Where are they now: “I like turtles” kid
10 July 2008
If you’ve been on the Interwebs at all in the last year or so, you’ve probably come across a link to the YouTube phenom known either as the “I like turtles kid” or “Zombie-faced kid.” If you haven’t, that’s odd, but here you go: Zombie Kid Likes Turtles. It’s been viewed over 5 million times (it’s an easy watch, weighing in at only 17 seconds), and has spawned dozens of remixes and parodies. I admit, it’s funny for the pure senselessness of the response and more for the reporter’s stunned response.
Anyway, I ran across this video of the same reporter who tracked the boy down and interviewed him and his family. It’s not terribly interesting in itself, but it does show how integrated the web is into mainstream life now. Case in point: the sister first heard about her brother’s then-nascent popularity from a friend’s post on her MySpace page.
