The friends hatched the idea a couple weeks ago to make a video of themselves hanging upside-down like bats at various spots around campus, then posted it on YouTube. By midday Friday, their "Original Batmanning Video" set to a version of the musical theme from the 1960s "Batman" TV series had been viewed more than a half million times.
The video shows them hanging from spots such as Purdue's Amelia Earhart statue, parts of Ross-Ade Stadium, a set of wrought-iron gates and inside a parking garage.
"If you do a Google search there's a ton of articles (about the video), from the U.K. to articles in languages I can't even understand," one of the four students, Chris Ganz, told the Journal & Courier (http://bit.ly/mTOxAh ). "It's definitely gone international."
Although it looks like a difficult stunt to pull off, the students insist it's not.
"Once you get your feet hooked up there, it sounds crazy, but it's not as hard as it looks," Ganz said.
Purdue officials said the students aren't breaking rules in their video, but they worry that the stunt is dangerous.
Jeffery Stefancic, Purdue's associate dean of students, said he planned to meet with the group soon to discuss those concerns and make sure the students understand they can't damage university property, trespass or disrupt school operations
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