Cops discover ‘human’ skeleton with hook for hand, bird on shoulder

Weird But True

By Ben Cost

April 6, 2023 | 2:49pm

UK policeman were left red-faced after reacting to reports of human bones — just to learn it was in fact a phony pirate skeleton.
Jam Press

It was a humerus error.

After reacting to reports of human bones, English cops were humiliated to learn the supposed criminal offense scene was in fact a phony pirate skeleton.

A garden enthusiast had actually supposedly called emergency situation services after exhuming what he believed were human remains while digging at a house in Long Eaton, near Derby, Derbyshire, Jam Press reported.

“Officers from Long Eaton SNT were called to a suspicious incident today following a report that human bones had been found,” they described in a Facebook post detailing the mixup in addition to an image of the discover.

Shortly after that, Long Eaton cops reached the thought criminal offense scene and took a look at the so-called skeleton.

They instantly thought something was off after discovering a weird hook in the “corpse’s” arm in addition to the bird “skeleton” resting on the stiff’s shoulder.

Officers quickly recognized the supposed murder proof was in fact a “toy model of Captain Hook and his pet parrot,” per the Facebook post.

However, as the call was made in “good faith” — and not as an ill trick — officers “left the toy to be disposed of by the homeowner.”

Meanwhile, swashbuckling social networks users were on deck with jokes. “He was waiting for his wife to draw breath so he could get a word in,” composed one Facebook user with an amusing bone.

Another composed, “Perfect crime would be to bury the body under the fake bones.”

While these remains were not bone-a-fide, cops don’t be sorry for reacting to the scene of the phony criminal offense. “It’s always better to be safe than sorry and report any suspicious incident,” they stated in the Facebook post.

This isn’t the very first time authorities have actually misinterpreted a toy for a dead body.

In 2021, Japanese rescue scuba divers were flummoxed after reacting to the scene of a naked “drowning woman” — just to discover that it was in fact a drifting life-size sex doll.

That very same year in the UK, a lady’s errantly-placed Halloween prop triggered a team of 10 law enforcement officers to surround her home on the suspicion that she’d dedicated murder.