Sophie Milne of Christchurch, New Zealand, was recently contacted by the police after they had received multiple calls about hair hanging out of the trunk of her car. After a few moments of confusion, she realized that it was "Cher," her hairdresser's mannequin that had been riding around in her trunk for about a week.
The woman who owned the mannequin was embarrassed to receive the call from the police, saying that she had driven all over the city in the week since she had last opened her trunk.
Milne wanted to clear the air - "for all the people lying awake at night wondering if someone has a body in their boot".
There are probably people all around Christchurch that have seen it.
The mannequin's hair apparently looked realistic enough to fool more than one New Zealander as they zipped by on the highway.
One woman who had called was relieved to see that the victim was inanimate, saying,
We debated for a full 10 mins whether we should do anything about it, then I concluded that I would never live with myself if a kid had jumped in your boot or something for a laugh.
We called the 10-5 hotline and the operator said they would put a call-out to the local police to keep an eye out for your car. I'm so sorry to cause you embarrassment, but [expletive] I'm relieved lol.
The police said they were glad the call turned out to be nothing and encouraged the public not to hesitate to report suspicious activity.
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