Cops called to pot smell coming from neighbor's apartment find burning T-Rex costume instead
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PARK FOREST - Officers responding to a report of a burning pot smell early Wednesday in south suburban Park Forest instead found a dinosaur costume that had caught fire.
Police were called shortly after midnight to the 100 block of Forest Boulevard after someone in the second-floor apartment said they smelled cannabis smoke coming from the first floor, according to Park Forest Police Chief Christopher Mannino.
Officers entered the apartment and found a burning inflatable T. rex costume, Mannino said. The fire was put out without fire department assistance, he said.
“It’s just one of those stranger calls,” Mannino said.
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A smoke alarm had been set off, but the call was considered non-criminal, he said.