Hatbox Ghost Returns to Disneyland! Sometimes Vlog
Well, we had to look at it eventually. I missed the debut of the new Hatbox Ghost due to being out in the desert (see last vlog) but I'm back in town, and last night I went to go meet old Hatty in person for the first time. I'm sure by now you've all seen tons of pictures and footage, but here's a little conversation and the clip from last night, you're seeing the same thing I saw when I first saw him, :)
Transcript
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these people here are terrible
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these people here are terrible neighbors there's always people coming
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neighbors there's always people coming
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neighbors there's always people coming and going late at night and there's Haze
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and going late at night and there's Haze
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and going late at night and there's Haze coming out of the window some kind of
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coming out of the window some kind of
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coming out of the window some kind of smoke or something and they're always
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smoke or something and they're always
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smoke or something and they're always screaming having some kind of parties
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screaming having some kind of parties
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screaming having some kind of parties this
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this
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this music why they got to listen to the same
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music why they got to listen to the same
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music why they got to listen to the same song over and over again I'm thinking
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song over and over again I'm thinking
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song over and over again I'm thinking about going up to their front door and
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about going up to their front door and
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about going up to their front door and telling them what I think not these
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telling them what I think not these
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telling them what I think not these people here
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people here
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people here but the people who live inside of this
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but the people who live inside of this
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but the people who live inside of this Mansion you'd almost think it was
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Mansion you'd almost think it was
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Mansion you'd almost think it was haunted or something it's the sometimes
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haunted or something it's the sometimes
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haunted or something it's the sometimes Vlog that was the longest introduction
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Vlog that was the longest introduction
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Vlog that was the longest introduction to a vlog of all time it's a vlog that
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happen and there are a whole bunch of
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happen and there are a whole bunch of people that were just walking right past
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people that were just walking right past
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people that were just walking right past while I was doing that who think that
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while I was doing that who think that
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while I was doing that who think that I'm
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I'm
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I'm crazy what do you think
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crazy what do you think
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crazy what do you think friends do you think I'm crazy we're
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friends do you think I'm crazy we're
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friends do you think I'm crazy we're here at Disneyland today looking at this
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here at Disneyland today looking at this
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here at Disneyland today looking at this The Haunted
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The Haunted
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The Haunted Mansion
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Mansion
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Mansion because well I'll tell you why in a
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because well I'll tell you why in a
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because well I'll tell you why in a second shake and bake there's shake and
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second shake and bake there's shake and
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second shake and bake there's shake and bake right there he helped what date is
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bake right there he helped what date is
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bake right there he helped what date is it yeah I know it's Monday but what
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it yeah I know it's Monday but what
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it yeah I know it's Monday but what day 11th
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day 11th
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day 11th Monday May 11th on Saturday May 9th The
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Monday May 11th on Saturday May 9th The
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Monday May 11th on Saturday May 9th The Haunted
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Haunted
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Haunted Mansion had an incident not a fire not
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Mansion had an incident not a fire not
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Mansion had an incident not a fire not not an explosion but a
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not an explosion but a
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not an explosion but a rematerialization of an old classic
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rematerialization of an old classic
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rematerialization of an old classic character the hatbox ghost now if you
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character the hatbox ghost now if you
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character the hatbox ghost now if you don't know what a hatbox ghost is it was
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don't know what a hatbox ghost is it was
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don't know what a hatbox ghost is it was a character in the 1960s who had a very
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a character in the 1960s who had a very
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a character in the 1960s who had a very ghoulish face even more ghoulish than
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ghoulish face even more ghoulish than
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ghoulish face even more ghoulish than shaking bake's face and what would
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shaking bake's face and what would
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shaking bake's face and what would happen is he was holding his hat box and
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happen is he was holding his hat box and
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happen is he was holding his hat box and his head would disappear from his body
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his head would disappear from his body
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his head would disappear from his body reappear in the hatbox all while they
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reappear in the hatbox all while they
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reappear in the hatbox all while they were setting up the Haunted Mansion he
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were setting up the Haunted Mansion he
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were setting up the Haunted Mansion he was one of the pivotal characters in the
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was one of the pivotal characters in the
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was one of the pivotal characters in the big attic scene and one of the most
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big attic scene and one of the most
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big attic scene and one of the most memorable and sort of cartoony and cool
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memorable and sort of cartoony and cool
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memorable and sort of cartoony and cool looking characters so before the Haunted
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looking characters so before the Haunted
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looking characters so before the Haunted Mansion actually opened Disney did a
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Mansion actually opened Disney did a
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Mansion actually opened Disney did a children's book that featured the hbox
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children's book that featured the hbox
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children's book that featured the hbox ghost there was all kinds of promotional
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ghost there was all kinds of promotional
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ghost there was all kinds of promotional material for the Haunted Mansion before
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material for the Haunted Mansion before
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material for the Haunted Mansion before it opened it was years between building
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it opened it was years between building
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it opened it was years between building the outside that you can see here and
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the outside that you can see here and
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the outside that you can see here and opening the actual attraction itself so
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opening the actual attraction itself so
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opening the actual attraction itself so there was all this time that people got
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there was all this time that people got
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there was all this time that people got used to the hatbox ghost but
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used to the hatbox ghost but
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used to the hatbox ghost but unfortunately when the ride opened up
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unfortunately when the ride opened up
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unfortunately when the ride opened up the actual prop hatbox ghost I want to
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the actual prop hatbox ghost I want to
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the actual prop hatbox ghost I want to say animatronic but it really wasn't
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say animatronic but it really wasn't
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say animatronic but it really wasn't animatronic it was more of an optical
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animatronic it was more of an optical
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animatronic it was more of an optical effect but the actual prop of the hbox
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effect but the actual prop of the hbox
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effect but the actual prop of the hbox ghost himself did not work a lot of
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ghost himself did not work a lot of
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ghost himself did not work a lot of people said that he was never actually
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people said that he was never actually
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people said that he was never actually in there while the ride was open to the
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in there while the ride was open to the
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in there while the ride was open to the public but years in years later somebody
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public but years in years later somebody
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public but years in years later somebody actually found some 8mm footage from a
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actually found some 8mm footage from a
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actually found some 8mm footage from a guest so he was in there the very first
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guest so he was in there the very first
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guest so he was in there the very first few days of the Haunted Mansion being
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few days of the Haunted Mansion being
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few days of the Haunted Mansion being open you can find that footage on Google
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open you can find that footage on Google
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open you can find that footage on Google and the
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and the
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and the YouTubes a combination of the two it's
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YouTubes a combination of the two it's
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YouTubes a combination of the two it's really on YouTube that's what I meant to
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really on YouTube that's what I meant to
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really on YouTube that's what I meant to say uh anyway it didn't work very well
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say uh anyway it didn't work very well
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say uh anyway it didn't work very well so they pulled him out of there now we
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so they pulled him out of there now we
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so they pulled him out of there now we all know the Haunted Mansion is home to
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all know the Haunted Mansion is home to
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all know the Haunted Mansion is home to only 999 happy hunt but there's room for
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only 999 happy hunt but there's room for
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only 999 happy hunt but there's room for a th000 so does this mean the hatbox
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a th000 so does this mean the hatbox
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a th000 so does this mean the hatbox ghost coming back makes 1,000 no because
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ghost coming back makes 1,000 no because
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ghost coming back makes 1,000 no because Disney says he rematerialized so the
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Disney says he rematerialized so the
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Disney says he rematerialized so the hatbox ghost has always been here in
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hatbox ghost has always been here in
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hatbox ghost has always been here in spirit see what I did there and now he's
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spirit see what I did there and now he's
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spirit see what I did there and now he's rematerialized in the form of a new
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rematerialized in the form of a new
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rematerialized in the form of a new animatronic slightly figure and a new
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animatronic slightly figure and a new
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animatronic slightly figure and a new Optical effect it actually works this
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Optical effect it actually works this
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Optical effect it actually works this time and you can see the hatbox ghost
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time and you can see the hatbox ghost
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time and you can see the hatbox ghost head disappear from his body I didn't
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head disappear from his body I didn't
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head disappear from his body I didn't make it for Saturday the first day the
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make it for Saturday the first day the
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make it for Saturday the first day the hatbox ghost debuted but was here
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hatbox ghost debuted but was here
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hatbox ghost debuted but was here yesterday to check out what the hatbox
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yesterday to check out what the hatbox
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yesterday to check out what the hatbox ghost looks like so spoiler alert you're
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ghost looks like so spoiler alert you're
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ghost looks like so spoiler alert you're about to see cuz I'm going to show you
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about to see cuz I'm going to show you
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about to see cuz I'm going to show you what I saw last night here is the hatbox
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ghost right the hatbox ghost I've been
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ghost right the hatbox ghost I've been waiting my entire life pretty much to
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waiting my entire life pretty much to
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waiting my entire life pretty much to see the hbox ghost it's always been a
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see the hbox ghost it's always been a
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see the hbox ghost it's always been a huge Legend among annual passholders and
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huge Legend among annual passholders and
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huge Legend among annual passholders and people who nerd out about the Haunted
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people who nerd out about the Haunted
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people who nerd out about the Haunted Mansion did you ever hear about the old
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Mansion did you ever hear about the old
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Mansion did you ever hear about the old hbox ghost that used to be in the
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hbox ghost that used to be in the
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hbox ghost that used to be in the Haunted Mansion this that and the other
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Haunted Mansion this that and the other
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Haunted Mansion this that and the other thing speculating on where the original
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thing speculating on where the original
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thing speculating on where the original prop went because nobody know nobody
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prop went because nobody know nobody
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prop went because nobody know nobody know nobody knew quite where the
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know nobody knew quite where the
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know nobody knew quite where the original ended up was it recycled into
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original ended up was it recycled into
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original ended up was it recycled into another attraction is it in somebody's
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another attraction is it in somebody's
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another attraction is it in somebody's attic but lo and behold rumors started
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attic but lo and behold rumors started
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attic but lo and behold rumors started circulating years and years ago that the
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circulating years and years ago that the
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circulating years and years ago that the hatbox ghost would return and at various
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hatbox ghost would return and at various
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hatbox ghost would return and at various times say the 40th anniversary of the
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times say the 40th anniversary of the
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times say the 40th anniversary of the hunted man mention it's going to come
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hunted man mention it's going to come
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hunted man mention it's going to come back on the 50th anniversary of
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back on the 50th anniversary of
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back on the 50th anniversary of Disneyland the HotBox ghost will come
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Disneyland the HotBox ghost will come
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Disneyland the HotBox ghost will come back always rumors never true but then
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back always rumors never true but then
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back always rumors never true but then Disney unveiled an animatronic hbox
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Disney unveiled an animatronic hbox
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Disney unveiled an animatronic hbox ghost years ago at d23 the big
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ghost years ago at d23 the big
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ghost years ago at d23 the big convention so everybody thought well gee
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convention so everybody thought well gee
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convention so everybody thought well gee if they built one maybe it's coming back
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if they built one maybe it's coming back
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if they built one maybe it's coming back for the 45th anniversary of the Haunted
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for the 45th anniversary of the Haunted
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for the 45th anniversary of the Haunted Mansion alas the 45th anniversary of the
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Mansion alas the 45th anniversary of the
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Mansion alas the 45th anniversary of the Haunted Mansion which I believe was last
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Haunted Mansion which I believe was last
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Haunted Mansion which I believe was last year yes last year Cayman went no
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year yes last year Cayman went no
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year yes last year Cayman went no reintroduction of the hbox ghost which
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reintroduction of the hbox ghost which
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reintroduction of the hbox ghost which made all of us think never going to
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made all of us think never going to
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made all of us think never going to happen then the 60th Ann AR celebration
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happen then the 60th Ann AR celebration
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happen then the 60th Ann AR celebration started approaching and all of a sudden
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started approaching and all of a sudden
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started approaching and all of a sudden the rumors started circulating again but
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the rumors started circulating again but
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the rumors started circulating again but this time Disney said no there's no hbox
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this time Disney said no there's no hbox
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this time Disney said no there's no hbox ghost coming back that's suspicious cuz
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ghost coming back that's suspicious cuz
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ghost coming back that's suspicious cuz all the other times that the rumor
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all the other times that the rumor
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all the other times that the rumor started the hbox ghost was coming back
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started the hbox ghost was coming back
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started the hbox ghost was coming back there'd be no comment from Disney why
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there'd be no comment from Disney why
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there'd be no comment from Disney why would there be because what who cares
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would there be because what who cares
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would there be because what who cares but this time they tried to cover it up
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but this time they tried to cover it up
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but this time they tried to cover it up no there's no hatbox ghost coming back
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no there's no hatbox ghost coming back
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no there's no hatbox ghost coming back and then there was a hatbox ghost coming
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and then there was a hatbox ghost coming
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and then there was a hatbox ghost coming back anyway that's what the HotBox ghost
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back anyway that's what the HotBox ghost
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back anyway that's what the HotBox ghost looks like I am working on those
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looks like I am working on those
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looks like I am working on those questions for you guys like I promised
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questions for you guys like I promised
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questions for you guys like I promised thank you for watching the sometimes
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thank you for watching the sometimes
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thank you for watching the sometimes Vlog go back and watch the last one if
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Vlog go back and watch the last one if
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Vlog go back and watch the last one if you missed it from the desert kind of
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you missed it from the desert kind of
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you missed it from the desert kind of interesting kind of a little unusual I'm
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interesting kind of a little unusual I'm
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interesting kind of a little unusual I'm going to go back into Disneyland keep
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going to go back into Disneyland keep
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going to go back into Disneyland keep working on filming some randomland
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working on filming some randomland
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working on filming some randomland videos but here you go here's the hbox
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videos but here you go here's the hbox
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videos but here you go here's the hbox ghost more times I'm just going to Loop
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ghost more times I'm just going to Loop
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ghost more times I'm just going to Loop it for a little while so you can see
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it for a little while so you can see
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it for a little while so you can see what it looks like I apologize though
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what it looks like I apologize though
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what it looks like I apologize though for the state of the footage I didn't
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for the state of the footage I didn't
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for the state of the footage I didn't have time to build it to scale or to
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have time to build it to scale or to
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have time to build it to scale or to paint it it's dark in there but this
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paint it it's dark in there but this
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paint it it's dark in there but this will give you the general idea I love
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will give you the general idea I love
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will give you the general idea I love you all I will see you tomorrow goodbye
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you all I will see you tomorrow goodbye
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you all I will see you tomorrow goodbye say goodbye shake and bake goodbye shake
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say goodbye shake and bake goodbye shake
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say goodbye shake and bake goodbye shake and bake you've done your duty now you
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and bake you've done your duty now you
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and bake you've done your duty now you can go home and sleep well