Zekarias Haile, 51, was unable to take his bins out because the car blocked his pathway (Picture: MEN Media)
A man thinks someone outrageously used his drive as a parking space and then went on holiday for four days.
Zekarias Haile, 51, woke up last Thursday morning to find a grey Range Rover parked outside his home in Wythenshawe, near Manchester Airport.
It was left there until Monday morning, when it suddenly disappeared.
Although the Range Rover was not blocking Zekarias’ car, it obstructed his family’s access to the garden and made it impossible for them to take their bins out.
Zekarias believes whoever left their car at his house went on holiday.
He suspects the traveller may have been using a rogue parking company.
His area has previously struggled with dodgy organisations offering a ‘meet and greet’ service to holidaymakers as a cheaper alternative to airport parking.
These cars often get left in fields, pub car parks and even on people’s driveways.
The Range Rover appeared on Thursday morning and had vanished by Monday (Picture: MEN Media)
Zekarias believes his driveway was targeted as a cheap alternative to airport parking (Picture: MEN Media)
Zekarias said: ‘A lady who lives nearby told me the driver was wearing a high-viz jacket, so I do believe it was one of those companies.
‘My worry now is that, because I couldn’t do anything about it, it will happen again.’
The police reportedly told Zekarias they could not do anything to remove the Range Rover from his house – because it was not blocking his own.
‘I was very angry but I resisted doing anything to the car, I definitely didn’t feel all right about it,’ he said.
Manchester Airport said it ‘categorically does not condone the practices of rogue operators’.
Metro.co.uk has contacted Greater Manchester Police for comment.
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