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Did Ozzy Osbourne Really Bite the Head off a Live Bat? Here’s the True Story.

Ozzy Osbourne’s infamous bat incident is rock legend. But his account and the concertgoer’s differ on whether the bat was alive.

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A lot of crazy stories have been told about Ozzy Osbourne over the years, but none is more ingrained in the public consciousness than him biting the head off of a bat.

The incident in question took place at a concert in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 20, 1982. While Osbourne has shared conflicting memories of what happened that night, one thing seemed consistent: someone threw what Osbourne believed to be a toy bat onto the stage during his performance. Osbourne also never denied that he........

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