An eerie child shaped bollard staring coldly at a passing motorist has been described as "a nightmare". I came
A mannequin sits along a busy road in the village of Stony Stanton, Leicestershire, urging drivers to be careful as there may be children in the area.
He was actually installed two years ago, but he was brought into the limelight this weekend after Leicester resident Andrew Cooper posted a video on Twitter became.
He said they reminded him of his sci-fi novel and television show, Midwich Her Cuckoo, where village women give birth to children who are actually parasitic aliens,and Daily Star reports.
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@andrewcopson/Twitter)Andrew posted: He videotaped the Midwich Cuckoo kids, the horrifying evidence.
He added: "Worse at night."
Social media users were equally appalled, but most agreed that bollards were terrifying.
"A nightmare," he wrote one, and another, "Crikey. That's very disturbing."
A third poster posted:
The bollards, named Billy and Belinda, were installed by the Stoney Stanton Parish Council and local schools in July 2020 as part of their Safe Driving Plan.
This video clip of him shows Andrew walking past a figure, followed by a close-up of him with a stone-like face staring into the distance.
Andrew admitted that he was unaware if there was a school around, he explained:
The parish clerk, Roz Ward, is said to have made the bollard a reality.
This is not the first time we've seen this eerie figure - we've seen it elsewhere, including Windsor
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