Prop fingered in 911 body-part call in Cambridge

By adamg on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 3:55pm

Cambridge Police say officers responded to Marcella Street shortly before 7:30 p.m. yesterday after somebody called 911 to report finding a severed finger.

"After a brief investigation it was deemed that the possible body part was in fact a 'prop' and not an actual body part," police say.

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Comments

Nailed it!

By MrZip on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 5:05pm.

UHUB's "Headless body in topless bar" headline moment. Too bad it wasn't found in a parts drawer at a body shop.

New York Post worthy headline

By Stinkygoathoof on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 6:12pm.

I see I’m not the first to think this.

This is why it's important to

By Tim Mc. on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 7:43pm.

This is why it's important to at least poke it with a stick first.

Funny Head Lines

By anon on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 10:09pm.

Iraqi Head Seeks Arms

Air Head Fired

i'll bite

By Refugee on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 11:16pm.

what is a prop finger used for?

Well obviously, freaking out

By anon on Wed, 07/01/2020 - 1:36am.

Well obviously, freaking out a stranger who finds it in the street.

There is a reason that stage

By Connie H. on Wed, 07/01/2020 - 5:58am.

There is a reason that stage magic is often called prestiDIGITation -- no seriously, there are prop fingers that you can use to give the illusion of how you are holding something while doing something else entirely.