A jokester who placed a mannequin, shown in this RCMP handout image, over a power line so it looked like a body hanging down hasn't tickled any funny bones in an RCMP detachment east of Edmonton. Mounties in Strathcona County say a citizen who alerted them to the situation wasn't quite sure whether the "body" was real or fake. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-RCMP
September 12, 2014 - 3:12 PM
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. - A jokester who placed a mannequin over a power line so it looked like a body hanging down hasn't tickled any funny bones in an RCMP detachment east of Edmonton.
Mounties in Strathcona County say a citizen who alerted them to the situation wasn't quite sure whether the "body" was real or fake.
Officers quickly determined it was a hoax and called in emergency services to bring the mannequin down.
It was dressed in red coveralls, a black balaclava and work gloves.
Police say it was a "dummy" move because the culprit or the responders could have been seriously injured around the power lines.
News from © The Canadian Press, 2014