Dad goes viral after causing mayhem in neighbour’s garden for hilarious TikTok prank
29.03.2022 - 23:25
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A dad has gone viral on the internet after gaining more than three million views after recording a prank on his neighbour.
Adrian Heaton, 40, has become a surprise TikTok star after posting a video of him blasting a confetti cannon into his neighbour’s garden.
Adrian says the opportunity came about after his partner saw neighbour Gareth Jones, 39, cleaning up his garden in the morning after having a few friends over the night before.
Adrian, who was still in bed at the time, crept into his garden before letting the cannon loose over the fence. “Gazza has a bar installed in his garden and a few of us went round for a drink on Friday night,” Adrian told the Manchester Evening News.
“The idea for the prank came about while I was still in bed when my missus saw that he was cleaning up. We’ve had a few birthday parties at our house and we had a few of the confetti cannons spare.
“I quickly grabbed one, ran downstairs in my boxers and thought that would be the perfect opportunity. He looks up to see me and as he turns off the hoover to say hello, I let off the confetti cannon.
“He has a tendency to spit the dummy out and I think Gaz’s reaction is just brilliant as he throws a bit of a hissy fit. Thankfully, he saw the funny side.
"By the time he got to the house, he was laughing about it. He came over and gave me a handshake and said ‘well done, I’d have done that too’.”
Adrian, from Standish, who is a director of a construction company, said he decided to post the video on TikTok after only becoming acquainted with the platform a week earlier.
He said: “I had downloaded the app because my daughter is on it and I wanted to do a bit of safeguarding. I was just playing with it.
“But when I posted it, it was a bit of a surprise to