Two large, spooky signs were taken down from a bridge in Pennsylvania.
The signs appeared over a bridge in Seven Valleys around the weekend of Aug. 9, according to NBC affiliate WGAL8. Both showed an image of Billy the Puppet from the famous horror movie series Saw, along with the phrases “Maybe you’ll fit, maybe you won’t” and “Let’s play a game.”
The captions seemed to refer to the fact that several trucks and tall vehicles have accidentally hit the overpass — which is 11 feet, 1 inch tall — in recent months, WGAL8 reported.
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“The signs, which were placed at the bridge illegally, have since been removed,” said Brett Marcy, a York County spokesperson, in a statement to WGAL8.
He also said the bridge has “been struck six times since June 6,” and that the county “continues to explore options with stakeholders for enhancing safety at the bridge and supports efforts to increase awareness around low-bridge height safety.”
Greg Mussmacher, a local resident who drives by the bridge every day, told WGAL8 he was “stunned” to see the signs but also “a little disappointed” they were gone.
“I wasn’t sad, but I was a little disappointed. […] Because it does — I think it helps. Getting people to notice, whether it’s funny or satirical,” he said. “I’ve actually been there before when the truck was stuck underneath on my way to work, and there’s no easy way to get around it.”
“I don’t know why people are complaining about the sign,” resident Dee Neal told the outlet. “They [drivers] can’t read [the] 11-foot, one-inch [road sign], but they could see that [Saw] sign.”
“I mean, it was distracting, but they need something to distract people from just running through there,” Neal added.
Dave Thompson, Community Relations Coordinator with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), told PEOPLE that a stop sign was recently installed near the bridge to help drivers notice the height limit and take a different route if needed.
“PennDOT’s latest effort was to install a STOP sign on the eastbound approach, to better regulate traffic through the underpass,” Thompson said.
“Another benefit of the STOP sign is to give drivers, especially those in tall vehicles, more chance to see and respond correctly to the height clearance signs,” he added.
PEOPLE reached out to the Seven Valleys local government for comment on Thursday, Aug. 14, but did not get an immediate response.
