Klutch
09-05-2002, 07:20 PM
I posted this story on the RADP newsgroup years ago and wanted to know if anyone in this forum had ever heard about it. Considering the wide aray of people on these pages, I thought just maybe someone might have heard about it (maybe even saw it!). I thought it was pretty amazing...
I lived around Disneyland (Anaheim, Cyprus, Garden Grove) until I was in middle school when I moved to Phoenix. While in high school in Phoenix, I went on a Disneyland trip with friends from a local lodge. Nobody else in our party had ever been to Disneyland. Of course, I went on and on about how great it was. I think this trip was summer, 1979.
I was standing in line with my friend Joe (yes, his real name) at the Matterhorn Bobsleds. Just as we neared the boarding area, the guy directly behind me in line jumped over the fence surrounding the mountain. I stood astonished as this guy quickly made his way up the rocks and onto a track bridge over the water. He walked right onto the track and did headstand on the bridge. A guy next to me in line, apparently a buddy of the "daredevil", took a picture of this dunderheaded stunt.
The daredevil hopped off the track bridge, climbed down the rocks and back over the fence; landing right next to me and two Disney police officers. Without a word said by anybody, the police officers handcuffed the daredevil and escorted him away.
Not surpringly, the entire Matterhorn ride was brought to a screeching halt when that knucklehead jumped the fence. It took about an hour to get the bobsleds down and brakes reset. Joe and I waited. It was worth it. Joe said it was greatest thrill ride he'd ever encountered.
So, has anyone else ever heard of this incident? I wonder if it perhaps morphed into a "guy got decapitated on the Matterhorn" story.
:eek:
I lived around Disneyland (Anaheim, Cyprus, Garden Grove) until I was in middle school when I moved to Phoenix. While in high school in Phoenix, I went on a Disneyland trip with friends from a local lodge. Nobody else in our party had ever been to Disneyland. Of course, I went on and on about how great it was. I think this trip was summer, 1979.
I was standing in line with my friend Joe (yes, his real name) at the Matterhorn Bobsleds. Just as we neared the boarding area, the guy directly behind me in line jumped over the fence surrounding the mountain. I stood astonished as this guy quickly made his way up the rocks and onto a track bridge over the water. He walked right onto the track and did headstand on the bridge. A guy next to me in line, apparently a buddy of the "daredevil", took a picture of this dunderheaded stunt.
The daredevil hopped off the track bridge, climbed down the rocks and back over the fence; landing right next to me and two Disney police officers. Without a word said by anybody, the police officers handcuffed the daredevil and escorted him away.
Not surpringly, the entire Matterhorn ride was brought to a screeching halt when that knucklehead jumped the fence. It took about an hour to get the bobsleds down and brakes reset. Joe and I waited. It was worth it. Joe said it was greatest thrill ride he'd ever encountered.
So, has anyone else ever heard of this incident? I wonder if it perhaps morphed into a "guy got decapitated on the Matterhorn" story.
:eek: