April Fools' Day In Puget Sound: 7 Best Local Pranks

BELLEVUE, WA — Did you fall for an April Fools' prank this year? Hopefully not, because a few of the local pranks this year were particularly outlandish.

From double-decker police cars in Bellevue to a new name for Pike Place Market, here are just a few local pranks we came across:

3rd Avenue Water Taxi

King County Metro used April Fools' Day to promote its recent 3rd Avenue all-door boarding switch and the West Seattle water taxi. The two services are so popular, why not combine them?

Cops On Rollerblades

University of Washington police took it back to the mid-1990s. The department said it was creating a "blade unit."

Pike Place Name Change?

This one is from The Needling, a local satire site (and by that we mean they poke fun at local things). They publish stuff like this every day, but changing the name of a famous local landmark is a classic April Fools gag.

Double Decker Cops

Local police departments really got into April Fools this year. Bellevue police riffed on double-decker Sound Transit buses with new double-decker police cars.

Hikers Love Milk

The Washington Trails Association came out with a trend piece on how hikers are really getting into milk.

“On a hot day you just can’t beat the taste of ice-cold milk,” WTA quoted one hiker as saying.

Cops On Scooters

Washington State Patrol decided to go small. They debuted new scooters, which probably can't be used on I-5.

Seattle Mariners Winning

And finally, someone said the Seattle Mariners are in first place. That has to be a gag, right?

No, it's not.