Two cases, Campbell and Fort Bragg, report that the children were told they were being
taken to ‘Disneyland” where the children say they were abused. I showed a series of
photographs of Disneyland to one Fort Bragg child who immediately identified them as
the actual Disneyland, not the place she was taken, which the perpetrators called
“Disneyland.” One so-called ‘Disneyland” site was underground. Another title perpetrators
gave locations for abuse or ceremonies was the “haunted house.”
I believe these titles are
disinformation designed to discredit the small child’s story. It would be commensurate
with the ritual abuse for perpetrators to tell preschool children they were being taken to
“Sesame Street,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “the Wizard of Oz,” “Santa’s North Pole” or a
“magic castle.” The actual descriptions of the settings indicate the use of private homes,
empty buildings including barns, churches or military buildings, and even caves. Adults
who survived ritual abuse have told me of being taken by every mode of transportation,
except helicopter or submarine, to ritual sites. In this survey 4 children reported
transportation by airplane, 3 by boat, 2 by submarines, 2 by helicopter, 1 by jet. Before we
dismiss the less likely modes, e.g. jet, helicopter, and submarine, consider the simplicity
of placing a toddler inside a box or cage, draping it and putting the child into a moving
vehicle, then telling the child he/she is travelling in a helicopter or submarine. Again, the
more outrageous the story, the less likely it will be believed. One Fort Bragg boy called the
moving vehicle a “space ship.”