The Wizard of Oz Hanging on the Yellow Brick Road

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There is a scene in the popular 1939 Wizard of Oz Movie, where you can see something beyond the Yellow Brick Road. It is said that a munchkin hung his self because of depression and it got caught on film. It was not edited out and even today you can see the hanging as Dorthy and her pals start walking the Yellow Brick Road, and begin to make their way around a corner on the road that takes a sharp break to the right. If you look to the top left of the screen you will see this mysterious object in the back, in the forest of trees that is in the scene.

Now this wasn’t really a hanging or anyone committing suicide on this famous movie. It’s just a myth and the object you’re really seeing is a large bird. The San Diego Zoo sent in a large bird to be a part of the movie and I’m not sure if this bird ever made it in the final cut or not. Once you know that you’re looking at a bird, you can clearly see the bird pecking the ground and then it flexes its wing. This was supposed to be the dangling motion from the midget that hung his self. The bird looks like an ostrich or emu or a bird very similar to their size and look. 

Have you ever heard of this myth? Have you seen the scene that this took place? Be sure to slow it down or rewind it a few times the next time you watch the Wizard of Oz and you will see the bird pecking the ground and raising it’s head a couple of times, before it finally flexes it’s wings. So the legend of the Wizard of Oz can now be put to rest and people can know that this family movie that has stood the test of time has no creepy or dark secret behind the scenes.