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What happened at Disney in 2016?

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report said that the 7-foot alligator bit 2-year-old Lane Graves' head as the boy bent down at the edge of a lagoon gathering sand for a sandcastle at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and that the boy died from a crushing bite and drowning.



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The Graves said they plan to “keep his spirit alive” by establishing the Lane Thomas Foundation in Lane's honor. “In addition to the foundation, we will solely be focused on the future health of our family and will not be pursuing a lawsuit against Disney,” the Graves said.

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Lane remains a constant presence at the family's Nebraska home, where his siblings, Ella, 9, and Christian, 2, who was born two years after Lane's death, are reminded of his vibrant spirit. Disney World also unveiled a lighthouse sculpture in 2017 near the Seven Seas Lagoon beach.

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report said that the 7-foot alligator bit 2-year-old Lane Graves' head as the boy bent down at the edge of a lagoon gathering sand for a sandcastle at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and that the boy died from a crushing bite and drowning.

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Roy Oliver Disney was, with his younger brother Walter Disney, the co-founder of what is now The Walt Disney Company. After Walt died, Roy became the chairman of the company.

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Several weeks after the closure of Splash Mountain, it was finally revealed on Twitter what observant visitors noticed in the lighting fixture. The identity of the bewildering object was a human head mold.

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