Tis’ the season for elaborate decorations to cause ooohs and aaahs and calls to emergency services?!?
There’s a famous scene in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” where Clark Griswold is putting up Christmas decorations, he slips on some ice on the roof, and winds up hanging from the gutter.
Well, the Heerlein family in Austin, Texas decided to recreate that scene for their Christmas decorations this year. So they got a dummy, dressed him up like Chevy Chase in that scene, and positioned him so he was hanging from their gutter.
It was really impressive, and perhaps a little TOO believable.
Someone was walking by a few days ago and thought the dummy was real, so he called 911. He also tried to save the dummy and yelled for help. Fortunately, everything got smoothed over quickly once the cops got there and realize the whole scene was staged. And the Heerlein’s even gave the guy a gift card for being a good Samaritan.
The cops aren’t making them take down the decorations either, but there’s now sign posted letting people know it’s fake.
This news story shows the actual footage of the passerby trying to help “Clark” get down safely.
