Rescue units called in to save a dummy

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Rescue units called in to save a dummy

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) -- Police responding to a report of a body hanging from a utility pole found a mannequin left from a power company's training exercise.

Allegheny Energy Inc. was using the mannequin for exercises on pole climbing, said Martinsburg police Sgt. B.L. Yost.

A caller Wednesday reported a possible suicide on the utility's property in Martinsburg.

"When we first got out of our cars, we thought it was real," Yost said. "We were, for a minute, wondering how we were going to get the man down off of the pole.

"It wasn't until we were able to walk to the side of the property that we realized it was a mannequin up there."

An Allegheny spokesman didn't immediately return a call for comment early Thursday.

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Hahaha!!!

Thank goodness they realized it and didn't end up escalating the situation to the point of calling in additional fire and EMS support before they checked it out.