Hilarious moment boy, 12, pranks bin men after diguising himself as a wheelie bin

A PRANKSTER customised a wheelie bin so his son could hide inside and scare rubbish collectors when they came to empty it.

Martin Fretter, 47, cut holes out of a bin for his son’s arms and legs for the prank on collection day in Daventry, Northamptonshire.

Nathan, 12, crouched down inside the bin and waited, looking through a slit that had been cut in it, for the perfect moment to jump up.

Hilarious footage shows unsuspecting rubbish collectors emptying bins into the dustcart as usual until one approaches Nathan.

Nathan suddenly leaps up inside the black plastic bin, startling the binman who swears in shock, before joining in with his colleagues’ laughter.

Neighbours watch the surreal sight as the bin apparently grows legs and runs down the road towards a corner.

The inventor of the  prank, Martin, has been a bin man himself for 25 years.

“I always try to make people laugh and I like do zany things with my kids,” said Martin.

Neighbours recorded the joke and posted it on social media where more than 10,000 people commented.

Martin posted the video on Facebook yesterday — which has since been shared more than 6,000 times — with the caption: “Please go clap for your local binmen.”

One of those to share it was Liam James, who commented: “Best video you will see today.”

“It was so funny, I couldn’t stop laughing,” another viewer, Jane Richardson wrote.