The 1st of April marks the annual day for practical jokes, gags and hoaxes, and Downtown Colorado Springs played an unforgettable prank on residents.

The Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs posted on Facebook announcing the arrival of Denver International Airport’s iconic Blue Mustang, better known as ‘Blucifer’, in downtown Monday morning.

The post said the sculpture was relocated overnight and placed at the intersection of Platte and Nevada avenues, replacing the statue of Gen. William Jackson Palmer.

In the post, the Downtown Partnership said the William Palmer statue was relocated to Blucifer’s former location for one year as part of a faux taxpayer-funded program, named the “Front Range Exchange (FREX)”.

The post said the swap was “anticipated to solve a perpetual traffic issue at Platte and Nevada, the site of frequent car accidents.”

While Blucifer wasn’t actually relocated to downtown Colorado Springs, some commenters fell for the hoax.

One comment read: “I almost fell for it and was making plans to head downtown. Haha!”

Colorado Springs Utilities’ “The Weti” April Fools’ joke

The Colorado Springs Utilities joined in on today’s tomfoolery by announcing on Facebook an unusual (and totally fake) situation brewing at one of their facilities.

CSU said in the post that they had been dealing with the situation at their Las Vegas Water Resource Recovery Facility for a while and were able to catch a glimpse of a monster-like creature made of “flushable” wipes.

The monster called himself “The Weti” and was the result of wipes that weren’t breaking down in pipes as advertised.

The hoax served as a caution to customers to stop flushing “flushable” wipes and instead, throw them in the trash to help defeat “The Weti.”