Bungling Japanese Police Discover ‘Body’ To Be Life-Sized Doll

by Scam on September 19, 2008

in Hoaxes

This news story from a couple of days ago really made me laugh as I tried to fathom out how anyone could confuse a doll with a dead body -

On Tuesday of this week police near Izu City in Japan were left wondering if they had become victims of a hoax.

Discovered near a forest near the seaside resort, following an anonymous tip-off, the body was wrapped in a sleeping bag.

For some reason, the investigators didn’t think to look inside the sleeping bag and, instead, took it directly to the city police station so that a post-mortem examination could take place.

According to a spokeswoman, no-one had any reason to doubt that a human body was inside until a medical examiner unwrapped it and found that the ‘body’ was in fact a doll.

In defence of this bizarre situation, The Asahi newspaper said that the doll was actually quite sophisticated and life-sized and was dressed in a brown wig, blouse and skirt.

Do all police officers have such good deductive skills that they can’t tell a human and a doll apart?

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  • { 4 comments }

    1 Pete March 26, 2009 at 9:33 am

    I just found this one by accident – what on earth were the police thinking???

    2 Scam March 26, 2009 at 11:33 am

    I have no idea – it’s quite a bizarre story isn’t it!!

    3 Dionne Collins September 19, 2008 at 2:17 am

    Should we guess if this is true or not because this sounds like one of your made up stories?

    4 Scam September 19, 2008 at 2:25 am

    Ha ha, no – this really is true Dionne!

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