzy claims to this day it was alive; Neal maintains it was dead. Either way, history was made.

Flash-forward to present-day, and The Prince of Darkness has decided to commemorate the blessed event with a limited-edition plush bat...that you can bite the head off of.

https://twitter.com/OzzyOsbourne/status/1219293971488206849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1219293971488206849&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kerrang.com%2Fthe-news%2Fozzy-releases-plush-toy-bat-with-detachable-head-to-mark-anniversary-of-biting-bats-head-off%2F

Order yours soon; you know Ozzy's fans will go batty and the plush will sell out soon.

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