The story of the bat child in the West Virginian cave is the product of the World Weekly News. I can't begin to explain why or how the movement started, but Bat Boy has his own fan club, and you can even send him a get-well card! Here's a brief history: The Bat Boy saga began in 1992 when the 19-pound mutant--described by scientists as half human and half bat--was captured in a cave in Virginia's Shenandoah Mountains. The feisty creature was taken to a secret federal laboratory near Wheeling, W.Va., where experts from all over the world came to study him. In 1993 and again in 1994, government officials denied rumors that Bat Boy had escaped from the lab and was on the loose. But finally, a nationwide search was launched in 1995 when the big eared fugitive was spotted in at least six different states from the Deep South to the Midwest. Bat Boy was recaptured by a posse of FBI agents in 1997 after nearly two years on the run. Visit the Bat Boy section at World Weekly News for all your Bat Boy needs.