Police in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, have been known as to the scene of a person allegedly exposing himself outdoors a house — solely to seek out out it was merely an elaborate tribute to a beloved Christmas film.Â
When police arrived on the scene on Wednesday, Dec. 21, they have been relieved to study that no crime was occurring that day within the small metropolis about 20 miles south of Louisville: it was only a model belonging to a “Nationwide Lampoon’s Christmas Trip” film super-fan, reported native Fox affiliate WDRB-TV.
A dispatcher in Shepherdsville described the scene as that of “a male standing outdoors. He’s bare. He has a gown overlaying a part of his physique. He’s exposing himself, and he has a hose between his legs.”
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When officers bought there, they didn’t discover a man in a gown exposing himself – in reality, they didn’t discover a man in any respect.Â
As an alternative, they discovered a model dressed as “Cousin Eddie,” the foul-mouthed character performed Randy Quaid within the 1989 movie.Â
The model was carrying a gown and a hat, elevating a beer and a smoking cigar.Â
The model was holding an orange hose, a reference to Cousin Eddie’s iconic scene within the movie when his RV’s plumbing was “full.”Â
Officers on the scene didn’t make any arrest or quotation: as a substitute, they “did get amusing and took some pictures of the show,” mentioned WDRB-TV.Â
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“By no means a uninteresting second,” Shepherdsville Police Chief Rick McCubbin commented, per the outlet.
The model belonged to Joni Keeney, who mentioned that Nationwide Lampoon’s Christmas Trip is her favourite Christmas film, and that “everyone has a ‘Cousin Eddie’ of their household, everyone.”Â
Keeney and her husband don’t drink, so that they enlisted the assistance of a neighbor to make their show extra movie-accurate, mentioned WDRB.
“She advised me she was on the lookout for a model, and I am like ‘Oh Lord, right here we go,’” mentioned her neighbor, Tamara Gould.Â
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Gould’s husband drank the beer that “Cousin Eddie” was holding, reported the outlet.
Along with the Cousin Eddie model, Keeney’s show contained different references to the movie.Â
Beneath a flipped-over armchair (which she mentioned she purchased on Fb Market), Keeney outlined a cat in what seems to be tinsel.Â
Within the movie, the Griswold household’s cat is electrocuted in a tragic Christmas lights mishap.Â
Keeney needed “folks to have a very good Christmas and get amusing” from her show, she mentioned, including, “it has been a success with the neighborhood.”Â
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“It is the perfect, I believe,” Gould concurred to WDRB.Â
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Subsequent 12 months, Keeney hopes to broaden her show to incorporate different characters from the film.
She advised WDRB that she intends on hanging a Clark Griswold model from her roof.Â