A Frosty Reception
Four people in Vanceboro, N.C., called police to report a man in a mask. One caller said he’d “scared a little girl.” Someone else said she thought she was about to be robbed. But Police Chief William Turner said he had more important things to do than apprehend the man who was walking through the streets wearing the head of an inflatable snowman, complete with carrot nose, and carrying a four-foot candy cane in the days before Christmas. Jeffery Acker explained that his one-man parade was supposed to be fun. “Christmas is everything to me,” he said. “It was never an intention to be scary.” (AC/WCTI New Bern) ...Jeff Snowman just wanted to play / But panic was rampant that day / He went out for fun / Folks called 9-1-1 / And his joy was melted away.Original Publication Date: 25 December 2011
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
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