Town terrorised by phantom banana peeler: Locals split hairs after perfectly prepared fruit mysteriously appears on street every month for over a year

A plate of peeled bananas has appeared on the corner of a quiet street in Nottinghamshire once a month for over a year - but no one knows why.

Residents in the commuter town of Beeston have noticed up to 20 bananas delicately placed on the corner of Abbey Road and Wensor Avenue.

Residents have no idea who is behind the strange custom or its meaning. All everyone can say is that the banks have been appearing in the same spot for more than a year, and despite several signs asking whoever puts them there to stop, it doesn’t look like the mysterious fruit is going away anytime soon.

Some have speculated that the plate of honey-drizzled bananas has some sort of religious meaning, while others believe that it’s just someone feeding the local wildlife, although no animal ever touches them.

So far, no one has come up with a real answer to this quirky mystery.

"I've asked around in the local community but no one really knows and no-one can tell me anything,' said baffled resident Clare Short.

'The bananas appear early in the morning on the second of the month, I see them on my way to work. I'd love to know the answers to this."

As locals have become frustrated with the fruit rotting slowly on their street corner, Clare decided to take matters into her own hands.

(A plate of bananas appears on a street corner in Beeston on the second of every month)

She printed a polite notice a-peeling for the mystery banana dropper to stop their bizarre monthly ritual.

The note, which was placed next to the road signs where the bananas are left, read: 'Please, respectfully, no more bananas!!

'The uncollected plates and rotting bananas leave such a mess!'

Despite Clare's nicely-worded notice, the plate full of bananas appeared again on January 2.

While taking her sign down, Clare said that the bananas were clearly 'special' to someone.

'I've come to take the signs down because I don't really want to make it like a feud, I don't want it to become a big thing,' she said.

(The prankster has been leaving the plate on the corner of Abbey Road and Wensor Avenue for over a year)

(A resident has left a note asking the perpetrator to stop leaving the fruit as it rots over time)

Some say they are so 'freaked out' by the monthly banana drop they have contacted police in a bid to find the culprit.

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