One of the strangest 911 calls came from a little girl crying that a bear had stolen her doll, but ten minutes later, officers realized she wasn’t joking.
Police had received a call from a sobbing little girl claiming that a bear had wandered into her backyard and taken her favorite doll. Confused by the unusual complaint, dispatchers initially assumed it was a misunderstanding and ended the call. But just ten minutes later, three separate reports came in about a black bear wandering through the neighborhood with what appeared to be a doll dangling from its backside.
Witnesses even reported seeing the bear repeatedly squatting and rubbing its rear against the ground, seemingly trying to get rid of whatever was stuck to it. Wildlife officers eventually located the animal and safely tranquilized it for examination. That’s when they discovered the doll had become tangled in its thick fur, with sticky glitter covering part of its backside.
Apparently, the bear had wandered into someone’s backyard, accidentally sat on the doll, and walked away with a very unwanted passenger. After removing the toy and checking the bear for injuries, officers realized the little girl had been telling the truth all along.
Unfortunately, her doll was now scratched, filthy, and covered in bear fur, so the officers arranged to send her a brand-new one as an apology for not taking her seriously. When the story spread online, people couldn’t stop laughing at the bizarre misunderstanding.
The little girl thought a bear had stolen her doll. Meanwhile, the poor bear had spent the entire afternoon trying to get rid of it.
But this bizarre story raises a serious question: Were the officers right to dismiss the little girl’s call because her story sounded unbelievable, or should every child’s cry for help be taken seriously from the very beginning?
