September, Friday 20, 2024

Mouse captured on video cleaning man's shed nightly


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Retired postman Rodney Holbrook, known for his passion for wildlife photography, recently had a surprising encounter in his shed. He had been noticing that things in his shed would mysteriously be tidied up overnight, prompting him to set up a night vision camera on his workbench. To his amazement, the camera captured a mouse diligently tidying up clothes pegs, corks, nuts, and bolts. Impressed by the mouse's tidying skills, Holbrook affectionately named it the Welsh Tidy Mouse. This tidying ritual had apparently been going on for two months. Holbrook initially noticed food he had put out for the birds ending up in the shoes he stored in the shed. The mouse would tidy up every night, returning the objects to their place. Holbrook marvelled at the mouse's ability to neatly put everything back in a box, and he believes the mouse uses the objects to hide away nuts. This arrangement has worked out well for Holbrook, as he no longer feels the need to tidy up himself. He even jokingly remarked that if he left his wife in the shed, the mouse might tidy her away as well. The mouse doesn't seem to have any difficulties carrying various objects, as it has been seen transporting cable ties to a pot. Holbrook has conducted experiments by placing different items on his desk to test the mouse's lifting abilities. Interestingly, this isn't the first time Holbrook has encountered an organized mouse. While living in Bristol in 2019, a friend sought his help to fix a night camera because a mouse was also keeping their shed in order. This video went viral and reached people worldwide, and Holbrook finds it unbelievable that a similar occurrence has happened years later in Builth Wells.