Police retrieve ‘hand and arm’ from river after people thought it was real

Police were called to deal with a ‘human limb’ floating in a river in Birmingham.

Shocked locals reported the hand and arm floating in the River Cole yesterday.

Thankfully the gruesome sighting turned to be the hand and arm of a stuffed dummy.

Local police tweeted: ‘For all those concerned thinking they had witnessed an arm in the River Cole, thankfully it was part of a stuffed dummy.

‘Hall Green officers retrieved the item after a struggle to climb out much to the amusement of the locals.

‘Someone has had some harmless fun.’

For all those concerned thinking they had witnessed an arm in the river Cole, thankfully it was part of a stuffed dummy.
Hall green officers retrieved the item after a struggle to climb out much to the amusement of the locals.😂
Someone has had some harmless fun.@NKirkpatrickWMP pic.twitter.com/m7ZRjY0pYm

— Hall Green WMP (@HallGreenWMP) May 6, 2020

The River Cole runs through Sarehole Road, Hall Green Road and Bank Road.

A tribute of the river drives the Grade 11 listed Sarehole Mill which is now a museum and one of the inspirations for JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

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