Leach, who lives in the Dallas area, also had the connections to bring Barney to life, having worked in sales and marketing for D.L.M. The Barney concept is the brainchild of Sheryl Leach, a former inner-city elementary school teacher and marketing executive who recognized a void in the market for video programming directed at preschoolers. The true cuddly origins of Barney & Friends were explained in a 1992 Chicago Tribune article: Seriously, what parent would want to dress their kid up like this Scary stuff yall. He is best known for his cruel, manipulative, and murderous attitude. Anyway, were wasting vital crime fighting time so, lets suit up. Barney the Dinosaur (Real Name: Evil Barney) is a two hundred million year (two dinosaur years) old, six-foot tall, purple tyrannosaurus Rex with a green tummy, who comes to life through a child's imagination. That version was accompanied by a disclaimer noting that the referenced entries “are all urban legends. We cant promise this will not be scary, we can only promise itll be worth it.
If they acted bad then he would slice their necks and throw their bodies in a nearby river. He would force them to be happy, otherwise he would rape and kill them. He would lure in little kids and kidnap them. He dressed up in a purple dinosaur costume everyday and went to the park. The earliest iteration of this story we could uncover was posted to the WattPad web site in a collection of “urban legends”:īarney is supposed to be “happy, fun, and appealing to younger ones.” Right? Well it’s not.īack in the 1930’s, there was a man named Barney. We found no record of a man named “Barney” who dressed up in a dinosaur costume and kidnapped children in the 1930s, much less anything referencing the dinosaur character’s having been (absurdly) based on such a person.
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