VIDEO: Look at the scarecrows before you leave Leap

A West Cork village has had to warn visitors about its scarecrow festival after a motorist mistook one of the mannequins for a person in distress.

There are well over 100 scarecrows dotted around the village of Leap for this week’s Scarecrow Festival, and hundreds of passers-by are pulling in to view the variety of lifelike creations on show.

Some of the creative additions introduced to the village in recent weeks include a man built from branches brandishing a chainsaw, a Tim Burton-inspired Jack Skellington and his Corpse Bride, and a good witch and her pet cat.