'Human bones’ found in Derbyshire turn out to be model of popular pirate Captain Hook and his pet parrot

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Officers were called to a suspicious incident following a report that human bones had been found.

However thankfully a brave officer managed to get close enough to discover it was just a toy model of Captain Hook and his pet parrot.

On Tuesday, April 4, a passer-by called police to report the human skeleton had been found in Long Eaton

A spokesperson for Long Eaton SNT said: “It's always better to be safe than sorry and report any suspicious incident.”

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