'human Skin' Teddy Bear At California Bus Stop Draws Law Enforcement Response

Sheriff's deputies were forced to respond to nan find of a creepy teddy carnivore that looked for illustration it was made of bloody quality insubstantial earlier it was recovered to beryllium harmless, Southern California authorities said Monday.

The macabre segment unfolded successful Victorville, astir 85 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, astatine a autobus extremity adjacent to a state position connected Bear Valley Road, officials said.

A "doll that was perchance made of quality skin" was recovered a small spot aft noon connected Sunday, according to a coroner's statement.

A lawman coroner interrogator "determined this doll was made of a fabricated worldly and was not of quality origin" earlier a forensic pathologist besides "confirmed that nan entity was not quality and contained nary quality tissue," nan connection said.

"Our investigation recovered these dolls being sold connected a website pinch nan declare that nan dolls are 'made of quality skin,'” nan coroner said.

A South Carolina creator identified the scary artifact arsenic 1 of his creations.

Robert Kelly of Dark Seed Creations said he made that carnivore and sold it via nan e-commerce level Etsy to a purchaser successful Victorville.

Kelly said he was not "involved successful a prank connected nan different broadside of nan federation from me."

San Bernardino County authorities said nan investigation is ongoing.