Woman mistakes stuffed toy for masked crook

[helderheid]

BERLIN (Reuters) - Armed police went into action in the German city of Wuppertal after a woman reported seeing a masked criminal -- but having rushed to the scene, they were surprised to find not a crook, but a large stuffed toy.

The woman was returning late at night to her car in an indoor car park when she saw the suspected brigand through the window of a parked van, police said Thursday.

Though she later admitted to only catching a glimpse in the darkness, she was sufficiently alarmed to alert the authorities.

Armed officers arrived in three cars and surrounded the van. What they found was a large toy beaver, strapped into the passenger seat.

A police spokesman said he struggled to see how the toy, which has two oversized front teeth, could have been mistaken for a person.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL1969096120070719?feedType=RSS

[sakabatou]

1. How much will the toy's bail be?

$19.99?

[Rosemary2205]

2. This is exactly why fear mongering works.

There are just enough people who mistake reality with fantasy to make it work.

[originalpckelly]

3. Well at least she was partly right, but it was a hostage situation.

How did Ward and June feel when they got their son back?

[AllegroRondo]

4. "Woman Fears Stuffed Beaver"

[Wildewolfe]

7. Naw... the title would have been....

... wait for it...
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Leave it to Beaver...

[sinkingfeeling]

5. In Amerika, the thing would have been riddled with bullet holes.

[soothsayer]

6. or they would have tasered the stuffing out of it

[MadHound]

8. Yeah, there have been times when I've seen bizarre shit like that,

But I realize that I'm drunk as a skunk and take that into consideration before pushing the panic button.