Ananova:

A man who fell asleep on a train after a Hallowe'en fancy dress party prompted a police investigation in Germany.

Joerg Reichter, 24, had gone to the party dressed as a murder victim and had painted fake blood over his face and hands.

But he passed out on the train back home after the boozy party in Hamburg and worried passengers called the police.

A police spokesman said: "His costume made him look like the victim of a serious assault as he appeared to be bleeding from the face and hands, and worried passengers called us up.

"But when they got there our officers realised what had happened and woke him up. They got him to take the fake blood and wounds off so there would be no more misunderstandings."