Stephen Mckears, from Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire, was baffled as he found items moving in his garden shed last month. He initially thought he has a ghost in his tool shed who would clean the mess away every night.
He would even scatter around nuts, bolts, and screws in the shed every evening just as a test. By sunrise, he found that all the items were put away in the toolbox with the shed completely tidied up.
Later, he sought his neighbor’s aid to tackle from his neighbor to tackle the mystery and set up a hidden camera in the shed. They were shocked to find that the vigilante overnight cleaner was no ghost, but a mouse!
This house proud mouse was caught red handed (or pawed) keeping a shed in Gloucestershire squeaky clean 🐭🧹
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“I’ve been calling him Metal Mickey but some people have been saying he’s just mouse proud. I was quite amazed to see it – it is an amazing mouse, he said, reports Metro. The footage showed that the little mouse even attempted to lift objects twice his size, including the chain of an electric drill and the end of a hose. Stephen says the mouse still does his midnight labour without fail.
These little creatures keep amusing humans every now and then. Remember how a group of them formed a fake snake trial a few months back? Then, there was the viral picture of a rat passed out next to an empty bottle of alcohol! Although tiny, these rodents sure tickle our funny bones!