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The Scarecast

The Scarecast Files #11: It's A Small World After All

The Scarecast

Michael Crutchfield

True Crime, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Back in 1966, Disneyland debuted their new attraction, It’s A Small World which boasted over 240 animatronics and an unforgettable soundtrack that surely would leave a tune running in your head for a long time. The ride was made for the kids, who would be overloaded with all these cute dolls singing to them as they ride in their little boats in amaze. But for some, these little dolls can become quite creepy. Almost as if the dolls have trapped souls in them, there have been eerie reports that even after the ride is shut down and closed, the dolls can still be heard singing in the dead of night. Have you experienced anything?


Imgr picture of the small figure in the ceiling of It's A Small World inside of Disneyland (purportedly taken in 1999):

https://imgur.com/Oersr


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0:00.0

It was back in 1966 when Disneyland debuted their newest attraction.

0:12.4

It's a small world which boasted over 240 animatronics and an

0:18.6

unforgettable soundtrack that surely would leave a tune running in your head for a long time.

0:27.0

The ride was made for the kids,

0:30.0

who would be overloaded with all of these cute dolls singing to them as they ride in their

0:36.3

little boats in a maze.

0:40.0

But for some, these little dolls can become quite creepy.

0:46.8

And almost as if the dolls had trapped souls in them,

0:50.8

there have been eerie reports that even after the ride is shut down and closed, the dolls can

0:57.4

still be heard singing in the dead of the night.

1:03.4

And making it even worse, the ride is notorious for frequent malfunctions, often requiring evacuations due to its old age and high daily usage.

1:17.0

And one particularly intriguing claim revolves around an image uploaded to Imager in August 2012.

1:29.0

The image was purportedly taken in 1999.

1:33.0

I'll provide a link to this image in the description of this episode.

1:38.0

In the image it states,

1:42.0

in 19- the image it states. In 1999 my family visited Disneyland. We happily rolled the Small World Ride, and I was 12 at the time, and my sister was six. We loved every moment in our parents smiled with nostalgia.

2:07.0

And at one time near the end, some lights suddenly shut off and rear lights illuminated the ceiling.

2:20.0

The moving display parts shut off and crew members wearing red overalls walked along

2:26.1

them to help the passengers in the boats onto the stages to direct them out of the building via emergency exits.

2:38.0

A voice would come over the loudspeakers.

2:41.7

Disneyland thanks you for your visit. speakers. and follow the directions of the staff.

2:53.0

Thank you.

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