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A PRANKSTER sparked a police search after claiming he was trapped in a tent bag at T in the Park.

Scott Johnston, 23, Tweeted the official account for the festival claiming he was stuck in the campsite as thousands of revellers left Strathallan this morning.

He wrote: “Hi i’m somewhere in green 7. Someone has packed me into a tent bag for a joke and I can’t get out.

“I don’t have much battery left.”

The tweet was shared almost 4000 times across social media.

(Image: Twitter)

But Police Scotland took the message seriously, replying: “ Hi Scott please tweet us with more info if you can. We have officers with stewards in the area looking for you now.”

They added: “Please can you, a friend or family member contact us on 101.”

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But Scott, from Ayr, told the Record that the whole thing was a prank - and he left the festival on Sunday morning.

He said: “It is everywhere online... I just tweeted it for a laugh. I didn’t think it would spiral out of control.

“I barely use Twitter. That’s probably the first tweet I’ve sent in ages.”

He continued: “I don’t feel bad about it. I can’t stop laughing - it’s the only thing that made me laugh all weekend.

“That was my seventh year going and it was the worst T in the Park I’ve ever been to.

“I actually left earlier on Sunday morning, I wasn’t even there this morning.”

Police Scotland confirmed Scott had contacted them to say he was okay.

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