'Nobody noticed' - Worthing YouTuber spends night sleeping inside a skip
A YouTuber spent the night hidden inside a homemade skip on a busy Worthing street, as part of an unusual social experiment.
Will Bower, who runs the YouTube channel @WillBowerYT, built the full-sized skip from scratch, complete with painted sides, warning stickers, fake company branding and a concealed sleeping compartment.
After spending days constructing the prop, he placed it on a street in Worthing before climbing inside and attempting to remain undetected until morning.
Will said the challenge proved more nerve-racking than he had anticipated.
At one point, a lorry pulled up directly outside the skip, leaving him concerned that the experiment could be cut short. Later in the evening, groups of young people gathered nearby while he remained hidden inside with cameras recording the entire experience.
Despite numerous people walking past throughout the night, nobody appeared to realise that a man was concealed inside the skip.
Will said there were ‘multiple close calls’ and the experiment ‘quickly became more stressful than expected’.
He added: "I realised a skip might be the most invisible object in Britain. Nobody questions why it's there.
“People just walk straight past."
The video documents the entire project, from the construction of the skip to the overnight stay and the outcome of the challenge.
The footage has been published on Will’s YouTube channel.