"Well Done on Reporting and Rescuing"... What Happened After Saving a Doll Fallen into the Sea

Security Team Praises Reporter
"Absolutely the Right Thing to Do"

Rescue team members from the UK Coastguard quickly rushed to the scene after receiving a report of a "person falling into the water." However, upon closer inspection, the object that was thought to be a person turned out to be a "human-shaped dummy."

According to reports from British media including the BBC, coastguard personnel operating in Lancashire, UK, responded on the 2nd (local time) to a call reporting "something that looks like a person in the water." They arrived at the waters near Cove Cafe in the village of Cleveleys, where the report originated.

Doll rescued by the UK Coast Guard. UK Coast Guard Facebook

The team arrived around 10:30 a.m. that day and reportedly spotted something floating in the sea resembling a person. However, upon closer examination by one of the crew members, it was revealed that it was not a real person but a "training dummy."

The dummy is known to be a human-shaped figure primarily used by naval and maritime organizations for "search and rescue" training exercises. The training involves dropping the dummy into the middle of the sea and having the crew locate and secure it within a set time.

Although the incident was a misunderstanding caused by a witness mistaking the dummy for a person, the rescue team reportedly jumped into the sea to "rescue" the training dummy. They told the BBC, "If the dummy had drifted to a more populated shoreline, it would have caused significant confusion and a flood of false reports. We 'rescued' it beforehand to prevent greater chaos."

The doll is known as a 'dummy' used for rescue training. Photo by Facebook capture

After the dummy rescue was completed, the official Facebook page of the UK Coastguard detailed the incident. The coastguard reported, "We safely brought the casualty (dummy) to the promenade, followed procedures to check if additional support was needed, and handed the dummy over to the local authorities for safe disposal."

Although it was not a real person, the coastguard praised the initial reporter who reported the dummy as a person in the water. The coastguard explained, "(Even though it was not a real person) reporting to the coastguard was absolutely the right thing to do. Anyone seeing it from a distance would have mistaken it for a person, and it was indeed a very concerning sight."