World of the Bizarre

Realistic 'dead' snowman puzzles police team

By T.K. Randall
February 16, 2021

Image: Human Footprints in Snow
Credit: John Doe via Wikimedia Commons / (PD) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Most people will have gone out into the snow to build a snowman at some point in their lives, but for one creative snowman builder in the Netherlands recently, the a-typical design of stacked balls of snow with a hat, carrot, two sticks and a scarf just wasn't good enough.

So creepily realistic was their design that even the local police had to stop to investigate.

"Last evening, a car from our team was surveillance through the Oosterpark, until they suddenly saw a person lying lifeless on the ground in the distance," Amsterdam Police wrote on Facebook.

"A victim of a crime? Had anyone become unwell?"

"After our colleagues approached the 'body' they saw that barrier tape or ambulance could happily be omitted... it was a good example of 'creative with snow', including orange carrot!"

"In any case, the colleagues could laugh about it."



Source: NL Times

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