A Bristol resident has described how he rushed downstairs in the middle of the night after his doorbell camera notified him there was a man with a crowbar on his doorstep - sparking something of a mystery that Bristol Live has now solved.
The resident of Clifton Village was disturbed to get woken at 4am by the man looking into his doorway, then turn and use the crowbar to lift up a manhole cover in the pavement, shine a torch in it and take a picture on his phone before walking off.
The baffled resident, who declined to be named, posted the video recording from his doorbell camera onto the NextDoor community website, asking neighbours if they had seen anything like it. Speculation among the people of Clifton Village ranged from theories that he had disturbed a burglar about to break in, to capturing one of the ‘Tyre Extinguisher’ eco-warriors in action, to a person going around trying to steal catalytic converters from underneath cars.
