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"Decapitated Man" Halloween Display Sparks 911 Calls in Greene County, Tennessee

posted by martyb on Sunday September 24 2017, @10:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the headless-horse[less]man dept.

takyon writes:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41355592

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.]

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  • (Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Monday September 25 2017, @06:17PM

    by Osamabobama (5842) on Monday September 25 2017, @06:17PM (#572735)

    Hell, stores have been selling halloween supplies for a month already.

    You seem to have a stray comma in the middle of "Hell stores." It changes the meaning.

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