Somebody Called 911 Cause They Saw A Lady Frozen And Covered In Snow, Turned Out To Be A Statue

BoingBoing- A concerned UK citizen called an ambulance from their car after spotting a person covered in snow, sitting stone still on a bench in the middle of a park. The ambulance rushed to the scene, only to find that the “person” was sitting stone still for a reason – she was actually a statue. Paramedic Katie  “Somebody in their car spotted who they thought was a person covered in snow and called us,” a West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman told ITV news. “An ambulance arrived straight away and our crew was there for exactly minute and one second.” “The woman who called us had good intentions,” he continued, “but it’s unfortunate that she didn’t go over to check first that it wasn’t a statue.” The statue is actually called “The Lady in the Park” and according to Brampton Park’s website she was erected to commemorate “all the women in Newcastle-under-Lyme who lost husbands, sons and friends in the First World War and subsequent conflicts.”

You know what? I’m not gonna make fun of the person who called 911 on that statue. I was going to but that’s not what I’m about. They were just trying to do the right thing. I’m all for people helping people. We need more of that. And that’s an easy mistake to make. That looks a lot like a person. Albeit that’s what human statues are supposed but it really looks like a person with all that snow on it. And what if it had turned out to be a real person? And the person who called saved their life? That’d be a good story too. This is kinda like the Christmas displays that look like a person is dangling off their roof. It’s best to just call 911. Ya know, just in case.

If I’m ever sitting on a bench covered snow and freezing to death I would prefer people not err on the side of, “Oh I think that’s just a statue.” No no no no no. Wrong. I want people to be err on the side of thinking I’m a real person who is about to freeze to death if I don’t get some assistance ASAP. Again, people helping people is always the best option.