An elderly villager from Sharow, near Ripo, Yorkshire, grew so irritated by a team of bellringers who were in the midst of a three-hour practice session in a local church, that he locked them inside the building.
The team of bellringers were practicing at the church of Saint John the Evangelist when the man, believed to be in his 70s or 80s, charged into the building and began shouting at them and threatening to damage their cars. He then trapped them inside the belfry by wedging a piece of wood in the door.
The group was only freed when a local church member, Sandra Price, heard them banging on the door when she went to lock up.
Price informed The Northern Echo: “I wandered up at 5.10pm and heard this stamping and I thought that was a funny way to ring the bells - it sounded more like Irish dancing!”