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the disney suicides ☹

There's something about Disneyland that attracts tales of suicide. Go to almost any corner of the Internet, and there will be someone claiming they saw a body hidden away on one of the rides. But perhaps none of these tales compare to the Small World suicide.

The story goes that the Small World ride unexpectedly closed one day in 1999. Midway through the ride, the music cut off, the lights went up, and employees asked the tourists to leave. When asked what was wrong, they gave vague answers and ushered everyone outside. Supposedly, one of those tourists just happened to be holding her camera. As she left, she snapped a picture or two and forgot all about it. At least until the film came back with this photo.

Yeah, that's a child there, hanging from the rafters. The story goes that the kid hanged himself while the happy families enjoyed the ride, blissfully unaware of the nightmare dangling above them. In case that sounds too far-fetched for your taste, we should point out that there very nearly was a successful suicide at Disneyland Paris last year. So it's not as unlikely as you might think.