Was Walt Disney afraid of mice?

Minnie Mouse goes one better, having been dressed in over 200 outfits throughout her career. Yoo Hoo! The first song to feature in any Disney film was "Minnie's Yoo Hoo" in the short, Mickey's Follies. Fear The irony of Mickey Mouse's creation is that Walt Disney was in fact scared of mice. read more

In his Kansas City cartoon studio, prior to moving to California at 22 years old, he regularly fed a mouse some of the scraps left from his own undoubtedly meager meals. read more

Fact: Walt Disney Mickey Mouse creator actually suffered from a mouse phobia. The fact is quite difficult to prove but many of the people that knew Walt Disney provided some information about the fear. Shortly after his creation, Mickey Mouse carried the much more “masculine” name Mortimer. read more

Fact: Walt Disney Mickey Mouse creator actually suffered from a mouse phobia. The fact is quite difficult to prove but many of the people that knew Walt Disney provided some information about the fear. read more