Video of Pluto chasing a kid

[bradk]

as i recall, when he goes back to town square, he's looking directly at the couple in front of the one with the camera, repeatedly points back to where he was pushed and to his eyes and to the couple, which is asking them if they saw what happened (although i think it's more like 'you saw what happened, right?!?').

pluto didn't fall when turning. his back was to the woman who put her hand out against him. almost immediately after, he falls as one of his paws is halfway off the curb.

 

[Joanna71985]

I believe this was taken in DL, which means there probably was no character attendant. And Pluto was not playing around.

 

[pooch]

DD performs in costume at our local Six Flags and she comes home with horror stories! You cannot believe what people do to them! She has been shoved to the ground, pushed into walls, punched in the head, the list goes on and on. Because the field of vision is so limited, they can't see it coming and frequently get hurt. At our park, the CM escort is supposed to call security on their walkie-talkies with a description immediately. Upon "capture", the offender is thrown out and, if a season pass holder, their pass is revoked. Often, it's teens but many times it's kids, as appears in the video, with their parents looking on!!

 

[Tiger926]

Here are my thoughts:

1. We don't see what happened before as it was probably a staged situation, this is more than likely why no one does anything. When the video pans the crowd, they are watching as if watching any show at Disney World. No one is worried, confused, etc. We have been in the parks a zillion times and if something like this were to happen, there would have been a CM or one of the executives who seem to appear from nowhere at times - LOL! They would have for sure assisted in the situation as Disney does not want lawsuits; therefore, if this were legitimate, we already would have heard about a lawsuit, I'm sure.

2. It looks like there is a Disney executive standing there (light blue, long sleeved shirt with lanyard and dark pants). Everyone else is in short sleeves, shorts or lighter clothes.

3. I don't think the lady was the child's mother - my first reaction as a mom is to protect my child, not watch a grown adult character chase him, and then before I check on my child, I whip out my camera. Doesn't make any sense!!

The whole thing seems forced or staged for You Tube. Everyone, including all of us on here has watched it and created a thread about it, so this brings a bit of noteriety to the person who taped it, IMHO.

Tiger

 

['Sir Hiss']

Well, my vote is for a PO'd Pluto. Right at the beginning (about 1-2 seconds in) it looks like Pluto is trying to stomp on the kid. He gets a little out of stride and kind of stomps at him, then picks back up with his running stide.

Who knows, anyway, its pretty stinking funny if you ask me.

 

[bradk]

okay, no surprise.. i have too much time on my hands... i've extracted a few frames that i think highlight my case.

1) Assuming they were playing around, which I don't believe they were, Pluto should have known better to be running around in a busy area. In this frame, Pluto is even pushing away people so he can run through. Inappropriate in any situation, least of all playing.

2) The 'shouting' match which involves a lot of strong finger pointing. As someone mentioned earlier, I do believe this to be the grandmother. Notice how the kid who is in the front of the frame continues to run off with very little concern for his 'friend.'

3) Pluto searches for a CM, NOT the boy. If Pluto were playfully searching for the boy, he'd most likely have his hand in the form of a salute over his eye. He's clearly just searching for someone to come to his aide since he's limited in his actions. At this point, another woman comes and stops (presumably the mother. When the child returns to the group in Frame 5, you'll note he's similarly dressed as his apparent younger brother (white top, green shorts).

4) The woman pushes Pluto with his back turned (or clearly without her in his line of vision). You see her arm still extended here and can see he's already off balance.

5) Pluto gets up and walks towards the flagpole area with both paws in the air. this is exactly what people do when they're trying to show they're innocent or cooperating or about to perform surgery. decide for yourself which.

6) Pluto goes to the couple and first points at them. YOU. he then points to his eye (pictured). SEE. then points back to the family. THAT?.

and then he continues on to walk through town square towards the train station, again, with both paws up in the air.

 

[labattblue]

- the countless number of people who just watched the whole thing go down and did nothing except for take video and pictures

on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvlzkdxad-A

I agree. People should have put down there cameras, formed an angry mob and gone after Pluto with pitchforks, tar & feathers! Couldn't they tell that Pluto was out for blood?

 

[Mcbruns]

I don't see anything wrong in the video? Looks like fun to me. I don't think Pluto was mad or anything. The mom that pushed Pluto was clearly laughing.

Why such a big deal ?

OP - what exactly do you think is happening in the video?

 

[bradk]

uh... well, not that you can really see their facial expressions on the video, but of course she'd be laughing when she pushed pluto... she immediately gets out the video camera and probably half expects pluto to come lunging after her.. $$$.

 

[Poohtigeey]

I think Pluto seemed very animated after he "fell", more animated than a normal person would be. He should also be commended for his self control after she pushed him. He walked away. Good dog!

Don't you think that if this was really a big deal that there would be more video of the "incident". This area was very crowded with lots of cameras. Also, if this happened a year ago, and its just now being shown I would think that its not what it appears. The media would have played it to death if this really was Pluto attacking a boy. All those wittnesses would have been doing interviews getting their 10 minutes of fame! Maybe Disney payed them all hush money!

 

[amyhughes]

My Dh and I watched it in slow mo last night and noticed the amount of CMs that were standing around. There were at least 2 Photopass Cm's right there during the running, and a few in the shops. If it was Anaheim then Pluto had a handler. He and the boy were probably playing, he gave chase. The other guest looked like she had watched a few too many news stories and confronted him. The actual mother of the boy doesn't confront him at all! She is just holding her boys hand and he is heard laughing. Looks like it was misconstrued by the gues who did the shoving.

If it were any malice you can bet every news network in every country would have had this on a continual spin!

 

[Mcbruns]

You can see her facial expression and she is laughing.

 

[Scornelius]

Isn't it funny how we can all watch the same video and come away with such drastically different conclusions? Personally, I'm think Brad's breakdown seems pretty danged accurate. Those were the gestures of an angry CM, not a big playful dog, KWIM? When he storms away with his hands up, I think that's the kicker. It's very 'I'm done, that's it, I'm outta here'.

 

[disneyfanatic1]

I have to agree with Brad, It looks like she whipped her camera out in hopes that Pluto would attack back!

Very odd video.

 

[10_Kyle_10]

as i recall, when he goes back to town square, he's looking directly at the couple in front of the one with the camera, repeatedly points back to where he was pushed and to his eyes and to the couple, which is asking them if they saw what happened (although i think it's more like 'you saw what happened, right?!?').

pluto didn't fall when turning. his back was to the woman who put her hand out against him. almost immediately after, he falls as one of his paws is halfway off the curb.

If that was a push then no one on this board has walked down main street at closing time!

 

[Eviie]

Pluto looked very upset. And the little boy had that 'worried' or 'scared' scream it wasn't like laughing fun scream it was that one when your getting chased in a Horror movie

It seems to me that this kid did something to Pluto ... maybe he pulled on his head or something and it choked him or something & couldn't breath so he chased him? Idk, just ideas, lol. The mom seemed to be very angry but was rude... she just like pushed him on the sidewalk. Then pluto had the 'Did you just see that? Did you see what she did to me?' and walked off with an angry walk. I wish i could have seen what happen!!!

Oh but on the bright side here is a video that'll just make you 'Awww!'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXXHDvhXklc&NR=1

 

[KatyTheFairyPrincess]

I could cry for that little kid and all the other kids watching, I remember when I was little a street performer (in my home town) chased a little boy, and I cried for hours about it, I'm still afraid of certain street performers (the ones that wear all one colour clothes then paint the rest of their body the same color "the green man" or "the yellow man").

A little piece of magic was ruined for all the kids watching and especially for the little kid being chased.

 

[nickeymouse]

The kid must of done something to get Pluto mad. Where's the CM too. He should be there. What happened if pluto got hurt when the meanlady pushed him. He could of broke things. Then she would get the blame. She also had a camera pointing to him! STRANGE!!!!!!!!1 I'm on Disney's side here tough.
1) The lady pushed him. You should always keep your hands to yourself!
2) Put the cameras away. That's rude and emmbarrasing.
3) Do something. Don't stand around.

But that's from the video. I could be wrong!!!

 

[burberryplaid]

I have no idea what to think of this.

If it wasn't in Disneyland, I would have thought it was the same Pluto who mugged us at Disney World! (See pic in signature! )

 

[DanMedix]

Since this incident didn't go "public" from Disney Officials, a "conerned parent"'s attorney's office, or a news source, we can safely assume that this incident wasn't made into a public spectacle. The person (or people) involved may not have tried to seek action here, or approach Disney here (we just might not have heard about it, but it seems lately we're hearing about EVERY person who wants fast $$ from Disney).

So....since no statement has been made public by either side, there's no way of telling what's actually happening. We all have our opinions, but we will never know all the facts, or all the truth here.