Police carried out a three-hour search for a reported body in an Idaho river, but what they discovered was a life-size sex doll, according to authorities, the New York Post reported. Caribou County Sheriff Adam Mabey told East Idaho News that cops were alerted to what was believed to be a human body in the Blackfoot River roughly 16 miles away from Soda Springs last week.
A full-out drone search of the river was launched by the department. A search-and-rescue team was also deployed to search the water. The frantic search ultimately turned up a sex doll.
“When my team went in and pulled it out of the water, that’s when they realized it was just a life-size companion doll,” Mabey said, adding that the female doll had been in the water for a while. It is unclear how it landed in the water.
In case the person who dumped the doll is ever caught, they will likely face littering charges.
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“This whole story has generated a lot of jokes and stories and really interesting Facebook comments,” the sheriff told the outlet, adding that he would rather go “all out” for a search even if it later turns out that the situation was not a real emergency.
{{/usCountry}}“This whole story has generated a lot of jokes and stories and really interesting Facebook comments,” the sheriff told the outlet, adding that he would rather go “all out” for a search even if it later turns out that the situation was not a real emergency.
{{/usCountry}}“I was hoping it’d blow over and no one would ever hear about it … but I can also see it’s an interesting story,” he added.
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