Dad goes viral after causing havoc in neighbour's garden in hilarious TikTok prank

A Wigan dad has gone viral on TikTok with more than three million views after filming a prank on his neighbour.

Adrian Heaton, 40, from Standish, became a surprise TikTok star after posting a video of him blasting a confetti cannon into his neighbour’s garden. Adrian says the opportunity arose after his partner saw neighbour Gareth Jones, 39, cleaning up his garden in the morning after having a few friends over the night before.

Adrian, who was still in bed at the time, crept into his garden before letting the cannon loose over the fence. “Gazza has a bar installed in his garden and a few of us went round for a drink on Friday night,” Adrian told the M.E.N.

“The idea for the prank came about while I was still in bed when my missus saw that he was cleaning up. We’ve had a few birthday parties at our house and we had a few of the confetti cannons spare.

"I quickly grabbed one, ran downstairs in my boxers and thought that would be the perfect opportunity. He looks up to see me and as he turns off the hoover to say hello, I let off the confetti cannon.

“He has a tendency to spit the dummy out and I think Gaz’s reaction is just brilliant as he throws a bit of a hissy fit. Thankfully, he saw the funny side. By the time he got to the house, he was laughing about it. He came over and gave me a handshake and said ‘well done, I’d have done that too’.”

Adrian, who is a director of a construction company, said he decided to post the video on TikTok after only becoming acquainted with the platform a week earlier. “I had downloaded the app because my daughter is on it and I wanted to do a bit of safeguarding. I was just playing with it.

“But when I posted it, it was a bit of a surprise to see the numbers going up. Once it hit