Sheriff’s deputies have been pressured to reply to the invention of a creepy teddy bear that regarded prefer it was product of bloody human tissue earlier than it was discovered to be innocent, Southern California authorities mentioned Monday.
The macabre scene unfolded in Victorville, about 85 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, at a bus cease subsequent to a gasoline station on Bear Valley Street, officers mentioned.
A “doll that was presumably product of human pores and skin” was discovered a bit of bit after midday on Sunday, in accordance with a coroner’s assertion.
A deputy coroner investigator “decided this doll was product of a fabricated materials and was not of human origin” earlier than a forensic pathologist additionally “confirmed that the thing was not human and contained no human tissue,” the assertion mentioned.
“Our investigation discovered these dolls being offered on a web site with the declare that the dolls are ‘product of human pores and skin,’” the coroner mentioned.
A South Carolina artist recognized the scary toy as one in every of his creations.
Robert Kelly of Darkish Seed Creations mentioned he made that bear and offered it through the e-commerce platform Etsy to a purchaser in Victorville.
Kelly mentioned he was not “concerned in a prank on the opposite aspect of the nation from me.”
San Bernardino County authorities mentioned the investigation is ongoing.
