Women suspected of whipping off their bras and leaving them as a deal with for farmer

The booby bonanza has sparked all manner of jokes and puns about the mystery with a farmer and local residents bewildered about the findings

A puzzled farmer has found himself at the centre of a bra mystery as a series of brightly-coloured lingerie items have sprawled up across his fields.

Michael Irwin, from Lerryn in Cornwall, first spotted a bright red brassiere tied up near his fields with things quickly spiralling like a storm in a D cup. He’s since found blue, black and white ones too.

Having initially thought the red bra “was strange” on seeing it attached to a gate on his land, it was the second one attached 100 yards away that had him in quite the booby trap.

“I was driving along the road and spotted the bright red bra attached to a gate,” he told Jam Press. “I thought it was strange but didn’t think more about it.

“Then two weeks later I was on the same road and it was still there but there was another one attached to a fence 100 yards away. I thought it was strange and somebody was having a joke.”

As the weeks have gone on others have appeared on gates and in hedges too. “Then last week around 200 yards from the first one there was a gate with three bras attached,” he continued.

“I haven’t examined them closely but they look normal – not oversized – or undersized. We’ve all been waiting for somebody to announce it’s a bit of a joke. But it’s just gone on and on.”

He adds that nothing has come to light yet about the who or why, but it’s become quite the talking point locally. “I think it’s very funny – it makes me chuckle as I go by.

“Is it going to stick at seven – or are we going to have any more – who can say?” And villagers have been just as bemused. One local commented: “Don’t open the gates, it’s a booby trap.”

Another quipped: “More support needed for this investigation.” Others said, “it’s something or udder” and “it’s a nest for a pair of Great Tits.”