Child’s Toy brings panic to entire city

A toy black leopard left lying in a footpath sparked panic in a Chinese city.

Black Leopard Toy

The 91cm stuffed toy scared pedestrians and caused a traffic jam in Xiamen city.

“Dogs were scared and passers-by were running for their lives. Some of them ran into traffic, causing a back-up.”

Eventually, police officers arrived with an armed anesthetist from the local Haicang Zoo.

“After observing for a while, we saw the leopard was stationary, so one of the officers gingerly went ahead and touched it. Then we realized it’s a toy,” said a police spokesperson

By Sirius on 01-05-2007

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Comments (14)

  1. Comment by Allen

    November 4th, 2007 at 6:42 am

    One of the best stories, no doubt…

  2. Comment by X_Online

    August 15th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    PHOTO SHOPPED!!!

  3. Comment by Dude

    September 16th, 2008 at 8:51 pm

    definatly shopped guys. This shit is fake.

  4. Comment by Ash Frog

    September 17th, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    Wow. And China claims Americans are stupid.

  5. Comment by AFfasdfasdfas

    October 1st, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    lol! thats funny i have one of those leopards

  6. Comment by Human Bagel

    November 18th, 2008 at 3:05 pm

    That plushie looks soo cute! I want one!

  7. Comment by MichaelG-unit

    February 18th, 2009 at 2:28 am

    You’d think one of the “passersby” would have been like “Guys! Chill! I work at the toy panther factory down that street and THAT is a toy panther!”

  8. Comment by TOOBY

    February 19th, 2009 at 10:38 pm

    I highly doubt the plushy in the picture is the same toy.

  9. Comment by Intelligence

    February 19th, 2009 at 11:33 pm

    You can’t shop text.

    Just call it fake. We have enough slang already. Try to keep it to things that make sense.

    (A Dog that can SMELL if you’re stuffed is not going to be afraid of a toy. the story is obviously fake people)

  10. Comment by Antok7

    February 22nd, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    The Chinese aren’t alone in that observation…..

  11. Comment by Ben

    March 1st, 2009 at 9:00 pm

    LOL antok7 x)
    so true.

  12. Comment by Lucinda

    March 2nd, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    This!

  13. Comment by anon_woot

    April 4th, 2009 at 7:06 am

    Honestly, photoshopped? wtf are you smoking?
    does anyone honestly need to photoshop a picture of a STUFFED TOY? it’s people like you that make me play pvp games :)

  14. Comment by Larry

    May 27th, 2009 at 1:22 am

    China isn't stupid, they're just a bunch of pansies.

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