“If this belongs to you — or if you recognize it from your nightmares — please contact us to arrange pickup,” the police department said in a statement
NEED TO KNOW
- A puppet named “Bobby Strings” briefly became a local celebrity after mysteriously appearing at a Massachusetts police station
- “If this belongs to you — or if you recognize it from your nightmares — please contact us to arrange pickup,” police wrote in a social media post
- The Dalton family, known for their elaborate Halloween displays, originally threw the animatronic away — and now Bobby’s owner says “he’s here to stay”
Halloween in May? That was certainly the vibe when a spooky animatronic puppet mysteriously turned up at a Massachusetts police station, prompting the department to jokingly ask if anybody recognized it from their “nightmares.”
Luckily the giant puppet, also known as “Bobby Strings” is now officially back home. “We bailed him out of jail,” owner Billy Dalton, 39, tells PEOPLE.
Dalton explains that yes, the puppet is a Halloween decoration — although not one he personally asked for…