Overview

• Families in Schwabach, Bavaria, were woken after midnight by persistent buzzing across multiple flats.
• Residents initially suspected a klingelstreich doorbell prank before calling the police.
• Two responding officers found no one at the entrance and noted the entry system’s motion detector had not activated.
• A closer check revealed a slime trail on the metal panel, identifying a slug sliding over the bell plate as the cause.
• Police removed the animal unharmed, saying it was taught its territory boundaries and placed on nearby grass.