Heads up: Mannequins peeking out of dumpster give Delta police a fright
DELTA — A routine patrol of an alley in downtown Ladner gave police pause late Monday evening.
In a caption to a photo posted to their Twitter page, Delta police say: “Police officers don’t scare easily. But imagine you are patrolling down a dark alley and your flashlight hits upon this.”
The photo shows mannequin heads peeping out of an ajar dumpster.
Delta police spokeswoman Cris Leykauf said the police officer who spotted the heads probably “had a second of: ‘Oh my, what have I got here?’ ”
When he investigated, he found a number of mannequin heads in the dumpster, along with a garbage bag full of them.
There are clothing stores and hair salons nearby, Leykauf noted, so police aren’t sure where the heads came from.
Leykauf said she’s not sure exactly how the veteran officer responded when he found the heads. “I emailed and I asked his boss, ‘Did he scream? What happened?’ He never confessed to any of that so I have no idea,” she said.
This month, a south-Edmonton neighbourhood was taped off for several hours after police discovered what appeared to be a body.
In response to a media inquiry about the investigation, police said: “This is not a human body. It is believed to be some sort of mannequin or doll.”