A mum has been forced to lock her freezer to stop an intrusive badger from gorging on her food.
Hannah Carver, 29, wrongly though the culprit was a fox before spotting the offender coming in through her cat flap.
The barmaid’s pals wouldn’t believe her when she told them, so she set up a camera to catch the furry raider in the act.
Hannah had been waking up to the sounds of crashing and banging from her kitchen and found the room littered with wrappers and half-eaten food.
The unwanted visitor has a soft spot for ice lollies and is videoed tearing open and wolfing down countless bubblegum flavoured frozen treats.
It also ate Twister ice lollies, mash potato, crumpets and Chinese style pork chops but it wasn’t too keen on scallops.
Hannah asked the council and various animal charities for help, but was told there was little she could do because the species is protected.
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She installed child locks on the freezer to deter the sweet toothed creature, but it didn’t stop it from creeping in, rifling through bins and trying to break into a cupboard.
She added: ‘I don’t want my son coming downstairs and coming face to face with a badger.
‘And the mess it’s making, and the amount of food it’s eating – it’s unreal.’
After ringing an animal charity as advised by the council, the man on the other end of the line laughed at her and thought it was a prank call.
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Hannah even tried turning the freezer to face the wall but that didn’t put off the intruder who is anything but a fussy eater.
She added: ‘Nothing is safe from this badger – apart from scallops. It took those out and then just dumped them on the floor.
‘It loves all the good stuff which now we don’t get to eat.
Hannah from Gosport, Hampshire, was having a drink in her kitchen after work at around 1am when she saw the nocturnal animal creep in before scampering off.
She said: ‘At first I thought someone had been in the house. I woke up and the kitchen was in a total state. I thought someone had been in the house.
‘The bin was everywhere. The freezer drawers were all open and broken. There was stuff all over the floor.
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‘I thought maybe it was a fox because you always hear about them trashing bins. But I couldn’t get my head around how it was getting into my freezer.
In a bid to persuade her friends she wasn’t lying, she caught the badger on camera during a 50 minute feast.
Hannah was advised by an animal charity to ‘badger proof’ her house but was warned ‘they will just try and break through’ even if she blocked up the cat flap.
She added: ‘I’ve had a search online and apparently they don’t like male urine.
‘So what am I supposed to do? Grab a man off the street and get him to wee up against my front door?’
After showing her letting agent her video they blocked up the flap with wood on Saturday.
Hannah added: ‘You can see scratches on the wood though where he has tried to come in.
‘It looks awful but it seems to have stopped him.’
