A homeowner has divided opinion by coming up with a unique method to stop people taking a shortcut across his front lawn.
CCTV footage posted on TikTok shows several people getting soaked by an automatic sprinkler if they get too close to the man’s house.
The clip is believed to have been filmed in North America.
Thomas Lyons became annoyed by the number of ‘lawn pirates’ skipping a section of sidewalk by trampling across his front grass every day.