A well-meaning train passenger made the call after spotting what they thought was the grisly scene through the window
A train passenger reported seeing a dead body on their commute but police turned up to find something very different.The train passenger had been travelling in a high-speed train, passing by a number of fields when they made what they feared was a grim discovery.They thought they had spotted a body, in a field near Swayfield, Lincolnshire, and quickly called the police.
The scarecrow, clad in a quilted, navy coat and dark trousers, with a deflated football for a head had just fallen over, giving the illusion of a body to the passing train passenger. “Several officers including a drone pilot from Boston rushed to the fields in the locality to carry out a search.
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