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Sword In Stone At Disneyland Pulled Out By ‘Pretty Buff Dude’
By Lauren Theisen, New York Daily News
“Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise ruler born of England,” reads the inscription on the “Sword in the Stone” sign in front of the King Arthur Carrousel at Disneyland. And because theme park signs constitute legal binding contracts recognized by international law, England has a new king. His name is
Sam, and his friend says he’s “a pretty buff dude.”
The missing sword was first reported by a Disney fan site
called WDW News Today on Jan. 12, but at the time the iden- tity of the divinely appointed king was unknown. There was mere- ly duct tape cov-
ering the opening where the sword once stood, and speculation that this was a planned develop- ment as part of upcoming reno- vations for the
ride. (No, you don’t win any- thing for lifting the duct tape off the stone.)
Not long after, the sword was returned to the
stone, and WDW News had a fol- low-up
story explaining what actually happened. According to mul- tiple eyewitness- es, a “very burly
man” ripped the sword off the prop, earning himself a “broken and jagged” weapon and ownership of England’s throne. One witness said that the new King is his buddy Sam, who’s “a pretty buff dude” who was visiting Disneyland for the first time.
“He just used brute force I guess lol,” the friend said. He did not appear to have any infor- mation on when the coronation will be, but
wow, the shake ups at Buckingham Palace just keep on coming.
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