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State trooper gets a creepy 12th Man surprise

Jun 12, 2015, 1:50 PM | Updated: 3:47 pm

A mannequin wearing a Seahawks sweatshirt was in the passenger seat of a vehicle that was pulled ov...

A mannequin wearing a Seahawks sweatshirt was in the passenger seat of a vehicle that was pulled over on southbound I-5 for violating HOV traffic laws. (Washington State Patrol)

(Washington State Patrol)

At first glance, a Washington State Trooper thought there was a corpse in the passenger seat of a vehicle pulled over for an HOV violation on Friday morning.

The trooper stopped the driver on southbound I-5 near Lynnwood at 8 a.m., only to discover the passenger wasn’t living and never was.

It turns out it was a mannequin wearing a Seahawks sweatshirt &#8212 and makeup.

“I’m officially creeped out,” Trooper Mark Francis tweeted. “At least it is a Seahawks fan.”

Related: Driver tries to cheat HOV system with Dos Equis spokesman cutout

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