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Nativity figure ensures police action: burglar alarm in the living room!
A police operation in Erlangen-Höchstadt was triggered by a woman who mistook a nativity scene figure for a burglar.
Nativity figure ensures police action: burglar alarm in the living room!
What you can experience in the run-up to Christmas! A strange operation in the Erlangen-Höchstadt district caused a stir on Saturday morning. An attentive woman discovered what she thought was a person in her apartment via her surveillance camera and didn't hesitate to alert the police. They were there in a flash, but what the officers found would have made even the most experienced colleagues smile. How Augsburger Allgemeine According to reports, the alleged burglar was a wooden nativity scene that had just been redecorated.
The concerned owner of the apartment, who had called the emergency number, even sent a photo of the alleged intruder while the officers were rushing. The wood shepherd, with a sheep on his shoulder, had recently been moved in the living room and came into the camera's field of vision. “It was my own nativity scene,” the woman later admitted, relieved but also a little ashamed. A police spokesman pointed out the importance of calling 911 once too often when suspicious rather than overlooking a real break-in, which in his opinion not only increases security, but can also defuse potentially dangerous situations, such as Bavarian Radio notes.
A remarkable find
The incident shows that not everything goes according to plan, even during the contemplative Advent season. Fortunately, the police found no signs of break-in or evidence of unauthorized persons on site South Germans confirmed. Instead, they took on the role of detectives and soon discovered the truth behind the eerie situation. The woman finally remembered that she had moved her nativity scene a few minutes before leaving the house. A thoroughly amusing moment for everyone involved!
In the run-up to Christmas, police operations are often a mixture of seriousness and curiosity. A lost Christmas tree caused a traffic accident in Donaueschingen, while a parcel delivery person in Lower Bavaria was caught with embezzled packages worth several thousand euros. Around 50 packages were also found in a forest near Friedrichshafen, which a delivery driver had disposed of there. Maybe the year is over now, but the stories from the Christmas season are simply unforgettable!