Bert is Evil

[1] The website featured manipulated images of the character consorting with notoriously nefarious figures, such as Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong-il, Robert Mugabe, and Osama bin Laden, as well as being present at events, such as the JFK assassination,[2] and Oklahoma City bombing, humorously offered as "proof" that Bert was no mere innocent children's television character.

[3] In the summer of 1998, due to the website's immense cult popularity, it became too expensive for Ignacio to continue running.

[5][6] At the end of 1998, Pozniak posted a contribution, submitted by humorist J Roen, digitally manipulated to depict the then relatively unknown international terrorist, Osama bin Laden,[7] posing with Bert.

In October 2001, after the September 11 attacks, an undoctored Reuters news photograph was published showing a pro Osama bin Laden protest rally in Bangladesh.

[12] Since the original Bert/Osama picture had been posted to Dennis Pozniak's mirror, he too was bombarded by the international media seeking interviews.