PGHFiend 140 Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 If you want it to be! https://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2020/05/01/florida-man-caught-camping-on-discovery-island-banned-from-disney-property/ BradyBzLyn...Mo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keith_h 420 Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 I get a kick out of Florida Man claiming he didn't know it was private property. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 No mention on how he got out there. Swim, boat, if boating where did he launch from and how did he get a boat on property un seen? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 739 Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, keith_h said: I get a kick out of Florida Man claiming he didn't know it was private property. He's from Alabama according to another article. Richard McGuire, 42, from Mobile, Alabama was arrested on April 30 after camping on Walt Disney World's Discovery Island, according to an arrest report acquired by USA TODAY. He was banned from all Disney properties and charged with a misdemeanor for trespassing. Edited May 2, 2020 by Grumpy and Grandma Added info Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duane 150 Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 21 hours ago, Travisma said: No mention on how he got out there. Swim, boat, if boating where did he launch from and how did he get a boat on property un seen? This article says that he used one of Disney’s boats to get out there. Discovery Island Castaway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rjpete 8 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 i would think he knows better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThemeParkCommando 81 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 11 hours ago, rjpete said: i would think he knows better. Since when has that ever stopped a blogger / youtuber? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 1 hour ago, ThemeParkCommando said: Since when has that ever stopped a blogger / youtuber? Somehow I don't think this guy is either. But something, actually quite a few things, in this story just don't add up - https://www.foxnews.com/us/disney-world-trespass-suspect-viewed-discovery-island-as-tropical-paradise-authorities-say "A man arrested at Disney World in Florida last week for attempting to quarantine from the coronavirus on Discovery Island viewed the small park-owned island as a "tropical paradise," authorities say." So he somehow knew the island was there and was a "tropical paradise" but didn't know that it's WDW private property and has been for more than 50 years? "A Disney security representative said she asked the agency to press charges after she saw McGuire using a company boat to get to the island." Do they leave the keys in all the boats? And supposedly they caught him sleeping in a building and he'd been out there for a couple/few days, but Disney security saw him take the boat out there. So they waited a day or two before bothering to investigate? And then there's this... "Suspect Richard McGuire, 42, told Orange County Sheriff's deputies he had been on the island since Monday or Tuesday and had planned to camp there for a week" Um... he doesn't know if he got there Monday or Tuesday? As our Snarky leader frequently says, things that make you go hmmmm..... fladogfan aka Gretchen 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 I agree with Mo- the boat thing doesn’t make sense. What kind of boat are we talking? If he took a company boat to the island, what did he do with it when he got there? I imagine he couldn’t have left it tied up at the dock. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rjpete 8 Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 My belief is that he was a cast member at one time, or he was familiar with how to get a boat from a present cast member. this story is familiar with every other trespassing case, they knew what to do to have access to a restricted area. He is not the only party to this scheme; there is either an insider or he used his previous knowledge of the park resources (where to find boat keys, etc.} Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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