Mass Shooting? No, Yoga.

[arthwollipot]

Police called to yoga class mistaken for ‘mass killing’

A member of the public in Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire, called emergency services to report people lying on the floor



A yoga class was cut short after a member of the public called the police to report a “mass killing” after seeing several people lying on the floor.

Participants in the class, which was being held at the Seascape cafe, inside the North Sea observatory in Chapel St Leonards, Skegness, Lincolnshire, were in the midst of meditation when officers turned up on Wednesday night.

In a Facebook post, the cafe said someone had “reported a mass killing” after seeing people on the floor inside the building.

They wrote: “If anyone heard the mass of police sirens in Chapel St Leonards at 9.30pm last night then please be reassured …

“They were on their way to the observatory after someone had reported a mass killing in our building, having seen several people laying on the floor … which actually turned out to be the yoga class in meditation.

“Thank you to Lincolnshire police for their prompt response. I can’t imagine for one moment what would have being going through their minds on the way.”

Shavasana, aka savasana, is referred to as "Corpse Pose" or "Dead Body Pose". Looks like someone took it a little too literally.

 

[Checkmite]

I suspect the "concerned citizen" that called the police was more likely doing it as a prank.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Police called to yoga class mistaken for ‘mass killing’

Shavasana, aka savasana, is referred to as "Corpse Pose" or "Dead Body Pose". Looks like someone took it a little too literally.

Can't blame the person when we hear over and over, "See something, say something." And getting closer to check might have been dangerous if it was dead people lying on the floor.

 

[jimbob]

I suspect the "concerned citizen" that called the police was more likely doing it as a prank.

The police said that it was a genuine but mistaken report.

 

[smartcooky]

Back in the day, this would have been a great Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch.

 

[jeremyp]

I suspect the "concerned citizen" that called the police was more likely doing it as a prank.

The 22-year-old teacher said she was teaching seven students at the Seascape Cafe, which is inside the building, when she saw two dog walkers peering closely through the glass window during the Shavasana or relaxation stage of the class.

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"A couple with some dogs just came up to the window and were having a look in, but they walked off really quickly and I didn't think anything of it."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-66742339

 

[rjh01]

I wonder why the class was cut short? Maybe it was almost finished.

 

[Checkmite]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-66742339

Weirdos though. Who comes up to building windows, like right up next to them, and starts staring into them?

 

[Orphia Nay]

I wonder why the class was cut short? Maybe it was almost finished.

I've done yoga classes and they always ended with corpse pose, to finish as relaxed as possible.

Sirens wouldn't help.

Weirdos though. Who comes up to building windows, like right up next to them, and starts staring into them?

If it was night, which it was, and there were lights on in the room, it might be visible even across the road.

 

[rjh01]

I have just had a thought as what happened. A group of heavily armed police storm into the cafe yelling at the teacher to drop her weapons. I wonder who would have then got the biggest shock?
a. The teacher?
b. The students?
c. The police when the "dead" bodies started moving?

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

I suspect the "concerned citizen" that called the police was more likely doing it as a prank.

Or they could be one of those fundamentalist christers who think that yoga is a ritual to allow the devil enter into you.

 

[Skeptical Greg]

Weirdos though. Who comes up to building windows, like right up next to them, and starts staring into them?

Yeah.

What kind of weirdos look through store-front windows?