Police officers in Shropshire, England recently had an interesting encounter when they responded to reports that an injured otter was on the side of the road.
It turns out what responding Newport officers found wasn’t an injured or an otter at all.
Report of an injured otter at the roadside turned out to be the fake fur collar from a coat pic.twitter.com/fQxkAr4fJa
— Newport (Shrop) SNTs (@NewportCops) February 18, 2016
It does look like it could be an otter (maybe) from a distance. What it actually turned out to be was the fake fur collar from a coat.
Choosing to take the ridiculous factor of the fake otter case even further, Newport officers decided to help their new friend recover from the trauma in their van.
Thank you to everyone for their concerns .. Ollie the Faux Otter is safely in our van recovering from his ordeal ?? pic.twitter.com/HByvaj6J8w
— Newport (Shrop) SNTs (@NewportCops) February 18, 2016
Feeling well rested and with internet access, Ollie the Faux Otter checked out what everyone was saying about his ordeal.
#OllieTheOtter Update:
Currently feeling much better & reading everyone’s kind messages on Twitter ?? pic.twitter.com/mFLB7k7nKZ— Newport (Shrop) SNTs (@NewportCops) February 18, 2016
With all of the commotion over Ollie’s new celebrity status, fans are being given the chance to meet the furry guy:
Meet #OllieTheOtter tomorrow (Friday 26th Feb) at the Mobile Police Station, Central Square, Newport from 9.30am pic.twitter.com/M2HShpeuoC
— Newport (Shrop) SNTs (@NewportCops) February 25, 2016
