Author: Joey Paur / Source: GeekTyrant
For years we’ve heard the Disneyland urban legend about people scattering human ashes around Disneyland and Walt Disney World on rides like The Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion. Well, it turns out that’s all true and it might happen a lot more than you think it does!
The Wall Street Journal uncovered the truth and this kind of thing happens on a monthly basis. It happens so much in fact that there’s a team of custodians who are called in to clean it up when it happens. There’s even a special code that Disney employees have to report when it happens.
The code is “HEPA cleanup” and HEPA refers to a special kind of filter that is used to suck up very fine particles such as human ashes. The WSJ interviewed the custodians who work at the parks that have had to clean up human remains. They also interviewed a few people that brought in the ashes to spread them. The report says:
Current and former custodians at Disney parks say identifying and vacuuming up human ashes is a signature and secret part of working at the Happiest Place on Earth. It is grisly work for them, but a cathartic release for the bereaved, who say treating Disney parks…
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