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Couple lived in famous theme park for 15 years, without ever arousing suspicion

byMelissa Hekkers
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14 Apr 2025 14h30
a large castle with a lot of people around it
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A highly unusual story {recounted} in the famous Disneyland theme park in California (USA).

Owen and Dolly Pope, an American couple, lived for over 15 years within the park itself, surrounded by enchanting and magical worlds. The lovebirds were then in charge of the Pony Farm attraction. A few years before the park opened its gates, the couple had been hired by the Walt Disney teams "as advisors and were then tasked with taking care of the animals on site," reports Closer.

A time when the park's parades included animals, which required daily feeding and care. It's for this reason that Dolly and Owen were offered accommodation in the park, "to be able to be on site at all times to attend to the needs of the animals". It was in the Pope House (covering 120 square metres) that they made their cosy nest. A building that didn't arouse suspicion since it was entirely part of the scenery. The couple lived happily there from 1955 to 1971.

 

(MH with Olivia Stasse - Source: Closer - Illustration: ©Unsplash)