This year can’t end soon enough for Ozzy Osbourne. Black Rain slumped (thanks to illegal downloaders), he auctioned off the majority of his heirlooms and some of his felonious fans were the subject of one of the most elaborate sting operations in rock history. After the sting operation netted forty warrant-dodging fans, Ozzy pondered why his audience was targeted. Well, now we know. At an AM/PM convenience store in Vancouver, Washington, on Christmas Eve, a man who called himself “Ozzy Osbourne” pulled out a handgun and threatened to shoot the clerk (the faux-Ozzy also spent a few hours harassing customers and other nearby businesses). Thankfully, the doppelganger Prince of Darkness didn’t fire the weapon, and kept his insanity in check until paramedics gave him a free ambulance ride to the nearest hospital. We’ll give the guy credit though; he does really look like he just jumped off the cover of Bark at the Moon and threw on a pair of glasses. People must have been telling this guy that he looks exactly like Ozzy Osbourne for years, and a man can only take so much before he actually starts believing he’s Ozzy Osbourne. It’s like when people keep telling us we look like Brad Pitt. Still, even though the real Ozzy’s memory is shaky, 2007 is a year he’d like to forget.

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