BuzzFeed Features Man Caught Camping at Discovery Island in Walt Disney World on List of Craziest Things To Happen in Florida in 2020

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BuzzFeed Features Man Caught Camping at Discovery Island in Walt Disney World on List of Craziest Things To Happen in Florida in 2020

In a list of The 50 Craziest Things That Have Happened In Florida In 2020 So Far, BuzzFeed has featured the man who camped out at Walt Disney World’s Discovery Island.

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In April, Richard J. McGuire was found camping out on Discovery Island by Walt Disney World security. Orange County deputies then arrested him and he was formally charged with trespassing in July.

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McGuire is #6 on BuzzFeed’s list of 50. The list also includes a group of men playing Uno in the middle of traffic, the Grim Reaper visiting Florida beaches during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a woman attempting to sell a manatee-shaped chicken tender.

Discovery Island first opened in 1974, but closed permanently in 1999. McGuire called the island a “tropical paradise” and claimed to be unaware that the property was closed. He has since been banned from Walt Disney World Resort.

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