Jeepers Creepers

Today's post is about the Pet Cemetery located at Disneyland...

Disneyland:

The ORIGINAL Pet Cemetery hosted these original pets!

The Pet Cemetery was first installed at the New Orleans Square Mansion in the 1980s on the west side of the Haunted Mansion by the original wheelchair accessible entrance. 

This pet cemetery proved popular enough for an expanded version to open in 1993 at the front of the Mansion closer to the queue. 

The epitaphs were written by Imagineer Chris Goosman and the area was designed by Imagineer Kim Irvine.

The original 80's Pet Cemetery would be removed in 2024 to make way for the new gift shop (so sad!).

Big Jake the dog who's epitaph reads, 

"Here lies my good dog Jake chasing a toad down a well was his one mistake."

Miss Kitty the cat who's epitaph reads, 

"In memoriam. Miss Kitty, after losing eight lives you still had no fear. You caught a snake in your ninth and that's why you're here."

Bully the frog who's epitaph reads, 

"You didn't drink, you didn't smoke, I just cant figure out what made you croak."

Stripey the skunk, 

"In loving memory of our pet Stripey, you may be departed but your scent will linger on."

Penny the Elephant, 

"Where Pachyderms reside with worms within a tomb most elegant. You'll find long gone our mastodon Beloved Penny, the elephant." 

Above the tomb is the statue of a mouse which presumably scared Penny to death due to the myth that elephants are terrified of mice.

Penny's tomb is in reality a cleverly disguised exhaust chimney for the Disneyland Railroad.

The New Pet Cemetery

Fifi the poodle.

Old Flybait the frog, 

"He croaked. August 9th, 1869."

His date of death is a reference to when the Mansion first opened.

Rosie the pig, 

"She was a poor little pig 

but she bought the farm. 1849."

An unnamed cat with no epitaph which is surrounded by the small headstones of five birds.

Another cat statue sitting in a birdbath.

Kai the Koi Fish who's epitaph reads, 

"He has gone to a Betta place."

An unnamed rabbit.

An unnamed squirrel who's tomb resides underneath the shade of a tree.

Freddie the bat who died in 1847, the epitaph is written upside down and says, "We'll miss you."

Buddy the dog, "Our friend to the end."

Lilac the Skunk who died in 1847, 

"Long on curiosity short on common scents."

A brick wall holds several plaque memorials:

Long Legged Jeb the spider, 

"Got tangled up in his very own web."

An unnamed fish who's date of death was 

October 10th, 1867.

An unnamed pet rat ,

"In memory of my Rat whom I loved, now he resides in realms above."

An unnamed pet snake who's epitaph reads, 

"Here lies my snake, whose fatal mistake was frightening the gardener who carried a rake."

**A statue of a bird perched on top of the wall, possibly intended as the Raven, with a plaque below featuring the death date of July 11, 1864...

**I hunted all over the internet and Disney archives and could not find any other photo of this other than what is above! 

It is supposedly on the Pet Cemetery wall - however, other photos of the wall do not have this plaque. From this photo clearly there is damaged, so maybe Disneyland removed...? 

This may have to be investigated, in person...

DISNEY DAY!

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