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An inshore lifeboat was launched at a Welsh resort - to rescue Mickey Mouse.

Coastguards had been told there was an arm sticking out of the water 500 yards off Llandudno, North Wales.

But when the lifeboat raced to the rescue it turned out to be a full-size inflatable Mickey Mouse.

A coastguard spokesman said: ”Someone saw something fall from the sky and thought it was a human being. Then they saw an ‘arm’ in the water. It’s not known where it came from.”

Yesterday an RNLI spokesman added :”The call was made with good intent.”