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That\u2019s exactly what happened to the people in this collection\u2014events so disturbing they still can\u2019t believe they saw them firsthand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1588980\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One person recalled how their older sister used Disney read-along tapes to teach them to read. Only later did they realize the tapes were actually a cover for their parents\u2019 screaming matches downstairs. Another remembered washing their hands in a restroom when a woman walked in, inserted a tube into her belly button, and urinated into the sink before casually tucking it away\u2014without washing her hands.<\/p>\n<p>Not all shocks were so graphic, but they were just as jarring. At Disney, someone watched a man lick his phone screen as though cleaning it. On a bus, another saw a mother suck snot directly out of her child\u2019s nose\u2014and swallow it. 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