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Title: Family Receives Threats After Batman-Themed Photo Shoot on Railroad Tracks
Source: People
URL Source: http://www.people.com/article/Batma ... distress-railroad-tracks-photo
Published: Jun 17, 2015
Author: Alexandra Rockey Fleming
Post Date: 2015-06-18 08:33:44 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 2419
Comments: 30

Family Receives Death Threats After Batman-Themed Photo Shoot on Railroad Tracks

Roxanne, Mike and Finn Daly
Courtesy Daly family

06/17/2015 AT 07:00 PM EDT

A Wisconsin mom has been receiving threats after posting staged images of herself as a damsel in distress tied to railroad tracks being rescued by her 15-month-old son dressed as Robin and her husband, dressed as Batman.

The proud parents posted the photos, which were an early Father's Day gift from Roxanne to her husband, to Facebook and they took off from there, provoking an "extreme" backlash, according to Finn's dad and Roxanne's husband, Mike Daly, 27.

"People threatened us," he tells PEOPLE. "Some said that our son should be taken from us. We're good parents and we would never have done anything to deliberately harm anybody."

What inspired such vitriol?

He honestly has no idea. His wife was just creating something "really cool," says Mike.

The photos pay homage to Batman, who's an icon in the Daly home.

"I love him because he's a normal guy, as far as superheroes go," says Mike, who's a retail marketing professional.

"He's got a lot of money but doesn't have any superpowers," he says. "And if you really know the character, you know he's completely psychotic but people look at him like this hero."

He's doing his best to instill his love for the superhero in his son as well.

Finn's bedroom wall is a Gotham mural and he sleeps in a Batman bed.

"He's starting to talk and 'Da-Da' and 'Ba-Man' are synonymous," says Mike.

He says that the Batman in the photos "might be me, but he's Batman, so I guess we can't know for sure."

Roxanne planned the shoot with the help of a local photographer, who met the family at the railroad location.

"We picked up Finn from daycare and drove out there after work, and it was a total surprise to me," he says. "The shoot happened really quickly and my head was kind of spinning the whole time. I never expected anything like that."

From Facebook, the photos migrated to content provider Unilad, and things spiraled down from there.

"Our photos got exposure for being unique, I guess, so it was perfect springboard for comments," he says.

Someone posted the family's address to a viral site and then said they were going to show up at their home at 3 a.m.

Beyond the menacing messages, "the biggest objection was that [being on railroad tracks] is dangerous or illegal," explains Mike.

"I mean, we had no idea it was illegal," he says. "I've never been on a railroad before. I'll never be on a railroad again. We don't hang out on them. I get where people are coming from, but I don't think the message was well-crafted at all. There were less aggressive ways of communicating that."

Family Receives Threats After Batman-Themed Photo Shoot on Railroad Tracks| Real People Stories

The Daly Family

Courtesy Daly family



Despite the negativity directed at the Daly family, Mike's takeaway from the Father's Day surprise is entirely positive.

"My wife did something extremely thoughtful and something that we'll remember for the rest of our lives," he says. "Her intention was to create something really cool and that's what I'm taking out of it.

"Some people are unhappy about everything and need to invent a reason for you to be unhappy about anything," he says. "So I try to ignore them."

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#1. To: Deckard (#0)

The sheep need to toughen up... and not be so offended.... it was a cool idea, but yes, every railroad will post the tracks against trespass due to liability lawsuits.

GrandIsland  posted on  2015-06-18   8:41:19 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#2. To: GrandIsland (#1)

The sheep need to toughen up... and not be so offended...

We live in a nanny state with tens of millions of people happy to call 911 or stir up a shit storm on Twitter/Facebook for their own little outrage theater. During the Soviet era, it was well-known that many Soviet citizens loved informing on their fellow-citizens.

That these prying nannies posted the family's home address and started threatening them and labeling them bad parents is way over the top compared to the very minor danger faced from being on some rural train tracks for a few minutes.

If you look at Buzzfeed’s comment section, a person named Mike Daly — not confirmed to be him — can be found defending the family’s shoot. This was a week ago.

"Yes, I'm aware people get hit by trains, but show me one incident that does not involve one of these: someone wearing earbuds, someone walking along the track with their back turned, someone trying to beat a train across a track, someone trying to perform a stunt, or a blind curve," he wrote. "This track is clear and straight for miles in both directions. This track has not ever run in the evening in all the years we've been near it. We have never been on the track before, nor will we ever be on it again. Our kids will be aware of the dangers of trains. Had a train approached, we'd have had ample time to move."

Seriously, they should lose their child and get threats over a couple of minutes on a track on a rail line that never gets any evening trains?

I think those threatening them (and posting their address) should be prosecuted instead.

Tooconservative  posted on  2015-06-18 09:14:55 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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