
Claim: A toddler was ejected from a roller coaster after his teen mother circumvented height regulations and sneaked him onto the ride.
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Example: [Collected via e-mail, November 2014]
I came across an article about a toddler being ejected from a roller coaster and it sounds totally fake, but sometimes I am also surprised by the stupid things that people do today.
Origins: On
According to the article, the gruesome accident (complete with an image, reproduced above) occurred on
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According to Stuppid, the horrible coaster ejection incident was caught on cell phone camera by a bystander, and the boy's mom maintained they were "partying" and no criminal charges should result:
A bystander happened to catch the unfortunate event on his Iphone. "I was taking pictures of my son and wife on the coaster and I see an object and I reviewed my photos and was shocked to see it was a child. What kind of parent takes a toddler on a roller coaster?" the bystander said. "This country isn't the same as it used to be."
"This was an accident," Rake told Dallas police. "I was holding him tight! I just wanted my baby to have a good time. We were partying. I shouldn't be in trouble for this."
The site also claimed the boy's mother planned to sue the theme park for negligence:
"If Magic Depot was doing their job," Ms. Rake said. "They would have caught me smuggling my baby onto the roller coaster and been able to prevent this accident. I'm going after them ... legally. For ten million dollars. People need to also boycott Magic Depot.
Putting aside the fact that no theme park called Magic Depot exists in Dallas, we know this story is false because Stuppid is one of a growing number of fake news sites. Popular past hoaxes from the site include a completely fabricated story about a
Last updated: 4 November 2014