Quote: JerryChicken "
The scrap fairies round here hoist anything within nanoseconds of you putting it out. '"
I was clearing out my gran's house after she passed away, she had an old 70's style metal stairlift. We'd put it out in the front garden and went out just for 15 mins to borrow a van from a friend in order to take it away, when we got back it had gone.
I've actually seen the scrap fairies. In order to fit in with us humans they take the form of rather rough looking fellows driving old vans. The ones I saw were actually following a house clearance van.
For some reason I didn't think it a good idea to approach them and accuse them of being fairies.