A "human skin" teddy bear found outside a gas station in Victorville over the weekend but it turned out to be a practical joke, according to authorities.

Authorities have arrested the man who allegedly left a "macabre teddy bear" at a Victorville gas station over the weekend, prompting unnecessary calls for emergency service.

Shocked passers-by found the fearfully realistic horror toy abandoned outside a petrol station in San Bernardino County, California and called police, who mounted a huge emergency response