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TERROR TOY
A 3ft stuffed black leopard was to blame for mass panic in Xiamen City, China recently. The toy was left on a busy sidewalk and the authorities were soon on the case, accompanied by an employee from the local zoo, ready to put the animal to sleep if need be. A police spokesman said at a press conference once the ordeal was over: “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 [was] a toy”. A witness who spotted the toy before officers arrived later stated: “Dogs were scared and passersby were running for their lives. Some of them ran into traffic, causing a backup.”