Darby Risner in the Barney head at the local fire department. Darby Risner had worn the Barney head before, in seventh grade for a character dress-up day at school, back when the fuzzy purple dinosaur ...

Darby Risner had worn the Barney head before, in seventh grade for a character dress-up day at school, back when the fuzzy purple dinosaur costume still had its full matching suit, before the arms on ...

But finally, after a sweltering 45 minutes trapped inside, the firefighters snipped several small cuts at the base of Barney's head. Darby was free. Both arms were bruised. She was even sweatier. Her ...