Law enforcement in Washington state made a spooky discovery while responding to reports of human remains at the bottom of a river.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Police Officer Severin Erickson, along with a detective from Pend Oreille County and a Border Patrol agent responded to a report that human remains had been spotted in a “cave on the Pend Oreille River,” according to a Facebook post from the WDFW.
“The remains ended up being a plastic skull beer bong someone apparently stuffed full of rocks and sunk to the bottom to prank people,” the WDFW wrote. “Litte did they know the trick worked, maybe too well.”
The WDFW explained that Erickson and the detective took jet-skis to the entrance of the cave and once they arrived they swam inside to investigate.
Once inside, they saw “what appeared to be a skull” at the bottom of the river.
“Officer Erickson dove down to get a closer look using goggles some kind boaters had loaned the officers,” the WDFW wrote.
In May, an officer with the Treasure Island Police Department in Florida was surprised when he came across a 12-foot alligator on the beach. Much to his shock, he later learned that the alligator was made of sand, according to a Facebook post from the police department.
IJR reached out to the WDFW for a statement but did not receive a response by publication.