It's a little known but sad fact that the following year the weather was fine. Rudolph returned to being a second-class citizen. Even Santa wouldn't let him play reindeer games. On Christmas day Rudolph was nowhere to be found. The next day he was found, dead, by the side of the road with the word "FREAK" written on his belly in his own blood. When the elf police went through the town to question suspects they discovered that Blitzen had skipped town. It's a true story.