Swimming pool evacuated in Aylesford after an artificial leg

[DoctorTwoTurtleDoves]

was mistaken for a paedophile. Is Chris Morris doing the news again? :o

I presume they thought it was an adult who had deliberately stayed in a changing room when the area was cleared for the swimming lessons.

Does make you wonder how the owner didn't miss it though.

Sounds like a knee jerk reaction to me.

You take off prosthetics to swim.

I love how the article ended:

"Merry Christmas Britain. May you never stop being supremely weird."

My friend had an artificial leg specially for swimming, so maybe that explains not missing it.

Well quite, I mean even if the leg was entirely waterproof you'd still have to go to all the bother of taking the shoe and sock off it. Maybe the owner thought it was easier just to remove the whole leg and put a spare one on.
D0G I'd love to see what a 'desperate' prosthetic leg looks like .

Seriously though, these people should be ashamed of themselves. They evacuated a whole class of children? Couldn't one of them have just knocked on the door and called "are you alright in there?" if they thought there was something odd going on, rather than jump to the strange conclusion that it must be a paedophile?

PseudoSanta

The NHS will provide you with a separate 'swimming leg' which you can keep on in the pool but I never bother as it is heavy and bulky.

I am always amazed at these stories of artificial legs left on trains etc. I am always very aware of where mine is!