Eyewitness claims to have seen Bret “Hitman” Hart laugh
A self-described eyewitness has come forward with the extraordinary claim that Bret “Hitman” Hart once laughed out loud.
The witness, who for the sake of anonymity asked to be identified only as Val V., says the incident happened backstage during the Attitude Era, when Hart was reading a particularly funny Sherman’s Lagoon comic strip.
“I know what I saw, and I know what I heard,” said Val V. “It was a laugh. Then he folded up the newspaper, looked me dead in the eyes and snarled, ‘You saw nothing.’”
Wrestling historians have long dismissed such claims. Urban legend holds that a teenaged Hart once laughed at a batch of in-ring flatulence perpetrated by Bad News Allen. Stu Hart reportedly reprimanded Bret so harshly that the young Hitman vowed never to laugh again — a vow many believe he has kept.
Rumours once circulated that the Hitman “chortled slightly” when his pet parakeet, Goldbird, flew into a window.
