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Summary A nest of ants near the door pressed the switching elements together, keeping the bell ringing.
BERLIN (AP) - A 75-year-woman in the southwestern town of Offenburg called police at 3am Wednesday complaining that she couldn t sleep because her doorbell was always ringing.
Police said officers dispatched to investigate the cause quickly tracked down the culprit: an ant nest next to the doorbell.
They say the insects had built such a big home that the nest pressed the switching elements together, keeping the bell ringing.
Officers silenced it by removing the nest with a knife.
