Law enforcement officials in a western Washington city are mulling whether to file charges against two men who staged the kidnapping of a child, shocking and frightening parents nearby.

Sequim police received a call on Saturday evening from two men who warned officers that they were faking an abduction for a video to raise "kidnapping awareness."

Two twin brothers shot the video, then posted it on social media.

"We made this video to help prevent and to show how real an abduction can be," they said.

According to Sequim Police Chief Bill Dickinson, "at least two people," are currently being investigated. The men in question might face charges for dangerous conduct, or failing to obtain a permit to fake the kidnapping at Carrie Blake Park, Sequim City Attorney Craig Ritchie told the Peninsula Daily News. Had the people involved in the video picked up a permit, officials would have been able to direct traffic in the immediate area and post signs warning park visitors of the staged abduction, Ritchie stated.

Twins Jason and Jeremy Holden, who host a YouTube page called TwinzTV together, took full responsibility for the fake kidnapping. In their video, two men whose faces are covered by masks jump out of a minivan at the park. One man runs toward a group of children and grabs a toddler who is later identified as the false assailant's son.

But onlookers who watched the terrifying event assumed the staged abduction was real, the Daily News reported, and the two men were chased by at least one of the parents at the park. The Holdens returned to the playground to assure the parents the children were fine, and explain that the incident had been previously arranged.

"We didn't expect people to get that upset about it," Jeremy Holden told KCPQ, adding that he regretted faking the event.

Dickinson said the two men could only be convicted of dangerous conduct if proof showing that the false kidnappers "created a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person" was brought forward.

If they're found guilty, the two brothers face jail sentences of one year max, along with up to $5,000 in fines.