A man and his young son has gone viral on TikTok for throwing eggs at people's homes in Oldham - which the father insists is just harmless fun.
Jay Knight and his son have reached viral fame for posting a series of videos on the social media platform pelting an egg at a number of addresses in the Oldham area.
The bio declares "egging windows is our thing" while 10 out of 15 of the videos on the account show Jay and the six-year-old boy carrying out their 'prank'.
The victim's full addresses are identified in most of the videos and include a number of places in Oldham and Manchester, including North Croft, Higher Lime Road and Kenyon Lane.
The 29-year-old dad can also be heard with words of encouragement to his son, telling him to take his time throwing the egg, get closer to the window and to "run" back to the car where they then make a swift exit from the scene.
Meanwhile, the captions celebrate the boy's egg-throwing precision, with Jay writing "bullseye" and "this kid does not miss" on some of the videos.
"Call us the house beaters", reads another.
The pair, understood to be from the Limeside area of Oldham, mainly operate at night and most of the videos have been posted in the past four weeks.
But when choosing addresses to target, Jay encourages his followers to send in requests for addresses, which he said he believes to be either their own home, a relative's or a friend's.
Jay explained: "It started off egging my sister's as a joke with my little lad which blew up and went viral.
"Then it was my cousins.
"There is nothing malicious about it - it's all a laugh and a joke.
"The people who have had it done know it was me and my boy."
He added: "We do also ask if they want us to go back and clean the window.
"It's nothing but a prank and it's everywhere, not just Oldham, where I get comments - people from London, Scotland, literally all over the UK."
The first video of the egg throwing involving Jay's youngest son at his sister's house has accumulated more than 300,000 views.
The comments show dozens of people posting their requests for addresses to be targeted with some going so far as to offer payment and claim they "have a list".
Others went on to praise Jay for his parenting, with one writing "all parents should do this" while another crowned him "dad of the year".
However, not all are keen on the practical joke as one victim, who wishes to remain anonymous, said her house was randomly targeted and she only found out when she discovered the video online.
"I think it's awful he is encouraging his child to do this", she added.
Others criticised Jay's parenting in the comments, saying "how to fail as a parent" and "people wonder why kids end up turning bad".
However, Jay said he encourages his six-year-old, as well as the boy's younger brother who also features in at least one of the videos, to participate in the stunt in a bid to keep them out of trouble.
The dad continued: "I'm encouraging my boys to do the stuff every kid did as a child and have a laugh doing it as there are a lot of children running around with bladed objects that are my son's age.
"If I can steer my boy away from any trouble or being involved with any other child that gets him in trouble, then I will do so.
"I would rather my son egg a house as a prank with me than go out and brick a bus window because he's fallen in with the wrong kind of kids."
The egg throwing is not the only controversial part of the TikTok account with two other videos posted on the account appearing to show a driver speeding through the streets of Manchester and Oldham.
One video shows the car racing through Oldham Road which the speedometer indicates reached up to 90mph.
The second video shows a car driving through Heron Street and Hollins Road at an estimated speed of around 45mph.
The car was travelling in a 20mph school safety zone and speeds past a woman pushing a pram.
The driver also has to swerve onto the wrong side of the road to avoid hitting traffic.
The text on the videos read: "When your mate thinks we all have nine lives" and "he 100 per cent wants to end us".
But Jay stressed his children were not in the car at the time the videos were taken, nor was he behind the wheel.
"I wasn't the driver of the car and I would nowhere on this planet put my kids at risk like that.
"They were not in the car at the time", he added.
After being contacted by The Oldham Times for comment on this article TikTok has now removed Jay's account.
A TikTok spokesperson said: "TikTok's mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.
"Our community guidelines are designed to keep TikTok a safe space and we will remove content and accounts that violate these rules."
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