 Man-eating piranhas have been found blocking the drains of houses - in SHROPSHIRE. Residents who complained about a fishy smell coming from underneath their homes were stunned when utilities workers pulled dead killer fish out of the sewers. Experts believe that the tropical fish - usually found in the rivers of the Amazonian rainforest - may have been flushed down the toilet by bored pet owners. The fish were all dead by the time workers fished them out of sewers on Monday. Workmen Matt Final and Jay Slater, who went to investigate the smelly sewers for Severn Trent, said many of the fish were several inches long. Matt said: "We've certainly seen some weird things in the sewers over the years but we were just a bit shocked to remove piranhas. "I wouldn't have thought a fish of this size would fit down a toilet." Local butcher Jim Hoult, 56, added: "I might well be checking beneath the toilets seat before I go to the loo now." It is the second time sewers have been blocked in Shropshire this year by rubbish being pushed into toilets - after workers found several pairs of knickers blocking the drains in January. Sue Fulford, customer operations manager for Severn Trent, said: "The drains that take waste water away from your home are only a few inches wide and are only meant to take water, toilet roll and human waste - certainly not piranhas." Mirror
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