Norweigan man wakes to find cargo ship in his front yard
“I didn’t hear anything."
By Dean Murray
A man in Norway woke up to find a massive container ship in his front yard.
The 135-meter (443-foot) vessel missed Johan Helberg's house by a few metres at around 5 am local time on Thursday (May 22) in Byneset, near Trondheim.
Helberg was only made aware of the incident after his panicked neighbour, who had seen the ship heading straight for shore, repeatedly rang his doorbell and eventually called him on the phone.
“I didn’t hear anything,” Helberg told the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. "The doorbell rang at a time of day when I don’t like to open."
It is expected emergency services will use a tugboat to refloat the container ship. There were no reports of injuries or oil spills.
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