WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.250 --> 00:00:03.189 You can never win a fight in Minnie Mouse ears. 00:00:03.189 --> 00:00:07.960 The Girlfriend learns that lesson the hard way in the car driving through Florida. 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:12.030 No matter how articulate you are, how many one-liners your brain throws together on the 00:00:12.030 --> 00:00:16.900 spot, or even how right you are, if you are wearing Minnie Mouse ears, you just won’t 00:00:16.900 --> 00:00:18.050 win the argument. 00:00:18.050 --> 00:00:20.130 ‘You said it was all booked!’ 00:00:20.130 --> 00:00:24.310 she yells, throwing her arms in the air and sending drops of iced caramel latte all over 00:00:24.310 --> 00:00:26.220 the inside of the rental car. 00:00:26.220 --> 00:00:29.689 He snatches the drink out of her hand and plants it firmly in the cupholder. 00:00:29.689 --> 00:00:32.989 He yells back at her that it wasn’t his fault, how was he supposed to know the payment 00:00:32.989 --> 00:00:33.989 was declined? 00:00:33.989 --> 00:00:36.200 ‘You didn’t even check for a confirmation email?!’ 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:38.370 she scowls and crosses her arms. 00:00:38.370 --> 00:00:41.290 Her boyfriend glances across at her and laughs. 00:00:41.290 --> 00:00:45.541 ‘I just can’t take you seriously in those,’ her Boyfriend says, pointing at the Minnie 00:00:45.541 --> 00:00:46.730 Mouse ears. 00:00:46.730 --> 00:00:50.830 She punches the button to wind the window down, rips the ears off her head, and is about 00:00:50.830 --> 00:00:53.320 to throw the big black ears out the window… 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:55.600 only she can’t do it. 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:59.170 Looking at the little bow, she feels her bottom lip start to tremble. 00:00:59.170 --> 00:01:01.550 She deflates, feeling the fight go out of her. 00:01:01.550 --> 00:01:03.600 ‘I’m sorry,’ she says. 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:06.350 ‘I just really wanted to go to Disney World.’ 00:01:06.350 --> 00:01:07.820 ‘I know.’ 00:01:07.820 --> 00:01:10.160 The pair of them drive in silence for a moment. 00:01:10.160 --> 00:01:12.230 The fight wasn’t really about Disney. 00:01:12.230 --> 00:01:14.520 None of their fights were ever about what was really wrong. 00:01:14.520 --> 00:01:19.400 They’d always pick stupid, superficial things and shout about those, but not say what was 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:22.000 really going wrong deeper down. 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:26.560 That said, not getting to go to Disney World isn’t just a superficial thing to her. 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:30.590 Growing up in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, she was very much used to having to explain to people 00:01:30.590 --> 00:01:31.939 where she was from. 00:01:31.939 --> 00:01:34.050 Sleepy Eye, yes, that’s its real name. 00:01:34.050 --> 00:01:35.610 It’s near New Ulm. 00:01:35.610 --> 00:01:36.800 Near Mankato? 00:01:36.800 --> 00:01:38.850 About 2 hours from Minneapolis. 00:01:38.850 --> 00:01:42.040 If you don’t know where Minneapolis is, she can’t help you. 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:44.939 Anyway, this trip was her first real adventure. 00:01:44.939 --> 00:01:47.399 She’d never left Minnesota much before. 00:01:47.399 --> 00:01:50.869 The flight down to Florida had been her first time on an airplane. 00:01:50.869 --> 00:01:53.320 All to come to the Happiest Place on Earth. 00:01:53.320 --> 00:01:58.600 Only, they got to the front gates, and her boyfriend realized his payment had been declined. 00:01:58.600 --> 00:02:01.850 Do they have the money to buy two new tickets on the door? 00:02:01.850 --> 00:02:02.960 Of course not. 00:02:02.960 --> 00:02:08.489 They’ve blown it all on airfares, car rental, airport food, and a pair of Minnie Mouse ears. 00:02:08.489 --> 00:02:12.720 ‘I’m sure there are plenty of great things to do in Florida,’ her Boyfriend says, trying 00:02:12.720 --> 00:02:13.720 to sound optimistic. 00:02:13.720 --> 00:02:14.950 ‘For free?’ 00:02:14.950 --> 00:02:16.830 He doesn’t reply. 00:02:16.830 --> 00:02:19.440 They just drive on in silence. 00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:22.860 Without a ticket to go to Disney World, they have no choice but to spend what little cash 00:02:22.860 --> 00:02:25.160 they have left on a motel for the night. 00:02:25.160 --> 00:02:27.610 It takes them about an hour to get there. 00:02:27.610 --> 00:02:31.250 The Girlfriend gets straight out of the car and into their room, slamming the door behind 00:02:31.250 --> 00:02:32.250 her. 00:02:32.250 --> 00:02:34.879 Her Boyfriend will just have to take a walk for a bit. 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:38.940 There are cockroaches in the sink and some questionable stains on the bed, walls, and 00:02:38.940 --> 00:02:40.800 every flat surface in the room. 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:44.910 There is apparently a pool out the back, but she’s heard the stories of alligators roaming 00:02:44.910 --> 00:02:49.550 around this state and is in no mood to roll that dice in a place like this. 00:02:49.550 --> 00:02:53.840 She opens YouTube on her phone and puts on a horror video to listen to in the background. 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:56.860 That calms her down, she loves that kind of thing. 00:02:56.860 --> 00:02:59.630 After 20 minutes, there’s a soft knock at the door. 00:02:59.630 --> 00:03:03.980 Looking apologetic as anything, her Boyfriend nudges his way into the room, holding a brochure 00:03:03.980 --> 00:03:05.150 in his hand. 00:03:05.150 --> 00:03:08.940 She snatches it off him without a word and reads it with as grumpy of an expression as 00:03:08.940 --> 00:03:10.430 possible. 00:03:10.430 --> 00:03:12.920 Spooky Self-Guided Tours in Florida! 00:03:12.920 --> 00:03:18.230 Visit the infamously haunted Pensacola Lighthouse today to chill your bones in the Florida heat. 00:03:18.230 --> 00:03:21.190 Explore the scariest spot on the coast for FREE! 00:03:21.190 --> 00:03:23.440 With a special Disney twist… 00:03:23.440 --> 00:03:25.519 Okay fine. 00:03:25.519 --> 00:03:29.180 Her Boyfriend does know how to cheer her up, but she can’t let him know that. 00:03:29.180 --> 00:03:31.650 He’s still supposed to be in trouble. 00:03:31.650 --> 00:03:35.480 But the following night, as the pair of them approach the lighthouse in the pitch darkness, 00:03:35.480 --> 00:03:37.660 she can’t help but crack a smile. 00:03:37.660 --> 00:03:41.239 With the light at the top turned off and the railings surrounding the building stabbing 00:03:41.239 --> 00:03:44.709 sharply into the air, the place certainly looks pretty haunted. 00:03:44.709 --> 00:03:48.650 The brochure tells them that the place is a maritime museum during the day but is currently 00:03:48.650 --> 00:03:50.590 closed to the public for maintenance. 00:03:50.590 --> 00:03:54.160 However, there’s a spare key to be found right under… 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:55.409 ‘Got it!’ 00:03:55.409 --> 00:03:58.940 Her Boyfriend straightens up proudly and turns to hand her the key that he retrieved from 00:03:58.940 --> 00:04:00.329 under the flower pot. 00:04:00.329 --> 00:04:04.299 She scowls at him, to make sure he still knows he’s in trouble for not getting them into 00:04:04.299 --> 00:04:07.540 Disney, but she does secretly feel a little glimmer of affection. 00:04:07.540 --> 00:04:11.629 He’s always been the first behind the couch during horror movies, so he’s clearly trying 00:04:11.629 --> 00:04:13.430 his best to make it up to her. 00:04:13.430 --> 00:04:17.660 The creaking noise that she was really hoping for doesn’t come when she opens the door. 00:04:17.660 --> 00:04:19.080 It opens smoothly. 00:04:19.080 --> 00:04:23.600 Her Boyfriend flicks the light switch instinctively and the inside of the museum immediately lights 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:28.360 up, showing glass cabinets, old nautical equipment, and a few flags. 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:30.570 She groans and switches the lights back off. 00:04:30.570 --> 00:04:34.639 It’s not exactly a haunted tour if you just turn all the lights on. 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:36.480 But the magic of the room is gone now. 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:39.370 They’ve now seen everything, nothing lurking in the dark. 00:04:39.370 --> 00:04:40.370 No shadows. 00:04:40.370 --> 00:04:42.199 Just a boring old museum. 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:43.790 They trudge into the next room. 00:04:43.790 --> 00:04:47.500 There’s so much street light spilling through the window that they can see practically everything 00:04:47.500 --> 00:04:48.500 in here as well. 00:04:48.500 --> 00:04:51.350 It’s a recreation of the old lighthouse keeper's bedroom. 00:04:51.350 --> 00:04:56.639 A couple of old-looking beds, antique wardrobes, and clothes from the olden days. 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:58.270 So much for a haunted lighthouse. 00:04:58.270 --> 00:05:02.570 ‘This is so lame,’ the Girlfriend groans and switches the light on. 00:05:02.570 --> 00:05:05.130 Even her Boyfriend isn’t looking scared by any of this. 00:05:05.130 --> 00:05:07.070 ‘There’s literally nothing to be scared of in here. 00:05:07.070 --> 00:05:09.140 Can we just go home?’ 00:05:09.140 --> 00:05:11.110 Her Boyfriend looks apologetic again. 00:05:11.110 --> 00:05:14.639 He’s really tried to salvage this vacation, but it just hasn’t happened. 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:16.420 She can’t be too mad at him. 00:05:16.420 --> 00:05:18.480 ‘You know what, no,’ she says. 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:21.490 ‘Let’s at least finish looking around this museum, then we can go. 00:05:21.490 --> 00:05:25.880 We can just switch on the lights, read the exhibits and see the view from on top of the 00:05:25.880 --> 00:05:26.880 lighthouse.’ 00:05:26.880 --> 00:05:27.880 So they do that. 00:05:27.880 --> 00:05:31.290 The pair of them go back into the first room and start reading through the signs under 00:05:31.290 --> 00:05:32.290 each of the displays. 00:05:32.290 --> 00:05:36.580 There is a diagram explaining all of the different knots that sailors used to tie. 00:05:36.580 --> 00:05:41.330 A long paragraph all about how the lighthouse used to burn oil but now runs on electricity 00:05:41.330 --> 00:05:43.569 generated by… 00:05:43.569 --> 00:05:44.569 The Girlfriend yawns. 00:05:44.569 --> 00:05:48.320 Without the adrenaline of any ghosts, museums are much harder work in the middle of the 00:05:48.320 --> 00:05:49.320 night. 00:05:49.320 --> 00:05:51.970 It isn’t even Disney-themed like the brochure promised. 00:05:51.970 --> 00:05:55.150 The only Disney thing in here is that Mickey Mouse mascot in the corner. 00:05:55.150 --> 00:05:59.289 It doesn’t even fit with the rest of the museum, just a random costume on a mannequin. 00:05:59.289 --> 00:06:01.860 It must be almost 7 feet tall. 00:06:01.860 --> 00:06:03.949 Her Boyfriend is staring at it real close. 00:06:03.949 --> 00:06:08.020 He leans in, examining the material up close under the bright museum lights. 00:06:08.020 --> 00:06:10.120 ‘This thing’s weird,’ he says. 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:11.830 ‘I wonder how old it is. 00:06:11.830 --> 00:06:15.610 Look, the white’s all faded, and it’s got this fur effect…’ 00:06:15.610 --> 00:06:16.610 CRUNCH! 00:06:16.610 --> 00:06:20.410 Mickey Mouse chomps onto her Boyfriend’s arm with a ferocious set of teeth. 00:06:20.410 --> 00:06:25.510 Neither of them reacts at all, frozen by total disbelief as Mickey stands there, his huge, 00:06:25.510 --> 00:06:27.979 rat-like fangs embedded in the Boyfriend’s arm. 00:06:27.979 --> 00:06:31.380 He yanks it from the cartoon character’s jaws, blood leaking from the wounds. 00:06:31.380 --> 00:06:33.090 How can this be happening!? 00:06:33.090 --> 00:06:35.500 Mickey’s eyes flick between the two of them. 00:06:35.500 --> 00:06:38.600 He raises a gloved hand and waves. 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:42.660 The Boyfriend shrieks, turns on his heels and runs, clattering into one of the exhibits 00:06:42.660 --> 00:06:43.660 as he goes. 00:06:43.660 --> 00:06:46.849 He crashes into her and the wound on his arm hits her in the chest. 00:06:46.849 --> 00:06:51.220 She looks down, confused at the bloodstain on her shirt, then back at Mickey Mouse. 00:06:51.220 --> 00:06:54.200 He gives a little shooing motion with his hands. 00:06:54.200 --> 00:06:55.229 Run. 00:06:55.229 --> 00:06:56.840 Now it’s her turn to scream. 00:06:56.840 --> 00:06:59.310 She grabs her Boyfriend and bundles him out of the room. 00:06:59.310 --> 00:07:00.819 Mickey was standing right by the entrance. 00:07:00.819 --> 00:07:04.169 They’re gonna have to hope there’s another way out somewhere deeper in the museum. 00:07:04.169 --> 00:07:08.720 They run through room after room, every few steps turning to see Mickey following them. 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:14.129 He isn’t running at all, he’s sauntering along, arms swinging cartoonishly around. 00:07:14.129 --> 00:07:18.539 Just like in Steamboat Willie, he’s whistling a tune to himself as he goes. 00:07:18.539 --> 00:07:20.039 That must be the door out of here! 00:07:20.039 --> 00:07:23.410 The pair of them crash into it and go tumbling into the next room. 00:07:23.410 --> 00:07:24.840 There is blood everywhere. 00:07:24.840 --> 00:07:27.310 Her Boyfriend is looking more and more pale by the second. 00:07:27.310 --> 00:07:30.970 They’re not outside though, they’re in a small circular room with a spiral staircase 00:07:30.970 --> 00:07:33.300 running up, up, up into darkness. 00:07:33.300 --> 00:07:35.150 Mickey’s whistling is getting louder. 00:07:35.150 --> 00:07:36.830 They don’t have a choice here. 00:07:36.830 --> 00:07:40.120 The Girlfriend jumps up and hauls her tiring Boyfriend to his feet. 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:44.199 Putting his unwounded arm over her shoulder, she half carries him up the stairs, feeling 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:46.990 the metal spiral shudder under them with every step. 00:07:46.990 --> 00:07:49.620 Halfway up, she looks back over her shoulder. 00:07:49.620 --> 00:07:51.300 Mickey is standing in the doorway. 00:07:51.300 --> 00:07:54.080 He waves enthusiastically. 00:07:54.080 --> 00:07:57.210 Her legs are burning by the time she reaches the top of the lighthouse. 00:07:57.210 --> 00:08:01.300 Barging open the door, she throws her Boyfriend rather unceremoniously up onto the balcony 00:08:01.300 --> 00:08:02.870 around the big light. 00:08:02.870 --> 00:08:07.039 Panting, she turns back around to look back down into the darkness below them. 00:08:07.039 --> 00:08:09.440 Mickey is standing by a big switch on the wall. 00:08:09.440 --> 00:08:12.310 ‘Huh HUH!’ he laughs and flips the switch. 00:08:12.310 --> 00:08:15.580 A big clunking sound comes from the light next to her. 00:08:15.580 --> 00:08:17.740 Very slowly at first, it starts to spin. 00:08:17.740 --> 00:08:22.110 The light flickers on dimly, dimly at first, then gets brighter. 00:08:22.110 --> 00:08:27.509 Faster and faster it spins, brighter and brighter the beam until it’s blinding. 00:08:27.509 --> 00:08:30.449 She raises an arm to shield herself from the piercing light. 00:08:30.449 --> 00:08:34.190 Against the dark of the night, her eyes can’t adjust between light and dark fast enough. 00:08:34.190 --> 00:08:36.479 She’s going blind up here. 00:08:36.479 --> 00:08:39.209 From below, she hears a heavy footstep on metal. 00:08:39.209 --> 00:08:40.450 Then another. 00:08:40.450 --> 00:08:44.730 The whistling starts again as Mickey cheerfully makes his way up to them. 00:08:44.730 --> 00:08:45.959 She glances down at him. 00:08:45.959 --> 00:08:48.630 He waves happily up at her again. 00:08:48.630 --> 00:08:50.220 She almost waves back instinctively. 00:08:50.220 --> 00:08:51.790 No, now’s not the time. 00:08:51.790 --> 00:08:53.390 She needs to come up with a plan. 00:08:53.390 --> 00:08:55.400 But her brain just can’t do it. 00:08:55.400 --> 00:08:58.899 For all the horror movies she’s watched, all the times where she’s screaming at the 00:08:58.899 --> 00:09:03.800 TV telling the protagonist what to do, now that she’s in one for herself, she’s got 00:09:03.800 --> 00:09:04.800 nothing. 00:09:04.800 --> 00:09:06.790 Oh wait, maybe she does have something. 00:09:06.790 --> 00:09:10.530 A pair of gloved hands appear on the door frame, gripping the wood tightly. 00:09:10.530 --> 00:09:14.760 A smiling Mickey Mouse pops his head around the door, blood all over his chin. 00:09:14.760 --> 00:09:19.769 He just stays there for a moment, eyes flitting between her and her Boyfriend, bleeding out 00:09:19.769 --> 00:09:20.769 on the floor. 00:09:20.769 --> 00:09:21.769 ‘Huh HUH!’ 00:09:21.769 --> 00:09:25.360 He sticks a comically large shoe out from the doorway and steps out onto the gallery 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:26.740 to join them. 00:09:26.740 --> 00:09:31.140 The light swings around and shines in his face, as soon as it hits him, he bears his 00:09:31.140 --> 00:09:34.899 teeth, thousands of them jammed, and shrieks in their faces. 00:09:34.899 --> 00:09:36.360 That’s it. 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:38.740 The Girlfriend runs at him, fast as she can. 00:09:38.740 --> 00:09:43.890 At the last moment, she jumps, bends her legs, and, with all the force she can muster, two-foot 00:09:43.890 --> 00:09:45.170 kicks him in the chest. 00:09:45.170 --> 00:09:49.970 The giant mascot is really solid, he’s so heavy that all of her efforts only just about 00:09:49.970 --> 00:09:53.170 knocks him off balance. 00:09:53.170 --> 00:09:54.170 But it’s enough. 00:09:54.170 --> 00:09:56.790 Tripping over his own giant shoes, Mickey falls backwards. 00:09:56.790 --> 00:10:00.790 His back hits the railing, and for a second, it looks like he’s going to be okay, but 00:10:00.790 --> 00:10:02.760 his momentum is just too much. 00:10:02.760 --> 00:10:07.790 His feet fly up into the air as he tips back over it, tumbling down into the darkness and 00:10:07.790 --> 00:10:10.470 laughing all the way down. 00:10:10.470 --> 00:10:11.740 CRUNCH! 00:10:11.740 --> 00:10:15.630 Mickey lands, impaled on the spiked railings outside the lighthouse. 00:10:15.630 --> 00:10:18.110 One of the rails stabs straight through his head. 00:10:18.110 --> 00:10:19.770 His smile freezes in place. 00:10:19.770 --> 00:10:22.170 His laughter stops. 00:10:22.170 --> 00:10:23.839 Her Boyfriend is not looking okay. 00:10:23.839 --> 00:10:27.570 He’s barely conscious now, lying in a sickeningly large pool of blood. 00:10:27.570 --> 00:10:30.280 They need to get him to a hospital fast. 00:10:30.280 --> 00:10:33.550 Still not recovered from carrying him up the lighthouse stairs, she now has to haul him 00:10:33.550 --> 00:10:34.940 back down them. 00:10:34.940 --> 00:10:39.230 The pair leave a red trail all the way through the museum, but that’s the last of her concerns 00:10:39.230 --> 00:10:40.709 at this point. 00:10:40.709 --> 00:10:44.671 Not looking across at Mickey lying dead on the railing, the Girlfriend dumps her Boyfriend 00:10:44.671 --> 00:10:48.890 into the passenger seat of the rental car and goes round to the driver’s side. 00:10:48.890 --> 00:10:51.380 She doesn’t have a license but she did a few lessons this year. 00:10:51.380 --> 00:10:53.360 Should be fine, the roads will be empty. 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:57.520 All she needs to do is get them to a hospital. 00:10:57.520 --> 00:10:59.779 Her Boyfriend is groaning in the passenger seat. 00:10:59.779 --> 00:11:02.070 She starts fishing through his pockets for the keys. 00:11:02.070 --> 00:11:03.540 She glances up at the mirror. 00:11:03.540 --> 00:11:06.070 Mickey is still lying on the fence motionless. 00:11:06.070 --> 00:11:09.180 The door to the museum is closed, just like how they’d left it. 00:11:09.180 --> 00:11:12.250 Or wait, did they leave it open? 00:11:12.250 --> 00:11:15.510 She tries the other pocket, her Boyfriend is trying to say something. 00:11:15.510 --> 00:11:18.660 She shushes him, he can tell her later, but he keeps trying. 00:11:18.660 --> 00:11:22.260 Raising his uninjured arm, he points at something on the dashboard. 00:11:22.260 --> 00:11:23.260 Her Mouse ears. 00:11:23.260 --> 00:11:24.260 What’s the big deal? 00:11:24.260 --> 00:11:26.130 They’ve already dealt with Mickey Mouse. 00:11:26.130 --> 00:11:27.910 No, wait. 00:11:27.910 --> 00:11:29.690 Not Mickey. 00:11:29.690 --> 00:11:30.690 Minnie. 00:11:30.690 --> 00:11:31.690 BANG! 00:11:31.690 --> 00:11:34.600 Two large dents appear on the car’s roof right above their heads. 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:38.149 The Girlfriend desperately turns back to her Boyfriend, searching pocket after pocket for 00:11:38.149 --> 00:11:39.149 these keys. 00:11:39.149 --> 00:11:42.590 Why does he have so many damn pockets on these shorts?! 00:11:42.590 --> 00:11:45.160 She glances out the window and stops dead still. 00:11:45.160 --> 00:11:49.101 Peering through the glass at her, head upside down as she leans over from the roof, Minnie 00:11:49.101 --> 00:11:51.350 Mouse waves at her. 00:11:51.350 --> 00:11:55.500 The gloved hand stops moving and points at the third pocket down on the left. 00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:58.279 The Girlfriend reaches into it and finds the keys. 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:03.060 Minnie gives a big double thumbs up, tilts her head back, and slams it into the glass. 00:12:03.060 --> 00:12:04.130 BANG! 00:12:04.130 --> 00:12:05.200 BANG! 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:07.889 Again and again, she pounds her forehead on the windshield. 00:12:07.889 --> 00:12:11.250 The glass sags and fractures into smaller and smaller pieces. 00:12:11.250 --> 00:12:14.500 The Girlfriend doesn’t have time to sit and wait, though, she stabs the keys into 00:12:14.500 --> 00:12:16.779 the car and starts the engine. 00:12:16.779 --> 00:12:20.399 Slamming the accelerator to the floor, the car shoots off into the night. 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:24.139 Minnie gives her another double thumbs up, winds a hand back, and punches it through 00:12:24.139 --> 00:12:25.730 the window. 00:12:25.730 --> 00:12:26.899 The Girlfriend screams. 00:12:26.899 --> 00:12:32.380 The hand grabs the top of her Boyfriend’s head and starts to slowly twist it around. 00:12:32.380 --> 00:12:36.320 No matter how much she swerves the car, the Girlfriend can’t knock the mouse off the 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:37.320 roof. 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:39.339 Round and round her Boyfriend’s head goes. 00:12:39.339 --> 00:12:40.600 Crunch! 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:43.149 His vertebrae detached and grate against each other. 00:12:43.149 --> 00:12:47.399 His head is looking all the way backwards at his seat, but Minnie keeps turning it. 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:52.090 Round and round until he’s looking straight forwards again, neck crumpled and splitting, 00:12:52.090 --> 00:12:54.190 eyes lifeless. 00:12:54.190 --> 00:12:56.750 Minnie puts a hand to her mouth and giggles. 00:12:56.750 --> 00:12:57.780 Oops! 00:12:57.780 --> 00:13:01.860 The road disappears from under the car, and it freefalls for a second, the nose tipping 00:13:01.860 --> 00:13:02.860 forward. 00:13:02.860 --> 00:13:03.860 Crash! 00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:07.940 The nose lands first, tipping the car forwards and throwing the Girlfriend through what remains 00:13:07.940 --> 00:13:08.940 of the windscreen. 00:13:08.940 --> 00:13:12.760 She tumbles across the sand, feeling her arm snapping underneath her as she goes. 00:13:12.760 --> 00:13:16.910 In a blur, she tries to get to her feet but collapses. 00:13:16.910 --> 00:13:21.160 Rolling onto her back, she stares up at the stars as the sea laps against her cheek. 00:13:21.160 --> 00:13:27.029 A pair of giant round ears with a little pink bow block her view. 00:13:27.029 --> 00:13:30.420 Minnie peers down at her, spotting the girl’s broken arm. 00:13:30.420 --> 00:13:35.410 With two giant gloved hands, she reaches down and takes the arm in her grip, breaking it 00:13:35.410 --> 00:13:40.399 back the other way and shoving it together until it resembles how it used to look. 00:13:40.399 --> 00:13:42.850 Minnie gives her the double thumbs up. 00:13:42.850 --> 00:13:45.800 The Girlfriend doesn’t even try to move. 00:13:45.800 --> 00:13:46.800 This is it. 00:13:46.800 --> 00:13:49.030 She’s accepted her fate. 00:13:49.030 --> 00:13:50.540 But Minnie looks sad. 00:13:50.540 --> 00:13:54.139 Putting her hands under the Girlfriend’s armpits, she lifts her up and puts her back 00:13:54.139 --> 00:13:55.459 on her feet. 00:13:55.459 --> 00:13:58.389 She makes that same shooing motion Mickey did before. 00:13:58.389 --> 00:14:03.130 The Girlfriend stumbles back a couple of paces but falls over again. 00:14:03.130 --> 00:14:07.440 Exasperated, Minnie throws her hands in the air, picks the Girlfriend up again, and puts 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:09.380 her back on her feet. 00:14:09.380 --> 00:14:10.820 Minnie points at her. 00:14:10.820 --> 00:14:11.820 You. 00:14:11.820 --> 00:14:15.910 She then makes a little running motion with her fingers and points off up the beach. 00:14:15.910 --> 00:14:16.910 You run. 00:14:16.910 --> 00:14:23.250 ‘Just kill me,’ the Girlfriend says, exhaustion wracking her every word. 00:14:23.250 --> 00:14:26.020 Minnie puts her head in her hands, even more exasperated than before. 00:14:26.020 --> 00:14:30.699 The Mouse puts her hands together and makes a begging motion. 00:14:30.699 --> 00:14:31.800 Please? 00:14:31.800 --> 00:14:33.899 The Girlfriend just stands there. 00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:39.350 Minnie throws her arms in the air, looks down at the girl, and shrieks bearing all her teeth. 00:14:39.350 --> 00:14:40.660 She stays put. 00:14:40.660 --> 00:14:44.880 Minnie pushes her over, jumps down into a straddling position, and punches the Girlfriend 00:14:44.880 --> 00:14:46.750 in the head with her gloved hand. 00:14:46.750 --> 00:14:50.350 Pain fills the girl’s head, shooting the fear back into her. 00:14:50.350 --> 00:14:54.769 With nothing left, the girl pushes herself free and stumbles away from Minnie. 00:14:54.769 --> 00:14:58.310 She hobbles up the beach, blood flowing freely down either side of her head. 00:14:58.310 --> 00:15:03.230 She’s going as fast as she can, but it’s barely faster than a walk. 00:15:03.230 --> 00:15:06.970 Behind her, Minnie is covering her eyes and counting on an outstretched hand. 00:15:06.970 --> 00:15:08.259 Playing hide and seek. 00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:11.009 There’s nowhere for her to go though, nowhere to hide. 00:15:11.009 --> 00:15:15.800 They’re just on an open beach stretching out in front of her and behind her. 00:15:15.800 --> 00:15:17.520 Nowhere to go except… 00:15:17.520 --> 00:15:22.480 She splashes out into the sea, up to her knees, her waist, her chest, now she’s just fully 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:23.480 swimming. 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:25.279 Her broken arm screams at her from the motion. 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:28.000 She barely has the strength to kick. 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:31.570 Salt water splashes up into her ear holes and feels like it’s washing straight into 00:15:31.570 --> 00:15:32.570 her brain. 00:15:32.570 --> 00:15:35.089 The world sounds strange and choked. 00:15:35.089 --> 00:15:38.180 The girl cranes her neck around to see Minnie standing on the shore. 00:15:38.180 --> 00:15:40.800 The Mouse waves at her enthusiastically. 00:15:40.800 --> 00:15:42.440 The girl waves back. 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:44.220 Minnie giggles. 00:15:44.220 --> 00:15:48.620 The two of them stay like that for almost an hour: the girl steadily dying in the sea, 00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:52.570 trying to stay afloat; Minnie waiting enthusiastically on the shore. 00:15:52.570 --> 00:15:57.009 With each wave, the girl is slowly brought closer and closer to the mouse, until she’s 00:15:57.009 --> 00:16:00.079 lying helplessly at the creature’s giant feet. 00:16:00.079 --> 00:16:05.630 The last thing she sees is a pair of giant round ears. 00:16:05.630 --> 00:16:07.399 Turns out she had been wrong. 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:11.910 You can absolutely win a fight with a pair of Minnie Mouse ears. 00:16:11.910 --> 00:16:15.509 Next time you are considering going on vacation in the state of Florida, it would be wise 00:16:15.509 --> 00:16:19.769 of you to avoid reading any brochures you may come across just in case you come across 00:16:19.769 --> 00:16:21.470 SCP-3640. 00:16:21.470 --> 00:16:28.389 A seemingly harmless brochure, SCP-3640 can be found all across the state though it is 00:16:28.389 --> 00:16:30.940 currently unknown how they come into being. 00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:35.600 These brochures will promote self-guided tours within the state, all of areas that have particular 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:40.279 ghost stories, folklore, or rumors of hauntings attached to them. 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:44.690 These tours are free and promise tourists an up close and personal look at the haunted 00:16:44.690 --> 00:16:46.100 history of Florida. 00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:51.600 However, most are not prepared for just how ‘up close’ these tours end up being. 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:55.470 If you read this brochure and decide to go along to the location advertised at the time 00:16:55.470 --> 00:17:01.320 it lists, you will be met with instances of SCP-3640-Alpha. 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:05.419 In this case, these creatures manifested themselves as Mickey and Minnie Mouse. 00:17:05.419 --> 00:17:10.250 However, they can take the form of any uniformed mascots associated with the Walt Disney Media 00:17:10.250 --> 00:17:11.250 conglomerate. 00:17:11.250 --> 00:17:16.209 These mascots will hunt you down mercilessly, but with all the charm and squeaky-clean joy 00:17:16.209 --> 00:17:18.130 we all know and love. 00:17:18.130 --> 00:17:22.209 Live ammunition does little to stop these SCPs when directed at the body, but a clean 00:17:22.209 --> 00:17:24.580 headshot has been proven to do the trick. 00:17:24.580 --> 00:17:29.549 It is fortunate then for our tourist couple that Mickey’s head was impaled on the railing. 00:17:29.549 --> 00:17:33.200 What is less fortunate, however, is that they were there together. 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:38.070 This is because SCP-3540 has a few interesting rules for how it operates. 00:17:38.070 --> 00:17:44.690 In order for SCP-3640-Alpha instances to engage in the hunt, every member of the party has 00:17:44.690 --> 00:17:45.890 to have read the brochure. 00:17:45.890 --> 00:17:50.289 If a group of five go to a haunted house at the designated time, but only four of them 00:17:50.289 --> 00:17:55.120 have read the brochure, they will enjoy a nice spooky but safe evening. 00:17:55.120 --> 00:17:59.289 If all members of the party have read the brochure, however, the same number of mascots 00:17:59.289 --> 00:18:01.570 will manifest and hunt them down. 00:18:01.570 --> 00:18:05.540 For a group of twenty college students, you can only imagine the colorful range of Disney 00:18:05.540 --> 00:18:07.520 characters that come out to play. 00:18:07.520 --> 00:18:10.910 These SCPs will also only remain within their state borders. 00:18:10.910 --> 00:18:14.650 If you find yourself being hunted down, you can either run for the border or find a good 00:18:14.650 --> 00:18:18.970 place to hide until the times allotted for your self-guided tour come to an end. 00:18:18.970 --> 00:18:24.650 It remains unclear how these SCPs grow, reproduce, or where they go outside of their hunting 00:18:24.650 --> 00:18:27.270 times, if they continue to exist at all. 00:18:27.270 --> 00:18:32.060 Who knows, there are a lot of back rooms in Disney World with all mascot costumes lying 00:18:32.060 --> 00:18:33.060 around… 00:18:33.060 --> 00:18:37.160 The Walt Disney Company is under continuous surveillance to ascertain any link between 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:40.380 SCP-3640 and the brand themselves. 00:18:40.380 --> 00:18:45.270 To this day, a letter from the Company to a local governor in 1979 is the only tie to 00:18:45.270 --> 00:18:47.669 have been found between them and the creatures. 00:18:47.669 --> 00:18:49.049 It reads… 00:18:49.049 --> 00:18:50.530 Dear Governor Askew, 00:18:50.530 --> 00:18:54.600 The Walt Disney Company thanks you for your cooperation in this matter regarding the unlicensed 00:18:54.600 --> 00:18:56.500 Walt Disney character operators. 00:18:56.500 --> 00:19:00.160 Please pass along the following information, collected by the outstanding men and women 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:04.309 of the City of Orlando's Police Department, to the Florida National Guard: 00:19:04.309 --> 00:19:08.419 If a character is spotted, call to get its attention and then rapidly flash your flashlights 00:19:08.419 --> 00:19:09.570 at the costume. 00:19:09.570 --> 00:19:12.100 If it does not flinch, fire on sight. 00:19:12.100 --> 00:19:16.140 Aim at the head if possible; else, aim at the knees to disable them and then finish 00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:17.700 them off with head shots. 00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:20.650 Body shots have been shown to lack effectiveness. 00:19:20.650 --> 00:19:22.920 Deceased characters are to be incinerated. 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:25.429 No other means of disposal are advised. 00:19:25.429 --> 00:19:29.770 We are currently pursuing alternative legal means of shutting down these unlicensed operators 00:19:29.770 --> 00:19:32.419 and hope to achieve a settlement within the end of the year. 00:19:32.419 --> 00:19:35.720 Cordially yours, The Walt Disney Company 00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:40.169 If you want to support our important mission here at Dr. Bob, check out the Dr. Bob Patreon 00:19:40.169 --> 00:19:42.419 and become a junior researcher today! 00:19:42.419 --> 00:19:47.799 Now go and watch another entry from the files of Dr. Bob, like SCP-674 The Exposition Gun 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:52.360 Makes Nintendo Real Life, for another SCP that turns your favorite cartoon characters 00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:53.750 into nightmares. 00:19:53.750 --> 00:19:57.890 And make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications, so you don’t miss a single anomaly, as we 00:19:57.890 --> 00:20:01.409 delve further and further into the SCP Foundation’s classified archives.