From: murphy@npri6.npri.com (David P. Murphy)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: "Kidnapping" at Disneyland
Date: 14 Sep 92 00:06:38 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: NPRI, Alexandria VA


 >>>Happened to my project leader's brother last weekend: they were walking
 >>>through Disneyland with their two-year-old boy, holding his hand.
 >>>Somebody bumped into them, they lost the boy's hand, and the boy
 >>>disappeared.  Panicked, screamed for security, and a good thing: a few
 >>>minutes later they caught somebody trying to hustle the boy out a gate,
 >>>wearing different clothes and with a haircut.
 >>>
 >>>David Mikkelson  Digital Equipment Corporation, Culver City, CA  USA

>>Yeah, it's really scary because this exact same thing happens several dozen 
>>times a year, always to somebody else's relative's friend, at amusement
>>parks and malls all over the country.  Next time don't forget to leave out 
>>part about how they managed to identify him by his shoes, since the kidnappers
>>always forget to change them.  It's also a lot more interesting if you include
>>the details about the kidnappers' drugging the boy, taking him into the 
>>bathroom, and disguising him as a girl.
>>
>>snopes%club33@stlth.enet.dec.com (snopes)

 >Pompous assholes like you are the real problem - no - nothing like this could
 >possibly have gone wrong at the great Disney world or the even greater Walt
 >Disney world - screw you - before you start calling someone a liar you should
 >at least have the slightest bit of proof to back it up... but of course 
 >Disney is always right in this group so what am I thinking of.... perhaps 
 >if it was your child you might think twice before mocking someone else.....
 >
 >gln@cs.arizona.edu (Gary L. Newell)

1.  snopes got it backwards: it was a friend's relative, not a relative's
    friend.  :-)

2.  yo, gary:  this story --- while possibly true --- has been told
    over and over and over again for many many years.  you might call snopes
    a cynic for not believing, but why an asshole?

3.  those who would kidnap small children would seem to be the real problem
    in this alleged incident.  why are you dragging snopes into it?

4.  why should snopes have to prove that an alleged incident is _false_?
    and just how is he supposed to prove that this event did _not_ take place?
    now, if there was some corroboration provided, i'm sure that snopes
    would not flame as he did.  why not have the slightest bit of proof
    before you start calling someone an asshole?

5.  if you would care to calmly re-read his post, you will notice that
    at no time does snopes say that he disbelieves the story specifically 
    because the location is Disneyland . . . he disbelieves the story 
    purely because it so closely matches a classic Urban Folklore tale.
    please refrain from putting words into other people's mouths.

6.  you moron, OF COURSE someone would feel different if it happened to
    his own family.  however, i cannot believe that your project leader's
    brother's family has been emotionally injured by snopes's article,
    so why are you so vented by it?

7.  what is the difference between "Disney World" and "Walt Disney World"?
    *ha ha*  obviously you are so distraught over this thread that you are
    incapable of forming coherent sentences.  why not think about it
    overnight and try again when you've got a cooler head?

ok
dpm
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