Girl gets stuck inside a Barney the Dinosaur head after trying to prank her friends

Poke Staff. Updated June 23rd, 2016

Darby Risner apparently found an old Barney the Dinosaur costume in the cellar of her church and decided to put it to scare her friends. Then she realised the big purple dino-head wouldn’t come off.

Thanks to the internet this kind of shame is no longer a private matter and tens of thousands of people around the world have enjoyed her plight. Initial attempts to pull the head off failed.

@loganrisner1919 "took a long time to get these things big" pic.twitter.com/JOMZ6ESVHW

— Logan Risner (@loganrisner1919) June 21, 2016

So the decision was made to seek help at the local fire station.

(via @loganrisner1919)

And after the tweets went viral, she was interviewed by NBC news.

https://twitter.com/loganrisner1919/status/745110364010876929

And memes followed.

https://twitter.com/loganrisner1919/status/745325335437262848

And thus, the cycle of web-celebrity is almost complete. Expect part one of the movie adaptation this September!