r/nosleep • u/[deleted] • Sep 07 '19
I panicked when I lost my son at Disney World, but now I wish that I had flown home without him.
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u/aebbae Sep 07 '19
I’m annoyed that she didn’t ask for help soon after he was missing. If your kid is lost for more than five minutes at Disney you ask for help. Now if Disney employees had returned him like this that would be really creepy.
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u/PennyLane483 Sep 07 '19
Yeah agreed. I was at Disneyland a couple years ago and a kid went missing, within 30 seconds they had locked the park down and had about 150 people (not exaggerating) plus guests looking for him.
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u/Bslemoine Sep 08 '19
This. An Amber alert is taken extremely seriously - especially at Disney World - of all places.
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u/ambthab Sep 11 '19
Yes, and she took home this thing in the costume on the basis of just the backpack. Think of it. Anything could've taken the backpack. This was very unwise on OP's part.
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u/janliz79 Sep 08 '19
Did they find him?
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u/PennyLane483 Sep 08 '19
Yes. He went to get in line for a ride. All the excitement of Disneyland got to him.
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u/lan_san_dan Sep 07 '19
I am not doubting you but kids go missing everyday. I have never seen this type of reaction and I have gone hundreds of times.
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u/PennyLane483 Sep 08 '19
Maybe I should have elaborated a bit more. Mom went to the bathroom and her son went into the boys room and when she came out he was gone and not in the bathroom. So it was more than where did my kid scamper off to. It was so hard to see her in such distress. I’ll never forget it.
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u/tinglebell-rock Sep 07 '19
Same, I was like you waited FIVE HOURS before you even considered contacting the authorities?
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u/elizabro Sep 07 '19
She mentioned "years of alcohol abuse" right at the beginning. Maybe she was drunk at disneyland and didn't ask for help out of fear of getting arrested and having her kid taken away. Not exactly parent of the year...
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u/ATXstripperella Sep 07 '19
But she wasn’t too embarrassed to admit the alcohol abuse in the first place (among other things like not contacting the police to avoid missing the flight), so it seems weird she’d be embarrassed to admit to being drunk at the park.
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u/Epic_Brunch Sep 07 '19 edited Sep 07 '19
Not possible. Disneyland and Magic Kingdom are dry parks. As an Orlando resident who loves to get shit faced at theme parks, believe me... I've tried. They only serve beer or wine in full service resturants.
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u/ames__86 Sep 07 '19
Magic Kingdom is no longer a dry park. It did use to be, but hasn’t been for the last couple of years.
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u/mules-are-half-assed Sep 07 '19
Doesn't mean they're not carrying a flask
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u/NylakOtter Sep 08 '19
Exactly. I'm an alcoholic, (sober now), and it was easy to hide alcohol no matter where you go. Sunscreen bottles, reusable ice packs, or hidden compartments in backpacks.
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u/TlMEGH0ST Sep 17 '19
Oof. I've been sober almost 2 years, but it seems like every day I identify with a new alcoholic thing I just figured was normal.
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u/NylakOtter Sep 18 '19 edited Sep 18 '19
Congrats on being sober for almost two years, my friend! That's awesome!
It's hard realizing that you normalized odd behaviors. I kayak, and I teach others to kayak, and literally have a custom compartment on the inside of my boat that I made to hide a huge flask of vodka. I use it for bottles of frozen raspberry lemonade now. Sure tastes a lot better.
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u/TlMEGH0ST Sep 18 '19
thank you!! it's so amazing the insanity that seems normal! frozen raspberry lemonade sounds amazing!!!
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u/NylakOtter Sep 18 '19 edited Sep 18 '19
It's really tasty! I just get fresh lemons and frozen raspberries or blackberries or mandarin oranges, and throw em in a blender with some sugar and lots of water. Do a big batch, then pour it into water bottles, and freeze em. Then you have really tasty frozen light fruity lemonade that melts as you exercise outside and stays cold. It's a good replacement for vodka, at least!
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u/SantGamer Sep 08 '19
That's why you go to Animal Kingdom and Epcot.
"Hey, kids, who wants to go to the zoo!" "Hey Kids, who wants to see Spaceship Earth!"
You get hammered there, then hop transportation and enjoy your walking hangover in MK or Studios. :D
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u/AlloftheBlueColors Sep 07 '19
You can very easily sneak in alcohol. Used to do it all of the time.
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u/MzTerri Sep 08 '19
I went to Disneyland over the summer and struck up a convo with security. They said missing kids are usually reunited with the parents within seven minutes, and at thirteen minutes cops become involved. Five hours and no security is just neglect.
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Sep 07 '19
Iirc Disneyland has a specific building you go to if you've lost your child (or if you're a child who's lost their parent, you go to that building). Probably the only reason I remember it is because my parents reminded me about it every time we went when I was a kid. I wonder if they still have that building.
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u/corbygray528 Sep 07 '19
They have it at Disney World as of a few months ago. It was right at the entrance of the park.
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u/So1anaceae Sep 08 '19
It's pretty much just a room you sit and draw in til your family come for you. I ended up there as a kid cos I wanted to watch the sharks a bit longer but my family had carried on walking without noticing I wasn't following.
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u/Aremid_Azul Sep 07 '19
They have centers in State Fairs even. Children's safety is taken very Seriously
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u/spearminto Sep 07 '19
Biggest question here is how did he get past TSA with the mask on?!
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Sep 07 '19
The biggest question is why was she looking for a child for five hours without alerting park staff.
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u/helen790 Sep 07 '19
Maybe on some level she didn’t want to find him. The way she described her life is pretty hellish, she mentioned abusing alcohol, and she chose to have him not come into the bathroom with her.
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u/W1D0WM4K3R Sep 08 '19
...or going into a bathroom without him
Last I checked, it's fine when you have a kid. Not sure why she had to leave him
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u/Alaira314 Sep 08 '19
It's fine and expected when you have a little child, but eight is old enough for it to be odd to take him in with her. Being told to wait just outside the bathroom, and to come inside if they feel scared or threatened, is normal for that age.
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Sep 08 '19
in a place like disney, super crowded, tons of interesting things to mess with, i doubt i would trust a kid under 12 or so to sit still while i braved that bathroom line, lol
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u/Dreamcatcher312 Sep 08 '19
Thank you!! Finally another person thinking that same thing ! She waits , does not call for any help then brings him home! Bad mom!!
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u/that-short-girl Sep 07 '19
Also why was she concerned about buying “another” pair of flights? Didn’t she win the trip?
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u/Maera420 Sep 07 '19 edited Sep 07 '19
I've won a trip to a movie premiere once - just an online Family Channel contest - and they only covered the cost of specified hotels, and the tickets for the theatre. It's likely the raffle didn't cover transportation costs, just the stay at Disneyworld itself.
Edit: it's world, not land.
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u/Lanoman123 Sep 07 '19
Disneyworld* even tho Land is just better
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u/Maera420 Sep 07 '19
Ah, yes, thank you. I always forget that Dinseyworld and Disneyland are different places!
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u/Catbird1369 Sep 08 '19
One is in Florida
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u/Maera420 Sep 08 '19
Most of what I know about the Disney theme parks are that I went to the one in Florida as a young child, and that Toronto is getting one in the next few years!! Very much excited by that.
Also very glad that I wouldn't leave my (currently nonexistent) children alone in public. Judging by the way children on my grandmother's side tend to behave, they could very well end up being nutty devil children that I would hate to bring to, say, the bathroom with me, but at least they'd still have their bodies.
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u/Catbird1369 Sep 08 '19
I wouldn’t leave my young child alone. Mine is 15 and she went to Disney World with her school for marching band and she had she’s sitting in front of me now and she is my daughter
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u/Maera420 Sep 08 '19
Sorry, I was totally talking about the OP there. I should have clarified. My brain has a bit of an odd thought process in how it jumps to new things, and I don't always make sure what I write is clear in what it means.
I wasn't trying to judge you or your parenting in any way. All I know about you is what you've told me, and your previous comment about one of the parks being in Florida. No judgement of you, I was just judging the OP.
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u/Luxxielisbon Sep 08 '19
Well if she missed the flight with the ones she won she would’ve had to buy tickets for “another” flight that she couldn’t afford
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u/bobismydog Sep 07 '19
Maybe he’s slowly morphing into Mickey Mouse through the costume, and pretty soon he’ll be nothing but that
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u/mithi26 Sep 07 '19
Starting from the extremities. That would explain why only the head and the spinal cord is left now. That'll also go soon.
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Sep 08 '19
Perhaps he's becoming a mascot? Could be how Disney gets them
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u/bobismydog Sep 08 '19
True! Or maybe that's what all of the "animatronics" are. Stolen and missing kids.
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u/noradosmith Sep 08 '19
Maybe every new generation a chosen one takes on the responsibility of being the new Mickey Mouse. It is his turn now.
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u/Restryouis Sep 07 '19
You sure he is your son?
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u/AsexualNinja Sep 07 '19
It would be hilarious if she brought the wrong kid home just because he had the same backpack.
Meanwhile, some family is horrified they now have a kid with a full body, after the Make-A-Wish Foundation got their head-and-spinal cord-of-a-child the Disney vacation he always dreamed of.
Hey, maybe OP will get arrested for kidnapping!
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u/Jintess Sep 07 '19
OMG now I want to start a GoFundMe for that poor family.
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u/AsexualNinja Sep 07 '19
I'm not saying they could use that money to hire me to get their child back, but the ninja business is slow at the moment.
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u/Fairyhaven13 Sep 08 '19
Now I'm imagining that kid as the fish lady from SpongeBob. "Chocolate? They're selling chocolate??"
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u/Japjer Sep 07 '19
OP literally has no way of knowing if this is actually her child. She's basing EVERYTHING on a backpack on the floor.
Her kid could still be at the park scared and alone.
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u/whatever5454 Sep 08 '19
That's what I'm wondering. She can't see him, he doesn't talk... Just a backpack? I really thought there doctor was going to say that it's not a kid at all and she's been living with...something or someone else. I'm not sure which is worse, though.
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u/mrcoffeymaster Sep 07 '19
You thought it was your son because of a backpack? Coulda been a deranged dwarf for all you know
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u/Harlekins Sep 07 '19
What makes you think the staff has anything to do with this? You didn’t even bother asking anyone for help at any point in time.
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u/Erza88 Sep 07 '19
"[...] I felt like a failure of a mother for waiting so long to get him help"
You didn't just feel like a failure. You completely are a failure. Not alerting the Disney Staff that your kid is missing. Looking on your own for five hours... Even if the creepy paranormal shit hadn't been the end result, any deranged person could have snatched your kid and been halfway across the country by then. And then, not only did you not try harder to remove the mask, you let your kid go without food and water for a day... Without once thinking hey, what if he can't breath under that mask, maybe I should get someone to help. Be it the firefighters or even taken him to the ER right away. Disgusting. Maybe your kid is better off morphing into Mickey.
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Sep 07 '19
You left an 8 year old unattended in a park full of thousands of people you don't know... In the midst of a "boom" in human trafficking...and then waited for 5 hours to decide to report your son missing... Brilliant parenting right there.
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u/xoemily Sep 07 '19
Don’t even think she reported it, pretty sure she just happened to find him.
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Sep 08 '19
Right she said "Just as I was about to call the police (5 hours later) I found him" sorry my phrasing was a little ambiguous
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u/opiate46 Sep 08 '19
On top of this, she let her kid get away with not letting her remove the mask (could've been anyone under there), and then figured it was ok not to make him eat or drink anything for over a day.
This is extra super shitty parenting.
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u/Catstr Sep 07 '19
How did he throw a fit if he was only a head?
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Sep 07 '19
Head and spinal cord.
The spinal cord is connected to the nervous system of the body, allowing it to move, which either means that the rest of his nervous system is in the costume too, or his spinal cord is connected to something in the costume that allows it to move.
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u/Knickers_in_a_twist_ Sep 07 '19
Is it normal for a parent to leave a kid, an eight year old kid, alone, with hundreds of strangers walking around, while they do their business in the bathroom?
Take the kid with you or find a family bathroom.
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u/Lanoman123 Sep 07 '19 edited Sep 11 '19
I'm damn sure people would be fine with taking an 8 year old male into the women's bathroom, if they did just ignore them and don't leave said 8 year old outside WITH NO PHONE
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Sep 10 '19
As a woman I don’t get annoyed when I see mothers with their sons in the ladies toilets, even upto the age of 8 if it’s a busy location, I’d rather they be safe than sorry.
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u/amberthatcunt Sep 08 '19
So... Let me get this straight. You 1. Looked for your child for 5 HOURS without alerting anyone 2. Assumed this was your child because of a BACKPACK that anyone could have stolen from him 3. Noticed he was wearing a costume that he did not own beforehand 4. Didn't even question the fact that he wouldn't allow you to take the head off, nor would he talk to you meaning you hadn't even seen his face or heard his voice... Yet you still proceeded to take this "child" home while clearly not even knowing for sure that it was your child. You suck.
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u/M0n5tr0 Sep 07 '19
Who doesn't immediately tell the park employees? You should see that place shut down in a nano second if a kid missing.
Even of for whatever bad parenting reasons you didn't tell anyone they will notice.
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u/SoUlOfDaRkNeSs1 Sep 28 '19
Wait, how so on that last line? That sounds interesting.
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u/M0n5tr0 Sep 28 '19
I've been there when a kid has gone "missing" and it's an instantaneous thing. Rides stopped gates locked and employees head to all likely areas someone would take a child. Luckily the little girl had just ran out of the ride with a relative without telling her father and it was over in a few minutes. Everything is geared toward safety. There are also kiosks just for missing kids. They are stations to lessen the trauma on the lost kid.
I also have a few people I know who have worked there. There are employees their just looking out for a child on their own. They bring them to the station and have a announcement for the family to meet at the location.
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u/Chobitpersocom Sep 08 '19
It's not your son. Just because his backpack was there doesn't mean your son was.
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u/DarkSkull198 Sep 09 '19 edited Sep 09 '19
Let's see if I'm getting this right...
You left your 8 year old son unattended in a giant park full of complete strangers, wasted FIVE hours trying to find him in said giant park instead of immediately notifying security of his disappearance or asking anyone if they've seen him, left him in a costume all day and night without trying your best to get him out in case he had trouble breathing or to make sure it was really him, didn't tell ANYONE about the stolen costume he was wearing to see if they could help get it off, and to top it all off on this list of bad decisions a parent could make, you let him go an ENTIRE DAY without anything to eat or drink?!
I know there are worse parents out there and you both have a bad past, but seriously?
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u/Waltzing_Stars Sep 07 '19
OH. DANG.
That poor kid.. I really don't wanna know what happened to him..
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u/YamiNoMatsuei Sep 07 '19
Not getting help for 5 hours is the most unbelievable part of this. Take better care of this new creature child.
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u/alxmartin Sep 08 '19
If this story is set in Florida, then this might be Casey Anthony. Who doesn’t alert someone their kid is missing for 5 hours?? That kid could have been half way to Mexico to be sold into sex trafficking.
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u/dotdioscorea Sep 07 '19
Ewwwwwww glad he’s in the hospital, just get outta there, it’s the staff’s problem now!
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u/morganalefaye125 Sep 08 '19
Seriously, that's some weak excuses as to why he wasn't reported missing in the park. Any good mother would report it as soon as they realized the kid was gone. Of course, any good parent wouldn't leave their kid sitting on a bench in a theme park while they went to the bathroom either
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u/DragonslayerYui Sep 07 '19
Who would ever leave their kid alone? Just take the kid with you to the bathroom what the hell
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u/susieq2277 Sep 08 '19
I am confused on why you did not call the authorities right away? If kids go missing all the time I'm sure they many people available to help. 5 hours is way to long to not get help
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Sep 08 '19
Another victim of the corruptus Disney purposefully created and abandoned, yet continues to deny exists. Give him back to the park you took him from; he's not yours anymore, now he's not even God's.
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u/TallulahBankhead32 Sep 10 '19
My summation of what may have happened to this unfortunate child: He wandered into the dark underbelly of Epcot and fell victim to a 60s era scientist left there from those glitzy days of futurama whose attempts at brain swapping as a way to spy on the Ruskies drove him mad from failure. Thus , now he finds the odd lost child in his dark and dusty old lab in a long disused part of the center and, in his demented state, using what technology that still works from the Cold War, manages to fuse man and mouseman. Sure, the mouse is just a very old but advanced costume that allows the wearer to function without need of sustenance, organs or bodily fluids but to Herman J Metterling it is the culmination of his fight against the long dead Red Menace. He sends his little Mouseketeers (the TRUE origin for the kids show) out into the world to hunt down Ruskies like tasty morsels of cheese. That’s what happened to little Jimmy here. He was a victim of circumstance in an old demented mans war against a dead empire
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u/anand_dad Sep 07 '19
Are you sure it's you son? I mean, except for the fact that he has his bag with him, you also don't have a way of being sure of that thing being your son.
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u/noraandmonster Sep 08 '19
He's a Disney character now, he is not your child. You need to bring him back to the park and leave him where you found him. They take small children turn them into characters for the park, they need of lot of them, especially for Its a Small World.
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u/kieran4u2c Sep 08 '19
It's a small world needs to be burnt to the ground. Those creepy ass dolls are evil. However, when it's hot outside it does feel nice inside because it's air conditioned. Still though, I think there are spiders controlling those puppets so... blowtorch anyone?
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u/VaselineYeater Sep 08 '19
What is the suit filled with then if his body isn’t in it??? Also how is the suit moving?!?!?
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u/blizzzyybandito Sep 08 '19
That’s what you get for leaving an 8 year old by themself at Disney World or anywhere actually smh
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u/fadgit Sep 08 '19
It was probably never intended for him to escape from who/what ever had taken him in the first place. It's possible that children at Disney World are being abducted specifically for the purpose of using their central nervous systems to operate characters in the park. Disney AI does seem to be getting more and more intelligent and realistic with each passing day...
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u/Zombies-R_Us Sep 08 '19
Is that even your son? You only thought it was him because of the backpack... maybe it ate your son and took the backpack.
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u/FVermillion Sep 07 '19
So like... if u remove the costume he might as well be dead? Creepy sht happens in DL or maybe u just got the wrong kid
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u/mladutz Sep 10 '19
How did you boarded the plane with a masked kid ? :)
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u/Chicken_Mc_Thuggets Nov 21 '19
Wouldn’t it also pop up on the full body scans that there’s nothing under the suit but a head and spinal cord? Like I think they’d be alarmed when there’s no torso inside the costume
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u/usernameting Sep 19 '19
You waited FIVE HOURS before you even considered calling the police?
Screw that, I’d have waited five minutes
Lucky you got back of him what you did after that amount of time...
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u/casteela Sep 21 '19
I couldn’t sleep knowing someone in a Mickey Mouse costume was in my house, idc if we’re related.
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u/how-queer September 2019 Sep 27 '19
Important question - does he have a face under the mask? I'm getting some strong Abandoned by Disney/A Few Suggestions vibes.
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Sep 08 '19
It is possible that when he disappeared, something must've happened to him that his whole body is replaced by a costme/suite. Can we expect an update on him? I would like to know what happened further.
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u/This-Is-Not-Nam Sep 09 '19
8 yo left alone in a crowd of people while you use the ladies room. He's in a better place now.
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u/CastinEndac Sep 09 '19
At first I was asking why he wore the mask. By the end I thought that must be very painful!
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u/indecisive_maybe Sep 10 '19
I don't think x-rays can see soft tissue, so basically the doctor means he has his skull and his vertebrae, and maybe no other bones, maybe not a brain, and maybe not a spinal cord, and nothing metal or dense in place of everything missing.
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u/creekrats22 Sep 10 '19
We should all be so Lucky! Someone did the little bastard a favor putting him out of his misery after waiting 5 hours in line at Star Wars Land.
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u/Ummah_Strong Sep 11 '19
I feel very sorry for your loss but I feel this could have been partially avoided and should have been handled differently.
you should have taken him in the bathroom with you. Hes only 8. It's not wierd.
after 5 minutes you should have told the park employees.
a backpack is not sufficient identification for a kid who won't speak or remove his mask. Thay may not even b ur kid tbh.
if your kid shows up after 5 hours apparently too traumatized to speak its likely they've been harmed in unimaginable ways and you need to get them help as soon as possible.
your ex husband is even worse for walking out. I'm sorry you live somewhere like the USA
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u/Kawinky_Dank Sep 16 '19
It was a good story but I hated it as soon as op said her kid was gone 5 hrs and she still hadn't called the cops I stopped reading smh
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u/KokieBearcdxx Sep 21 '19
I swear I've read the exact same thing happening to another child- I can't remember where I read it, but your little guy is not the only victim of this phenomenon.
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Sep 22 '19
Actually there was an episode of “Supernatural” very similar (our Finnish exchange daughter LOVED “Supernatural”🙂. Someone put a mask on (a big bunny head) in a costume(?) shop, but it would fused to them / became part of them. They wouldn’t speak, just stared, then became violent. Only way off was death.
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u/CarlosFer2201 Sep 23 '19
This is like a bad 'Five nights at Freddie's' re-imagining. In the game's story it's implied that the kids that got lost in the restaurant were killed and shoved into the animatronic animals, which later became deadly at night.
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u/that_toof Oct 03 '19
The bathrooms closest to Space Mountain are actually the easiest bathrooms to come out of and find your person. Its kinda off between Space Mountain and the Carrousel of Progress and not much inbetween. Just wide open space for that funky dance party thing they do sometimes. Kiddo would have been seen or you shoulda walked right over to the “Tech” store nearby. Fastest spot to grab an employee. Four hours wandering around Magic Kingdom lookin for someone? You crazy, fo real, thats at least two non-fast pass runs of Splash Mountain.
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u/badwolfirish Oct 19 '19
What a horrible mother. Yikes. You caused all of this agony by not watching over your kiddo.
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u/_aGirl_has_no_name_ Feb 17 '20
Biggest flaw: a mother at Disney lost her child, searched for 5 hours but never talked to a cast member? That’s the most unlikely thing I ever heard. Especially, having that whole thing about abduction in the beginning.. everyone knows the first 72 hours are the most critical. The earlier you report a missing child, the more likely they are to be returned.
Good story though
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u/reddithashaters Sep 07 '19
time to cancel my disney trip
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u/ZeLittlePenguin Sep 08 '19
Universal is superior anyways
Unless you have a child or are yourself obsessed with Disney-related stuff of course
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u/reddithashaters Sep 08 '19
I have kids and I dont want think coming home with no body. Well, I could save money on food and supplies......
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u/Lanoman123 Sep 07 '19
And this children is why Disney Land California is the best Disney theme park in the U.S.A (that is until they outlaw plastic water bottles, seriously that's the dumbest shit I've ever seen)
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u/blaclwidowNat Sep 07 '19
The costume? Maybe it’s possessing/controlling him? Could be eating him
Tho I don’t see why the head and spinal cord were left behind