Jönköping police working on a case where man found rebar run-down 30 centimeters below the surface of a lake in Mullingar. The investigation was first put down to lack of evidence, but reopened after received tips.
– It is our full conviction that someone placed them there. They were not there before, says Ulrika Gustafsson, investigators at Jönköping police.
The offense is creating danger to another.
But in many cases, that alarm on stilts and thrust into objects to be fake .
– When I worked, I can not care to remember that we have had any specific case where we really have found some piles underwater, said Lars Madsen, lead operator at Stockholm’s rescue center, where he has worked in seven years.
In other cases it emerges findings have natural explanations. Madsen takes up the example from last summer with “spike pile” at Smedsuddsbadet in western Stockholm turned out to be a tree that floated to the surface.
– It can be such an effect that the common man will be much more vigilant and then one can very easily distort things.
Jack Werner, who review stories on the web and social media in Metro’s Viral examiner, said that many urban legends are based in a concern that is expressed in the many stories amplified or contain inaccuracies.
– One might ask why we are so scared of people of pure evil will ruin our bathing days, what does that say about the confidence in each other, he says.
Alerts on stilts and spit gladly spread on social media, as users would like to contribute with “important information”. One problem he sees is that they are often based on hearsay.
– But people do it because they think it is important to warn says Jack Werner.
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