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WEBVTT KELLY: NO SURPRISE THIS STORY IS , GOING VIRAL. GARDNER POLICE SET UP TRAIL CAMERAS AFTER REPORTS OF A POSSIBLE MOUNTAIN LION IN THE AREA. WHEN THEY CHECKED THE CAMERAS IMAGES LAST NIGHT, POLICE WERE NOT PREPARED FOR WHAT THEY SAW. >> IF WE POINTED ONE OUT THIS WAY, WE MIGHT HAVE A BETTER BETTER CHANCE OF CATCHING SOME ACTS OF WILDLIFE. KELLY: WHEN LIEUTENANT LEE KROUT WITH THE GARDNER POLICE DEPARTMENT SET UP TRAIL CAMERAS IN CELEBRATION PARK, HE WAS LOOKING FOR A POSSIBLE MOUNTAIN LION. SO, IMAGINE HIS SURPRISE WHEN THIS IMAGE SHOWED UP. NOT EXACTLY A MOUNTAIN LION. YOU GOT SOME WILDLIFE. >> YES, WE DEFINITELY GOT SOME WILDLIFE. KELLY: AND THAT WAS JUST THE START OF THE SHOW. >> THIS ONE APPEARS TO BE A FEMALE WEREWOLF POSSIBLY KELLY: IN A THREE-DAY SPAN, CAMERAS CAPTURED PHOTOS OF A POSSIBLE SWAMP CREATUR A MAN WITH A STRANGE MASK. SANTA CLAUS. AND THE MOST BAFFLING -- A WOMAN WITH A WALKER AND A BOW AND ARROW. >> IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY HUMEROUS. IT WAS WHAT OBVIOUS IT WAS PEOPLE PLAYING A JOKE OR JUST HAVING FUN. KELLY: AFTER THE PRANK WENT VIRAL, SOME QUESTIONED IF ANY CRIME HAD BEEN COMMITTED. THE ANSWER IS NO, BUT LIEUTENANT KROUT DOES HAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE COMEDIANS. >> I WOULD JUST SAY THANKS. WE DON'T ALWAYS GET FUN THINGS LIKE THAT TO LOOK AT AND PEOPLE AREN'T ALWAYS AS RESPECTFUL AS THEY WERE. SO, I GUESS I WOULD JUST SAY THANK YOU. WE GET YOUR HUMOR AND WE APPRECIATED IT. KELLY: THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT GOT A KICK OUT OF THE PHOTOS. AND HERE ARE THE NUMBERS. LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER APPEARING ON FACEBOOK, THE

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Trail cameras set up at Celebration Park in Gardner caught more than just wild animals on film. Gardner police said they set up two trail cameras after they were contacted recently about a possible mountain lion in the area of Celebration Park. The cameras did catch some wildlife, but it also caught people in various costumes, including gorillas and Santa Claus. "We definitely got some wild life," said Lt. Lee Krout, of the Gardner Police Department. Over three days, the cameras also captured something that looked like a female werewolf, a swamp creature, a man with a strange mask and a woman with a walker carrying a bow and arrow. "It was actually very humorous," Krout said. "It mean, it was quite obvious that it was people playing a joke or just having fun." Other people liked the joke, too. Less than 24 hours after the photos appeared on Facebook, they had been viewed more than 138,000 times. After the pictures went viral, some people asked if a crime had been committed. Krout said there was not, but he also had a message for the people behind the costumes. "I would just say thanks. We don't always get fun things like that to look at and people aren't always as respectful as they were," he said. "I guess I would just say thank you. We get your humor and we appreciated it."