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A local US police department has urged people not to call 911 after reports that a man had been crushed by a garage door.
The supposed victim in Greene County, Tennessee, turned out to be a scarily realistic, early Halloween decoration. The department said it had received calls about a "suspicious person lying in a driveway with bloody handprints on the garage". Officers investigated, only to find it was a puppet stuffed with straw.
Greene County TN Sheriff's Department wrote on Facebook: "ATTENTION EVERYONE!!! For those of you driving on Chuckey Pike in Greene County: THIS IS A HALLOWEEN DECORATION! Do NOT call 911 reporting a dead body. Instead, congratulate the homeowner on a great display."
[Okay, Soylentils, what is your best Halloween prank? --Ed.]
(Score: 5, Funny) by Snotnose on Monday September 25 2017, @01:02AM (1 child)
The house I grew up in in the 70's had a light pole across the street. One day when I was in my mid-teens we made a dummy out of a halloween mask, shirt, pants, shoes, and a lot of newspaper. We hung this sucker from the light pole. Spent a good 30 minutes in hiding laughing at the rubes who slowed down, pointed and drove away.
After 30 minutes to an hour later we walked to the local 7/11, a 10 minute walk. When we got back the hanging dummy was gone, people who stayed behind said a cop had driven up, cut the dummy down, tossed it into the trunk, and left.
It was not an original idea. A month or so before a friend in high school made a similar dummy and put it on the side of a busy road, making it look like the dummy had been hit by a car.
I had more fun in the 70's without drugs than I should have. Don't get me started on what I did with drugs :)
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 25 2017, @09:37PM
Should that explain your nick then?