Grisly discovery: Diver finds ‘skeletons’ having underwater tea party

A man snorkeling in the Colorado River near the Arizona and California border was terrified, and later embarrassed, when he came across two fake skeletons sitting in lawn chairs about 40 feet underwater.  The sheriff’s office called the scene a 'tea party’ and the skeletons are seen wearing sunglasses.  One is holding a sign that includes the words “Bernie” and “dream in the river,” although the entire sign is not legible.

I don’t think they were trying to set up anything to scare anyone. I think they were gonna try to be funny.

Colorado Lt. Curtis Bagby

The sign could be a reference to the movie “Weekend at Bernie’s,” in which the two main characters lug around their dead boss for days, losing and recovering his body several times. At one point in the film, Bernie’s corpse falls off a boat and into water. The sheriff’s office won’t launch an investigation into who left the skeletons there.

We go all the time to false alarms. That’s just a first-responder’s life. We’re trying not to be overly concerned about it, not make too big a deal out of it.

Lt. Bagby

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