Police in Japan are trying to determine whether they were the victim of a hoax after a “body” they found wrapped at a seaside resort was actually a life-sized doll.
Investigators found what seemed like a body in a forest in Izu City, a seaside resort in central Japan, after an anonymous caller reported seeing it, a state spokeswoman said.
Investigators felt it from outside but never actually looked inside, and brought it back to the city police station for a post-mortem examination, she said.
Apparently no one doubted a human body was inside until a medical examiner unwrapped it and found a doll there, she said.
The Asahi newspaper said the doll was sophisticated and life-sized, and wore a brown wig, a blouse and a skirt. It appeared to have been wrapped or enclosed in a dark green sleeping bag.
The city was participating in nationwide earthquake drills on Monday, but the doll was not part of a readiness drill, the spokeswoman said.
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