The cunning parking attendant deceived everyone for more than 20 years and earned millions of dollars (5 photos)

An incredible story from England that will make you envy the ingenuity of a con man.

This guy could have been the perfect Robin Hood, except... he kept all the money for himself. His brilliant secret to success was very simple. So much so that no one could even imagine the deception.





This story once again shows the imperfection of the system anywhere on the planet from Vladivostok to New York or another city. I’m even somehow happy for the daredevil who pulled off such a simple and profitable scheme.

The story of an enterprising Englishman



A man at Bristol Zoo in the UK collected money from every car in the zoo's car park. No one knows exactly when he started doing this, but it was definitely more than 20 years ago. He regularly went to “work” every day and took 3 pounds from the car - everyone around him knew him and even the zoo employees did not suspect anything.

The kind of guy with a smile that everyone liked.

Well, now the most important thing: we are not talking about ten places for cars. This is a huge parking lot and is open every day. Bristol Zoo has two car parks plus an additional area which can accommodate over 700 cars. This is a very lively place, popular for relaxation.

The beauty of the scam is that the case was solved only because one day the parking attendant did not show up for work. Like the mythical postman who has been delivering letters in all weathers for over 20 years, this honest worker was in his place collecting parking fees. Cash! He never missed a day of work, and therefore there was no need to investigate the situation.





This guy simply blended into the area and was a very familiar phenomenon to everyone until he disappeared.

Who doesn't have a measly 3 pounds on them? By British standards this is nothing. People didn’t have any questions for the parking attendant just because he charged meager pennies.

How much did he earn?

Of course, this is a big mystery. But if we assume he only had 500 cars a day for at least 170 days a year, and then divide that number in half (just to be safe), that works out to around £5,000 a week. No taxes. Over 20 years that's £2,550,000. This is approximately $3.2 million. Again, without taxes and in the worst case scenario!

There must have been days when he could “serve” more than 1,500 cars in the parking lot. One parking space could also be used 3 or 4 times a day.

He made only two investments in his work: a bright vest and a cheap sign. Brilliant.

The missing



On Monday morning, when the man didn't show up for work, there was a notice on this very sign: "The parking attendant has retired to Spain."

Only at that moment did local authorities find out about it, because people began asking who to leave money for parking. After an investigation, officials told the zoo that they had never had a full-time employee collect parking fees. All this time, parking was free for all zoo visitors.

Nobody knows anything at all about this man, except that he was very polite and responsive. If someone could not pay, he simply smiled and jokingly said: “I remember you, next time you will pay twice as much.” And people returned to honor this agreement.

Mrs Betty Crocker, a victim of the fraudster, said that she gave the parking attendant £6 the next time she came to the zoo with her children. She was shocked by the news that the man turned out to be a deceiver.



Mr L. Pride, owner of the Red Lion pub in Bristol, said that the valet often brought him coins, which were constantly missing from the till for change. Coins were also needed for slot machines and pool tables in the pub. The owner sometimes treated the man to food for free because he regularly brought coins. This saved time and did not have to go to the bank to get them.

This man, whoever he is, worked hard as a parking attendant at Bristol Zoo for over 20 years, and today he is relaxing on a beach somewhere in Spain, enjoying a well-earned retirement. How do you like this story?