Racing driver J. Gaal at the wheel of car number 26 at the RAC Tourist Trophy, run, for the first time, over the Four Inch Course on the Isle of Man, 17th September 1908. Gaal is racing in waterproofs. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

An animation artist has thrown a group of Disney characters into the real world – and it's not pretty. Jeff Hong, from New York, has taken the childhood favourites and turned their lives upside down. In a series of nightmarish pictures on his Tumblr, the cartoons who once lived happily ever after are now facing up to reality. And judging from these images they're not adjusting well. Photo: Beauty is everything for this belle of the ball. (Photo by Jeff Hong)

Dustin Murley (L) and Jessey Sisson race on their ostriches during the annual Ostrich Festival in Chandler, Arizona March 10, 2013. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Reuters)

A participant competes in the “Farinato Race” winter extreme run competition in Gijon, northern Spain, January 31, 2016. (Photo by Eloy Alonso/Reuters)

Participants take part in an extreme run “Bison race” near the town of Logoisk, Belarus September 17, 2016. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)

People take part in the "Bison Race" winter extreme run competition in Zhodino, Belarus, December 5, 2015. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)