A Walt Disney World worker was bowled over by a 400-pound runaway boulder that’s part of the park’s Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular in Orlando, Florida, with video of the incident making the social media rounds yesterday.
The boulder stunt now appears to have been removed from the attraction after the accident.
The worker, or cast member in the parlance of the Disney theme parks, can be seen in widely shared video attempting to halt the faux-boulder after the sphere bounced off its proper course. Audience members including many children watch as the unidentified employee is knocked to the ground, his head seemingly bloodied.
The employee is then lifted to his feet by other park workers. In video circulating today, the boulder stunt is absent from the attraction, possibly indicating that Disney World has removed the large prop.
In one video making the rounds – watch it below – a man shooting cell phone video Tuesday can be heard jokingly tell his family, “It’s coming right for us,” apparently thinking the audience-bound bouncing boulder was all part of the show. After the worker is knocked down and other workers come to his aid, a woman can be heard saying, “Wait, like, for real?” The man taking the video then says, “It’s alright girls, it’s ok…He literally saved our lives.”
It’s unclear when, exactly, the incident occurred, but the social media videos began circulating Tuesday, December 30. Scott Gustin, a frequent blogger on theme parks and all things Disney, was the first to report the incident, confirming that it happened Tuesday and that the cast member received immediate care and is recovering.
Another blogger, Blog Mickey, posted video today purportedly of the Indiana Jones attraction with the boulder stunt notably absent. (Watch that video below.)
The Indiana Jones attraction is a 30-minute show re-creating scenes and stunts from the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Deadline has reached out to reps for Walt Disney World for comment and additional information.
