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A PAIR of sick pranksters tricked their friends into thinking they had found a body in a frozen lake where a teenager died last summer.

Two men face charges after posting pictures of fake body parts in a garden pond to Facebook and claiming to have found "a skeleton", saying "it is a foot from a human we have no idea what to do".

 

The pair posted the hoax to Facebook pretending they found a skeleton in the river
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The pair posted the hoax to Facebook pretending they found a skeleton in the riverCredit: Fox19 Now
The creepy body parts look realistic but they were actually all fake
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The creepy body parts look realistic but they were actually all fake zombie propsCredit: [email protected]
They were part of a sick prank but one terrified social media user thought they were real and called the police
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They were part of a sick prank but one terrified social media user thought they were real and called the policeCredit: Fox19 Now
Officers are considering charges against the two people behind the prank
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Officers are considering charges against the two people behind the prankCredit: Fox19 Now

A concerned member of the public phoned police to report the picture of the head, feet and hands which the hoaxers claimed were found at East Fork Lake in Ohio, where a 16-year-old's body was found in July.

But they were actually zombie decorations frozen in a garden pond in the town of Sycamore - and despite friends' worried comments the duo kept the prank going for two hours before revealing it was all fake.

 

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One concerned user said: "WTF? You should show the ranger. It could be someone’s loved one they are looking for."

Another added "What the hell is that?"

Whilst someone else posted: "Is this legit? That is crazy."

One friend said: "I’d definitely contact the local authorities."

Householder Jasen Dixen told Fox News: "We had a little zombie figure and threw him in the pond and we thought we needed to take a picture of it and post it on my buddy (Dustin Smith’s) Facebook page.

"He pretended he was camping at East Fork and ran across a body frozen in the ice.

"We messed with people and everyone was falling for it.

“We kept the joke going for about two hours".

The props are scarily realistic
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The props are scarily realisticCredit: Fox19 Now
The incident happened in Ohio, USA
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The incident happened in Ohio, USACredit: Fox19 Now
Locals say the prank is not funny after a teenagers body was found in the lake last summer
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Locals say the prank is not funny after a teenagers body was found in the lake last summerCredit: Fox19 Now

Half-an-hour after Dustin admitted the post was a joke he was called by the Department of Natural Resources and could now face charges.

Ohio Department of Natural Resources confirmed the case is under investigation.

A spokesman said law enforcement is “working with the local prosecutor on potential charges” and “at this time, the case remains under investigation”.

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