Shock Vid: Angry Man Attacks Disney Staffer, Gets Pepper-Sprayed Outside ‘Tower of Terror’ Ride
- Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:41pm by
Billy Hallowell
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In what can only be described as a fit of extreme irony, Glenn Horlacher, 53, went horrifically ballistic outside of the Tower of Terror ride at Disney’s California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California. During the incident, Horlacher cursed, kicked fellow park guests, punched a security worker — and was subsequently pepper-sprayed.
The bizarre spectacle was caught on video and, predictably, the footage is going viral. Watch the raw video below (caution: violence and offensive language):
“Our security cast member was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for the injuries he sustained and then released,” said Disney spokeswoman Suzi Brown. “We appreciate the actions of the guests who came to his aid during this uncharacteristic incident.”
There’s no word yet on what caused the man to go ballistic.
(H/T: Gawker)
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Comments (127)
rambosharley
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:59pmWe are in a “blameless society” ….He can blame it on the Vodka! The vodka made me do it! NOPE…NOT MY FAULT AT ALL! and so on and so on! Same as our “dear leader”!
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 4:28pmDon’t be so sure about the “blameless society” bit…
I think it was a pretty AMAZING DISPLAY of “LIABILITY AVOIDANCE” on the par of Disney “security” who pepper sprayed the man, but, would not lift a finger to restrain the man, leaving it entirely to good samaritans who stood up and did what needed to be done to protect others.
I feel certain that the Disney “security” was TRAINED not to lay a finger on the guy.
I am surprised it took Disney as long as it did to move the crowd.
That would have been the SECOND thing I did… right after radio-ing for backup.
Thanks, good samaritans!
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 4:41pmWhat a LOOOOzer.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 5:26pm@TOM
I’m quite certain that their security are trained exactly as you presume, just as all security personnel are that aren’t actual police in their day jobs. They aren’t actual law enforcement, so they do indeed open themselves up for civil lawsuits if they injure someone through their actions. The other guests aren‘t thinking about lawsuits because they don’t have multi billion dollar interests to protect.
As much as people might like them to be a company’s internal security personnel have no authority as law enforcement officers. They are nothing more than ordinary employees that have been given a t-shirt and the task of trying to verbally persuade people to stay in line.
Report Post »potech90
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 5:44pm@KA-BAR your the man, I feel the same way.
Report Post »TunaBlue
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 7:00pmI’m thinking about Witney Houston and what surely will be the prosecution of the doctor who over medicated her, and the recent trial and conviction of Michael Jackson’s doctor. Yes, these doctors are no better than drug dealers w/ medical degrees, but the drug user is to blame for the result of their poor choices and actions. PERIOD! Michael and Witney were drug addicts, and drug addicts usually die from their poor choices.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 8:48pmOops .. California might be different …
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 12:14amActually, I don’t blame him for swinging again at about 1:35. He was standing quietly trying to get the spray out of his eyes and the sprayer used him for a bit of vindictive target practice. The audience got a laugh – briefly.
At that point I might have done the same thing.
It will be interesting to hear what caused it all.
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 12:42amWell, well.
Things are never quite as they first seem, are they.
It seems that Mr. Horlacher didn’t swing at any staff member, but was talking to a supervisor when the security guard came up. The guard refused to answer Mr. Horlacher’s inquiries, instead just stared at him malevolently.
The security guard said to Mr Horlacher, who is a decorated war veteran with PTSD, “You want a piece of me?” (twice).
When Mr Horlacher pushed said security guard away from him, the guard hit him on the left side of his head, and the fight was on.
This is the same guard that used Mr Horlacher’s streaming eyes as target practice when he was standing still and not threatening anyone.
And why did no-one tell that annoying blonde with the beer in her hand (and without children) to put a sock in it. It seems clear that Mr Horlacher was not the only one drinking at Disneyland.
He has been released with a citation.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:08pmI am an unarmed security guard. I don’t have any more police powers than any citizen. Unarmed security guards use good judgement in the use of force. Our training is to use only the amount of force to end an immediate threat with retreat as the first option. Deadly force is only used to protect life, not property or information.
I can‘t get the video so it isn’t clear what the guard did and didn’t do.
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:32pmYeah, isn’t it curious how Mr. Horlachers‘ side of the story isn’t told in the piece or what led up to the violence? I’ll tell you what, I would have laid that guard out who continued to spray pepper into his eyes. I wouldn‘t have fallen on my ass and that guard wouldn’t have gotten up off of his. While I was at it, I would have slapped the face off of that big mouth bitch with all of the venom in her voice and then waded into anyone who came to her defense. If a bunch of grinning, smart-ass punks are going to try to take me down like that, they are going to remember it for a good long while. I’ll wipe those smiles right off their desperately ignorant faces.
Californian, born and bred. The ‘real’ California. Not the PC one you may be familiar with…
Report Post »OldOllie
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:53pmThis guy just needed a good, old-fashioned wood shampoo.
Report Post »Helpful
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:43pmYou can’t buy Chewing Gum, or Chewing Tobacco, but you can buy Smoke’s and Booze, and now Free Pepper Spray………..
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 8:41pmDon’t think you can get booze in the Disney MGM Park ..that is where Tower of Terror is (maybe in the Brown Derby Restaurant but I checked the menu and wine and spirits are not listed). I believe the only parks you can get it in is EPCOT and then the Downtown Disney area…. I know the Rose and Crown Pub (UK EPCOT) sells ale … from experience .. it is very good!
Report Post »MEANS2RESIST
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 12:19amThose little teenagers in the video running their mouths & not doing a damn thing didn’t even look old enough to be holding those beers….wow man…epic….& Disney employees are ….“CAST MEMBERS”, I worked for them in Fl for a few years & had to leave my cush job there, I just coudn’t take the gayness!
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:42pmI can’t believe anyone goes to Disney. What a craphole. I especially love there anti-hunting propoganda cartoons. I wouldn’t give Disney a dollar.
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:00pmYou should see gay pride day in Orlando. The men that are doing discusting things in the bushes is what caused me to write off Disney and its gay agenda.
WD1986
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:41pmYou’re an idiot!
Report Post »WD1986
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:51pmYou’re an idiot
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 3:12pmDisney is about pushing liberal gay agendas than families now.
Also One small park -OK.
But Disney ruined thousands of acres of land by filling them with stupid theme parksl. I’ve visited Disney parks in Florida twice & once to California Disney as a young adult years ago bec. I didn’t go as a child. My parents were right – BORING!
My children never went to a single American Disney park – they never asked/not interested. I did drag them to Disney Park in France when we were stationed in Europe. People from every country in the world packed in /no one spoke English- find a bathroom for a child quickly if even the park employee speak limited English & you are not near a sign. What made the trip WORTHLESS/ HORRIBLE was the line cheating by almost 100% of people. You can stand in line for 4-5 HOURS while strangers from the Middle East and England, German, French, etc. people duck under the cloth ropes in front of you. Only the Japanese tourists never jumped lines. I cut off an Italian family from cutting in front of me – SIMPLY put my arm out – NO!!! He cursed me in Italian & I gave him the universal middle finger. Everyone LOL. Some people starting standing up to the cheaters after that but it was still bad.
Mickey Mouse is almost as creepy as Ronald McDonald & both are only a little less creepy than that defunct Burger King “king” mascot.
I feel sorry for homeowners who were stuck with having one of these useless parks built near them.
Report Post »Master_and_Commander
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 9:15pmOk, guys, how about a little homework before you go on little rants. First of all, Disney doesn’t organize the ”Gay Pride” days there, that is organized by non-associated gay groups and it is completely out of their control. But did you know that they also actually host a real Christmas celebration each year in EPCOT where the story of Jesus is actually told? I went one year and got to see Kirk Cameron on stage in the park preaching Jesus to thousands of viewers. Of course Disney isn’t perfect, but they aren’t the evil demons you morons make them out to be.
And as for the ”anti-hunting propaganda”, again, you don’t know what your talking about at all. Magic Kingdom has several shooting arcades around the park where you fire at animals and various objects, as well as museums and restaurants and museums filled with movie props and stuffed skins from the old Disney Davy Crockett series, which famously sang ”Killed him a bear when he was only three”. Doesn’t sound like ”anti-gun propaganda” to me.
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:40pmShock Vid…ooooooooooooo….ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:34pmWow… We are going next week too bad you can’t carry there. I have never heard of anything like this happening at Disney. Usually there are many, many undercover “agents”. I can’t believe it went on this long. All that money people pay for the “safety” of Disney has me wondering if they are “cutting back” in security. If it wasn’t for these few brave teenagers who knows what would have ensued! Thank God there are still some young folk with common sense…
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:09pmThat broad kept yelling for security. Who was the guy with pepper spray? The pest control guy shooting him with wasp spray?
Report Post »WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges10
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 5:01pmcessna152 – “I have never heard of anything like this happening at Disney.”
That’s by design (just think “Obama and the complicit Liberal Media”):
“Subverting the Disney Legacy — How Michael Eisner Has Transformed the ‘Magic Kingdom’ ”
http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v17/v17n5p10_Weber.html
“Eisner has cultivated a public image of himself as friendly, trustworthy, and even boyish. But those who know him well regard him as treacherous and Machiavellian.”
Report Post »“Since 1984, Michael Eisner and his colleagues have refashioned Hollywood’s most culturally conservative and family-oriented studio into one of its most culturally seditious and anti-traditional. In doing so, they betrayed the founder’s legacy, degraded his values, and demeaned the company’s defining spirit.”
liberalescheisskopf
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 7:47pm“The broad”? yelling for security……such a lovely voice, reminds me of fingernails on a chalkboard.
Report Post »thebronze
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 9:07pmWho says you can’t carry there? The whole point of concealed carry is, um…concealed.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:34pmHow many Disney patrons does it take to change a light bulb?
Report Post »jonnyroyal
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 3:41pmOne to hold the bulb and three to turn the lamp!!!!
Report Post »texasfireguy
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 3:51pmYou stole my picture Johnny
Report Post »Searchingforthelight
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:32pmSome people seem to be more affected by their atmosphere than others.
Report Post »MonkeyBeagle
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:30pmToo bad Captain Truth from Obama’s “truth team” wasnt there, he would of known what to do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx0llOzd1O8 got this in my facebook this morning., if you havnt seen it, you should definatly watch it.
Report Post »avgconservative
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:50pmThis is a very dumb video, not worth clicking.
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:03pmyeah, that was dumb.
Report Post »kconservative
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:18pmGood job blaze on breaking the disney story saw it here before they had it at drudge… Hey Monkey I liked the link I though it was funny some of these people dont have any sense of humor, probably the same people that watch SNL, if you notice they dont post conservative humor at theblaze only lib humor. I think the two above comments are troll posers or just grumpy old men?
Report Post »jas0707
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:30pmA Hollywood studio marketing stunt to promo an upcoming movie sympathetic to the occupy slugs.
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:28pmif I had to listen to that shrill women screaming over and over again I would fight too….the wads that wanted to record are a real view of the weak white boys.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:26pmWhat do we really expect when people are served mind altering drinks at a family based establishment.Don’t get me wrong i enjoy a few totties every now and then, but should they really be serving this stuff at Disneyland?
Report Post »Mac_Wade
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:20pm“Where is security? Where is security?”
Lady, you have to be prepared to be your own security. Good on the guests who helped.
Report Post »aragona
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:16pmHe’s just Occupying Disney. He should be left alone. Obviously, those who are objecting to his behavior are part of the 1%.
Report Post »JDONNINO
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:07pmIt was great to see that the Disneyland staff kept their composure, despite that man’s inexcusable behavior.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:58pmThey were so composed they did not do a thing… the PAYING guests had to! The employees should be fired and the guests that tackled this dope should get free passes for life….
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:06pmWay to take a punch staffer! Very heroic. lmao!!
Report Post »KingCanon
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:07pmWhy does the younger generation laugh at all the tragedy?
Report Post »Is it public education or just a lack of moral decency?
Wait a minute that‘s a redundant question isn’t it? Sorry.
USPATRIOT101
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:06pmI would have sprayeded that annoying “emotional” woman.
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:14pmsprayed….duh
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:16pmLOL gosh was she annoying or what?
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:22pmThats probably what got him so agentated. I wanted to punch my computer.
Report Post »EpsilonEridani
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:30pm“there are kids here”
Report Post »If the kids are young enough that it matters, they should be with the parents, and a Parent can just move the kids away…………….
scuba13
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:04pmAnother one of Encinoms relatives.
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:22pmlmao!!! on point.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:20pmMight be Republicorp….
Report Post »JDONNINO
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:04pmShameful…
Thank God for the staff and guests that resolved this incident and brought down that dirtbag.
Report Post »Old Truckers
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:01pmWell, if this “mature” man had any reputation he was proud of, it is ruined now. The whole world just saw a regrettable display of stupidity and childish tantrum.
Report Post »The Disneyland Staff is to be commended on how they kept their composure.
JDONNINO
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:00pmShameful…
And at Disneyland of all places!!!
Thank God guests helped to restrain that dirtbag.
It looks like the man was drunk. It was in California after all…
Still, at Disneyland? Really?
There is no call for any kind of disgrace there.
The video was great, though.
Report Post »PERSERVERANCE-2012
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:57pmI think he was just f—-n goofy.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 3:01pmI Think At Disney having sexual relations with a cartoon dog is considered normal behavior.
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:51pmMy daughter works at D-land and incidents like this aren’t as unusual as would seem. The guests, who spend sometimes over an hour to 2 hours in line, get frustrated and displace on the employees. The employees’ temperment is to be commended.
NoBama 2012
Report Post »Gypsy123
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:48pmThere is more to this story did you notice that this man could take the pepper spray and he had dog tags on? Wonder what the real story is?
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:05pmThe story is about knucklehead getting pepper sprayed… for being a knucklehead… who happens to be wearing what might be dog tags. You DO know that dog tags can be bought anywhere with anything embossed on them you might want right? If he was in the Service… doesn’t make his knuckleheadedness and less knuckleheaded.
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:08pmseems like someone is hungry for a scandal?!?!?
Report Post »Jas0n
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:48pmThat’s the “arrest an Occupier experience” ride.
Report Post »Sparhawk
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:01pmNice.
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:37pmJason:
Report Post »LOL
Crowley
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:38pmLMAO, funniest comment I’ve seen in a long time
Report Post »robinakilt
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:41pmLOL, very funny….now that is a ride I want to see…..Disney is just cutting edge
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