A foolish man has been slammed after venturing on to a treacherous, wet roof in high winds completely without safety gear.
The hair-raising scene was filmed by a disbelieving witness from a nearby road.
The shocking clip showed the man clambering around on the steeply angled, 35-ft high slates of the semi detached house.
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The roof can be seen glistening from rain.
He had been working on a TV aerial, it is understood.
He didn’t appear to have a safety harness or protective clothing either.
His leggings were flapping in the strong wind as he gingerly backed down the roof ridge to a waiting ladder propped up by another man.
At any moment he could have slipped and fallen, shocked onlookers said.
It happened in Bradford, West Yorks.
The person videoing him was stunned, as reported by Need To Know.
He said: “Look at this barmy b*stard.
“He’s thrown a TV aerial into the garden.
“This is going to be fun.
“He’s got his mate down here footing the ladder.”
Luckily the man made it to the top of the ladder and descended without mishap.
But it could have been very different.
Another witness said: “He’d gone up to take a TV aerial down.
“Ripped it off the chimney stack and threw it in the garden.
“I can’t tell you just how slippery those Welsh slates are when they’re wet.
“And the ridge tiles are just as bad.
“He was on a wet roof with no roof ladder, wearing a pair of trainers.
“I can’t quite believe it.
“One slip and he’d have been in trouble.”
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