Minnesota Cops Perform Welfare Check on a 'deranged Person in the Cold Without a Coat, Hugging a Pillow' Who Turns Out to Be a Cardboard Cutout of Mypillow Ceo

Minnesota Police performing a welfare check on a 'deranged person' seen standing outside in below-freezing temps while clutching a pillow were pleasantly surprised to find that their target was actually a cardboard cutout of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. Officers with the Jordan Police Department were called to check on the man standing motionless outside without a coat on Thursday. When they arrived, they realized that the man thought to be in need of assistance was merely a deceptively realistic replica of the famed pillow peddler.

JPD shared the story on Facebook, writing: 'Those cardboard cutouts sure can look real from a distance and the caller certainly was not wanting to get too close thinking who is this deranged person standing outside in the cold hugging a pillow.' The department noted that though no one was in danger in this case, they were glad that the caller notified police to be safe. The forecast in Jordan on Thursday had a high of 19F and low of -6F, conditions that definitely could have proved fatal if the cutout had been a real person.

Lindell himself caught wind of the hilarious story and tweeted a few articles about it with a laughing emoji. He made unrelated headlines last week when he spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, and said President Trump was 'chosen by God' to run for the White House.