A father insists he's keeping his son out of trouble by encouraging him to egg other people’s houses. Jason Knight posted videos on TikTok of his six-year-old son Jack pelting eggs at homes.
Jason’s first video, which involved his youngest throwing eggs at his sister’s home, racked up more than 300,000 views. The vehicle recovery business owner found himself being bombarded with comments from people asking their family and friends to be targeted.
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, the 29-year-old from Oldham says the pranks are just harmless fun and the pair always return to the properties the following day to clean up the mess they made.
Jason and Jack will visit the addresses and throw eggs at the properties. In some of the videos, Jason can be heard offering words of encouragement to his son,.
The dad-of-four Jason said: “In my eyes, I see it as a little thing for my son where he cleans up afterwards and it teaches him a lesson.
“There was someone running around with a machete where I live a few weeks ago saying he was going to slice everyone up.
“My son is egging houses, not running around with a machete. In my eyes, I’m doing the right thing.” He added: "“We’re not doing it maliciously,” Jason continued. “We have people give us addresses whether it be their family or friends.
“We always go back the next day and clean up. It’s not like [Jack] is running off and leaving it for other people to clean.
“We show them the address that’s been given to us and we let the people know who has [thrown the eggs].
“Everyone started liking the videos and commenting; some people take it as a joke and some people see it like I’m in the wrong. “Even if Jack gets [TikTok] famous, it’s a good thing for him, [TikTok famous] people move to different areas with the money they get.”
Jason says he is keen to keep the 'tradition' going, as he describes it as an old-school prank.
He added: “The estate I live on, it’s crazy. The police are there all the time and people are racing up and down in cars. It’s not a nice place to live.
“It steers [Jack] away from all the other kids swearing and bullying other kids. I let him out the other day on the park and he came back crying his eyes out saying the other kids were bullying him.
“I’m trying to do it for him so he’s got a better life so he can move away from around here.”
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