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.]
(Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Monday September 25 2017, @06:20PM
When is the next Moral Panic Fair, by the way? Should be October, right?
Oh, I must have misread that...
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