8 Foot Alien CCTV Prank Generates Immediate Police Response

by Scott Beale on September 24, 2008 · 4 comments

To mark the 10th anniversary of CCTV (closed-circuit television) cameras in the UK, which are now ubiquitous, music producer James Sanger staged a prank where he sent an 8 foot alien out to walk around Christchurch Road in Bournemouth, resulting in the prompt arrival of 3 police cars.

via Urban Prankster

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1 DocTropikal September 24, 2008 at 6:25 pm

awesome, i want to build a suit like that here in the US, we may not have the police state the UK does but I can think of a few things/places where i could use it.

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2 Xopl September 25, 2008 at 8:28 am

Dear DocTropikal,

Cops don't have guns in the UK (for the most part).

Enough said.

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3 yo September 25, 2008 at 11:48 am

where is the vid??

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4 -=- September 28, 2008 at 2:37 am

what? he just convinced everyone that the abundance of surveillance was necessary..
because if it'd be another kind of suspicious person (or stereotypically suspicious person)

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