'Human skin' teddy bear was left at a SoCal gas station. Suspected prankster arrested

A macabre teddy bear that seemed to be made out of human pores and skin and was discovered exterior a Victorville gasoline station over the weekend turned out to be a sensible joke — and the suspected sensible joker has been arrested — in line with authorities.

On Monday, Hector Corona Villanueva was arrested on suspicion of submitting a report back to authorities of an emergency, realizing it was false and deliberately planting proof to falsely current it as actual, in line with a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division information launch.

“Incidents reminiscent of this take up precious emergency assets and put the general public in danger, probably delaying response time to reliable requires service,” in line with the discharge. “We want to thank those who reported info that was useful in the course of the investigation of this case.”

On Sunday at 12:07 p.m., deputies from the Victorville Police Division responded to a name on the AMPM gasoline station on Bear Valley Street, officers mentioned. Deputies discovered a teddy bear that was made from what regarded like human pores and skin. The San Bernardino County coroner collected the bear and decided it wasn’t made from human stays.

South Carolina artist Robert Kelly of Darkish Seed Creations confirmed in a Fb publish that she was the creator of the bear and had shipped one in every of them to an Etsy buyer in Victorville final week.

The bears within the Fb video Kelly posted had been stitched collectively like a Frankenstein monster with “human pores and skin” and tinged with what seemed to be blood.

“No, I didn’t have any data of the patrons intentions nor was I concerned in a prank on the opposite aspect of the nation from me,” she wrote.

The bear sells for $165 on the vendor’s Etsy store and is now bought out.