a father who went to a site of which he probably didn't know it existed, knew how to change his avatar, posted a picture, and said he is dead?
seems legit
My parents know that I traverse forums.
My parents are smart enough to figure out how to change avatars.
My parents are smart enough to know how to use BBcode.
By the Halls, you people are too skeptical for your own good.
Anyway, paranoid Blockland skeptics aside, Boomerang was a very prominent person here on Blockland, and although I never had the fortune to meet him in the real world, I'm sure he would have become a very prominent person in real life as well.
I'm sorry for your loss,
may Boomerang rest in peace.