It’s a small-minded world after all.
A misguided thrill-seeker at Orlando’s Walt Disney World jumped off a bridge into a lagoon to allegedly win a bet for as much as $60,000 — and earned a one-year ban in the process.
In videos posted to social media, the bandanna-wearing jumper climbs over a bridge in the Italian pavilion at the amusement park on Monday around 5:30 p.m.
In the clip, the man can be heard asking “How deep is that water?” before jumping.
Passerby can be heard shouting “You’re gonna get kicked out of Disney, mister!” in one video of the incident shared to YouTube.
The unfazed jumper handed a man sitting on the bridge steps his sunglasses before plunging feet first about 10 feet to the water below — T-shirt, shorts, Nike sneakers and all, the video shows.
The unidentified man then swam to a nearby gondola, which he climbed over to get back onto land, at which point bystanders off camera can be heard cheering.
The video was posted to YouTube by Disney-loving family channel DisFamily Adventures, which is run by married couple Brendan and Gwyn, who told FOX 35 that they heard the man and his friends talking about a $6,000 bet under the condition he jumped into the lagoon.
Another clip on TikTok was seemingly posted by one of the man’s friends who claimed he leaped into the “freezing cold” water for a staggering $60,000.
The TikTok user, who goes by Brandon Reiter on the app, appeared to identify the man who jumped in the video, tagging his TikTok account in the caption, which read: “Why did @Elit3Trainers jump in that freezing cold #disney #epcot water for 60k like that.”
It appears that the man who jumped from the Epcot bridge does, in fact, monitor the @Elit3Trainers account, though it didn’t reveal his name.
The latest video posted to the account shows the man — donning the same Japanese-style headband and colorful Nike sneakers — opening a Pokemon pack at Epcot’s Japan Pavilion.
“Heard you got a lifetime ban from Disney,” one caption on the TikTok says, to which @Elit3Trainers responded: “Year ban, no fine. No arrest. For everyone wondering.”
The Post sought comment from TikTok users @Elit3Trainers and Brandon Reiter.
Representatives for Walt Disney World did not immediately respond to noti.group’s request for comment.
The amusement park’s website, meanwhile, lists “prohibited activities,” which include “engaging in any unsafe act or other act that may impede the operation of the Walt Disney World Resort or any part thereof.”
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
