![]() “This is the best game of hide-and-seek ever,” one deputy can be heard joking. The video, released by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and obtained by local outlet WKMG, shows deputies holding guns as they trek through the former park’s decaying buildings and jungle-like trails, at times using machetes to slice through thick brush. Richard McGuire, 42, of Mobile, Alabama, was arrested in April for allegedly making an excursion to the former zoological park while the entire resort was closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. New body camera footage captures Florida deputies’ intense manhunt for a trespasser accused of camping on Walt Disney World’s abandoned Discovery Island back in April. It may be a small world after all, but that doesn’t mean this fugitive was easy to find. We deserve that much.Disney opening Zootopia-themed attraction at Shanghai resort in effort to boost tourismĢ18-pound baby elephant born at Walt Disney World: 'Adorable'įamily thought they had $10K worth of gift cards for Disney World trip - but this ludicrous mix up left them reelingĭisney World guests stuck on incline of iconic roller coaster for 30 minutes Let’s see Danny McBride play some chill, good times seeking dude who tries to start an island nation of one in the middle of a theme park. ![]() But while creatives wrestle with which stories to tell and how to focus art once the COVID crisis is over, I absolutely want to call this one out. As you’d imagine, signs are said to be abound, telling people to keep out and authorities apparently used a megaphone trying to warn the interloper that he was on private property - but he was having a nap. Did he hike through the massive, locked-down Disney World compound before seeing what he perceived to be Shangri la by happenstance? A Disney official did comment to the AP that they’d seen him using one of their boats at one point on Thursday, so there’s also that. How McGuire made landfall is a curiosity (one of many!). Insider ran a thing on it last year (with screenshots from the aforementioned footage) and noted that while the island may be abandoned, Disney definitely keeps a watchful eye on it and doesn’t seem keen to let people step inside. It closed down in 1999, though, and glimpsing unauthorized footage of the island from a few years ago makes it seem as though McGuire wasn’t exactly kicking it in paradise, even though that’s what he thought it was when he discovered it on Monday or Tuesday, according to the arrest report.īuildings have crumbled and been overrun by nature. Previously, the island was used as a bird sanctuary with snack stands and walking tours for visitors. Trespassing: it’s still a thing.Īccording to the Associated Press, McGuire got arrested Thursday after trying to occupy the long-abandoned spot in the Orlando, Florida based theme park where Treasure Island (later renamed Discovery Island) previously resided an 11-acre island visible from The Contemporary resort in Bay Lake. If you’re Walt Disney World, however, you apparently can blame him. ![]() It’s natural law, turned on its head, and so you almost can’t blame 42-year-old Richard McGuire for believing that he too could claim a seemingly abandoned space, making it his temporary home and a place where he could camp and live his best solitude during quarantine. To quote the meme, “wildlife is returning,” no longer scared off by the loud and disruptive flow of our typical human society. Elephants are chillaxing in tea gardens after getting sloshed on corn wine and wolves are racing against cars on city streets.
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