Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe BRISBANE, Australia, May 6 (UPI) -- An Australian homeowner said workmen mistakenly began digging a swimming pool in his garden and fled once they discovered the $17,700 mistake. Peter Collard of Brisbane, who is trying to sell the house, said he received a call from his real estate agent saying he should rush home because two men were digging in his yard, The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday. Advertisement "The first I heard of it was when my agent rang me and said: 'There's someone digging your yard up. You'd better rush home,'" Collard said. "I rushed home to find this huge mess and about $20,000 (U.S. $17,700) worth of damage." "These guys obviously knew there was something up and took off," he said. Susan Grantham of Queensland state police said the men loaded their backhoe onto a dump truck and left the scene without explanation. "They just picked everything up and were gone," she said. Collard said his insurance is not covering the damage and appealed to neighbors to come forward if they recently arranged to have a pool dug in their yards.
