A MOUSE has been captured tidying up a pensioner’s messy shed after he set up a camera to solve the mystery.
Retired postman Rodney Holbrook, 75, noticed things he left out of place on his workspace were being moved around almost every night for two months.
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So Rodney, from Buith Wells in Powys, Wales, set up a night vision camera to find out what was happening.
He couldn’t believe his eyes when he spotted the adorable mouse moving items left behind from a DIY task and clearing them neatly into a box.
Now the pensioner says that he never bothers to tidy up as he knows the mouse will sort it out.
Rodney said: “It has been going on for about two months. I call him Welsh Tidy Mouse.
“At first I noticed that some food that I was putting out for the birds was ending up in some old shoes I was storing in the shed so I set up a camera to see what was going on.
“I couldn’t believe it when I saw that the mouse was tidying up. He moved all sorts of things into the box – bits of plastic, nuts and bolts.
“I don’t bother to tidy up now as I know he will see to it.”
In footage reminiscent of the 2007 animated movie Ratatouille, the mouse picks up objects including clothes pegs, a screwdriver, plant pot trays and corks.
In one funny moment the mouse can be seen grappling with a cable tie which he eventually places in the tub.
In another sweet scene he pulls pieces of string into the box as though he were the first mate on a boat.
By the end of the video, the mouse has dramatically improved the mess on the table ready for Rodney to discover in the morning.
Rodney added: “It really was amazing to see the footage. Some of the things that it tidies away are really unusual.
“I think he would tidy my wife away if I left her in there! It’s happened practically every night now for two months.”
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