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Our middle daughter lives in South London, not far from Crystal Palace. Early each morning she goes for a run with her dog, Arthur. This morning, she discovered something disturbing in the woods. She took photographs, but did not investigate closely and would not allow Arthur too near, either.
A police car and an ambulance arrived on the scene and after a short while the authorities determined that the polythene wrapped ‘body’ had probably been deposited as a Hallowe’en prank.
The police officer who was the first to investigate agreed that it looked very suspicious. It is a shame that one person’s idea of a joke results in money being wasted on public resources, but such things must be examined.
Not long ago, the various parts of a dismembered body were found near this location, so police are aware and alert at all times. This time, fortunately, it was just a poor joke in bad taste.
That's pretty disgusting behaviour. I would be feeling quite upset if I had come across that on my walk, even though it turned out to be a prank.
ReplyDeleteIt was designed to shock, obviously. Completely unnecessary.
ReplyDeleteThere are people with very sick sense of humour, hope your daughter is OK, not a great start to her day.
ReplyDeleteYikes! She did exactly the right thing. I imagine the police were not amused. So what was in the plastic wrapping? Is it a mannequin, or just a bunch of plastic?
ReplyDeleteGood grief.
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable what people find funny when it is not.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely unbelievabe, our world is sick to the core
ReplyDeleteWhat a horrible, frightening experience.
ReplyDeleteWell at least it wasn't a real body.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness it turned out to be a prank, though it’s unsettling that someone would think that kind of “joke” is amusing
ReplyDeleteThat isn't a very funny joke.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if whoever put the package there was keeping up on its discovery?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it wasn't a poor unfortunate soul. I hope your daughter has recovered. That was a disturbing find.
ReplyDeleteGosh that is definitely VERY poor taste Janice. I would've been alarmed if I'd come across that too.
ReplyDeleteI watch a lot of British mysteries, so I would have dialled 999 too.
ReplyDeleteOh that is horrible. But thank God it wasn't a body.
ReplyDeleteNot a good prank at all.
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