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Disney fans are shocked to learn that there's a wild otter who roams around Magic Kingdom

Jul 31, 2023, 23:01 IST
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A view of Main Street, USA, and Cinderella Castle at Disney World in August 2020.Charles Sykes/AP
  • Disney World parkgoers have started noticing a wild otter swimming through Magic Kingdom.
  • People who claim to be Disney employees say the animal is named Bubbles.
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Ducks and squirrels are common sights at Disney World. But have you ever noticed a wild otter?

A couple noticed one at the Orlando, Florida, theme park last week while walking near the Crystal Palace restaurant in Magic Kingdom.

One of the parkgoers filmed the animal floating through water on Friday, and also captured her girlfriend's reaction to it. Their video has been viewed more than 179,000 times as of Monday.

"A rare sighting of the Magic Kingdom otter," the person filming the video says before showing her girlfriend crying tears of joy.

The official Disney Parks account acknowledged the emotional fan, commenting "We support your feels " on the video.

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But Disney fans, on the other hand, couldn't get past the fact that there's a wild otter who roams the theme park.

"Since when is there an otter?!?!" one fan wrote.

"I've worked here for a year I didnt know he was in there," another person said.

TikTokers who say they work at the theme park eventually joined in and shed some light on the rarely-spotted creature.

"Her name is Bubbles," one person wrote. "As a Magic Kingdom Jungle Cruise skipper, we see her backstage in our river all the time. She has pups too! "

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"Oh look it's Bubbles!" another person said. "She hasn't been relocated yet because she has babies and they're waiting till they're bigger to move them all."

Other Disney fans have since spotted the otter in other areas of Magic Kingdom and shared videos of her swimming on TikTok.

Though it's unclear when or where Bubbles will show up next, a different species of the animal — the Asian small-clawed otter — can be found a few parks over at Animal Kingdom's Discovery Island Trails.

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