Passers-by initially thought the discovery at the pier in Bad Breisig in Germany was a corpse and alerted the emergency services. (Symbolic image).Image: keystone
When passers-by in the Rhine discovered a bag in the water with feet sticking out of it, the police arrived. What was in it?
July 13, 2026, 3:18 amJuly 13, 2026, 3:18 am
A sack floating in the Rhine with two feet sticking out of it triggered a major police and fire service operation in the Ahrweiler district in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate. Passers-by initially thought the discovery at the pier in Bad Breisig in Germany was a corpse and alerted the emergency services, the police said.
After the rescue, however, it turned out that there was not a dead person in the cloth bag, but a doll. According to the police, it had apparently been disposed of in the Rhine.
The operation was then quickly ended. The police calmed down the passers-by present. According to initial findings, there were no further consequences.