Hidden camera catches neat freak mouse 'tidying up' pensioner's messy shed

08 January 2024 , 11:24

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Hidden camera catches neat freak mouse 'tidying up' pensioner's messy shed

A mouse has been filmed on a hidden camera nimbly organising the contents of a pensioner's untidy shed.

Retired postman Rodney Holbrock, 75, was left bemused after finding that objects left on his workspace were regularly being moved at night for an entire two-month period.

Rodney, from Buith Wells in Powys, Wales, set up a night vision camera to try and solve the mystery. He was surprised to find a small mouse scurrying across the screen, as it transported items discarded from a DIY task, and tidied them into a box. The pensioner now does not bother so much to tidy up, because he knows the mouse will take care of it. Rodney said: "It has been going on for about two months. I call him Welsh Tidy Mouse.

Rodney Holbrook captured videos of a mouse cleaning items away in his shed in Buithwells, Powys, Wales (Animal News Agency)

"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.

A mouse moves items into a box and cleans up (Rodney Holbrook / Animal News Agency)

"I don't bother to tidy up now as I know he will see to it." In video footage, the mouse collects a range of objects including clothes pegs, a screwdriver, corks and a plant pot tray. In one funny moment the mouse can be seen grappling with a cable tie which he eventually places in the tub. Another time, he pulls pieces of string into the box as thought he were the first mate on a boat .

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Retired postman Rodney Holbrook, 75, couldn't believe his eyes when he spotted the adorable mouse moving items left behind from a DIY task around the shed (Animal News Agency)

By the end of the video, the mouse has significantly improved the mess on the table, in preparation for Rodney to discover in the morning. Rodney said: "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."

Charlie Duffield