An 84 year old pensioner found himself in hot water with the German authorities when it was found that he had a 1943 WW2 Nazi Panther tank (not pictured) in his basement along with 70 assault rifles, 2,000 rounds of ammo, a mortar and best of all an 88mm anti-aircraft gun and a torpedo.

I used to collect stamps and people thought that that was strange!

Forget how he found them in the first place, forget the enormous cost of them, forget how on earth he got them into the basement - ask yourself why would a pensioner even bother! He certainly was more industrious than most people half his age.

This strange story started in Heikendorf in the suburbs of Keil in Northern Germany.

One of the most bizarre quotes to come from the story was attributed to the town's Mayor who said, 'that he was unsurprised, 'He was chugging around in that thing during the snow disaster in 1978.''

The German Panther was considered one of the best tanks of WW2. If you wish to see one then go to  The Collings Foundation in Massachusetts , USA.

Read more bout this incredible story on the BBC website.

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