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“It's the creepy monster not the Cookie Monster”
- Scotty
'Do not engage' man dressed in Cookie Monster costume at Santa Cruz Wharf police say
The Santa Cruz Police Department is warning visitors to keep an eye out for a man dressed in a ‘Cookie Monster’ costume.
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. —
The Santa Cruz Police Department is warning visitors to keep an eye out for a man dressed in a ‘Cookie Monster’ costume and not to engage him. Police tell KSBW the man has faced criminal charges in other parts of the country, although police couldn’t provide any additional details.
Creeped out and uncomfortable is what visitors on the Santa Cruz Wharf are feeling after encountering a man dressed in a Cookie Monster costume. The man is believed to badger people and aggressively yell.
“It's the creepy monster not the Cookie Monster,” Scotty, a Santa Cruz Wharf visitor, said.
“We saw him at the beginning of the wharf. At first glance, it just seemed like maybe it would be fun to do a selfie with him but we were away from him and then we went to the back of the wharf by the deadlines, and that's when we saw him coming out making a commotion and getting in people's faces," Michelle Roberts, wharf visitor, said.
"I saw him on the day the 'Sesame Street' creator died. Like I told you, he was sad about that. He kept showing up and people started complaining about him,” Mark, a wharf employee, said.
The police say they’ve received several calls, but at this point the man has not committed any crimes in the city.
The man is believed to still be in the Santa Cruz area.
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