Elmo's Hunt

Back in the 90s when I was young, Sesame Street was my favorite show as a kid. I would always tune into PBS to watch it (WSBE since I used to live in Rhode Island). My favorite character was the one and only, you guessed it, Elmo. I had lots of Elmo toys, including the infamous Tickle Me Elmo. One day, I came home after school, tuned into PBS and got my stuffed Elmo. The name of the episode was called "Elmo's Hunt". The title sounded a bit odd, but I didn't care because I just cared about the show. The episode started off with Elmo walking home to his apartment with a grumpy face, as if someone upset him. He then turned around and said: "Oh, hi! Elmo didn't see you there! Elmo is sick and tired of these scumbags ruining my life, so do you want to help Elmo assassinate them?" Little me was curious what that big word meant, but I said yes anyways because I loved Elmo. "That's great! First, we are going to poison Cookie Monster!" The camera then pans on to Cookie Monster, scarfing down on cookies per usual. Cookie Monster then leaves to use the bathroom. Elmo pours what seems to be poison on his cookies. "Ha! That fat ***** gets what he deserves!" Cookie Monster returns and Elmo hides in a bush. Cookie Monster takes a bite out of a poisoned cookie, and then this realistic foam comes out of his mouth and falls to the ground dead. I didn't know what happened, so young me just laughed. "Next, we are going to slaughter Bert and Ernie in their sleep!". The camera pans into Bert and Ernies bedroom at midnight. You can see the two sleeping in their beds, while Elmo sneaks through a window. The camera just pans to static for about 20 seconds. After the static, you can see dead Bert and Ernie dead, soaking in a pool of blood. This shocked me, since I knew what blood was. "Now on our list is Oscar The Grouch!" Elmo starts emitting a witch like laugh. The camera pans in to Oscar in his trash can arguing with Grover and Big Bird. Elmo arrives and shouts "Put your hands in the air where Elmo can see them, or Elmo will blow your ******* brains out!". Oscar, Grover And Big Bird all put their hands in the air. "Grover, call the police! We don't have much time before he kills us!" Oscar says. Grover attempts to dial 911, but Elmo blasts the three with his handgun. The camera pans to static once again for 20 seconds. Once the static ended, you could see the three lying there, dead and soaked with blood. "Finally, Elmo will bomb Sesame Street! Ha ha ha!" The camera then pans in on citizens walking on the sidewalk for 30 seconds. A bomb suddenly went off and everyone started to panic and scream. The camera again turns to static for 20 seconds, and then pans back to Prairie Dawn, Telly Monster, Baby Bear and Count Von Count with opened ribs, and their brains exposed. "Thanks for all your help friend! But Elmo doesn't need you anymore! Elmo is coming for you! Ha ha ha!" The credits then roll but with distorted music, the background was black and the credits were scrambled and disorganized. At the end, there was a hidden message that said "Elmo will be there soon. Be prepared." But before the episode ended, a picture of my deceased friend, Madison, flashed across the screen for a nanosecond. After that, an episode of Barney & Friends played. I started to cry and tell my parents, but they just laughed at me and said I had a wild imagination. After this event happened, I threw out all my Elmo merchandise and toys because I could never look at Elmo the same way again. I believe this was the only time this episode ever aired. One day, this memory came to mind and I googled it to see if this wasn't some dream I had, but no results came up, just pictures of creepy Elmo. I now have children of my own and I have PTSD from this event. I even banned Sesame Street in my house because of this. I just wish I could forget about this traumatic memory.

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