OHIO — There’s a new prank circulating on social media, and security experts urge pranksters not to participate.

“It goes to the level of causing panic, fear and danger and potential injury and serious injury to innocent people,” said Tim Dimoff, National Law Enforcement Procedures and Security expert. “That’s a pretty high code red type of call for the police to respond. They’re worried someone [could] get hurt.”

That viral TikTok trend is called the AI Homeless Man prank, where people create fake but realistic images of a homeless person inside someone’s home.

News 5 tested it out and created these images of a homeless person in different rooms and positions throughout our station.

While some may be impressed, authorities said it’s far from cool because it's scaring people and tying

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