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Halloween Display In East Tennessee Prompts Sheriff's Department Warning

EAST TENNESSEE (CBSDFW.COM) - An elaborate and somewhat graphic Halloween display caught the attention of the Greene County, Tennessee Sheriff's Department.

Someone put what looks like the lower part of a man's body up against a closed garage door complete with fake blood spatter.

Halloween prank
Halloween prank (Greene County TN Sheriff's Department)

Deputies looked into the matter after someone called 911 and saw it was just a joke.

To try to avoid future calls to the department about this, the Greene County Sheriff's Department put the picture on its Facebook page with the post:

ATTENTION EVERYONE!!! For those of you driving on Chuckey Pike in Greene County: THIS IS A HALLOWEEN DECORATION! Do NOT call 911 reporting a dead body. Instead, congratulate the homeowner on a great display.

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