Farmers’ Shocking Secret to Evicting Squatters Uncovered: What They’re Not Telling You

Ever wondered what you’d do if a bunch of squatters parked their caravans on your field, right before harvest? Well, French farmers in Hautes-Vosges didn’t wait for the cops or bother with polite chit-chat—they rolled up with tractors and… sprayed liquid manure all over the place. Yep, not soil, but actual slurry, forcing the squatters to high-tail it outta there in a cloud of stench and spectacle. It’s a bold move that’s dividing opinions online—some folks find it oddly satisfying, while others wonder if this stinky showdown could’ve been avoided with better help from the authorities. Intrigued by how patience, profession, and pure olfactory offense collided in this farmyard face-off? Dive deeper here: LEARN MORE.

A video of a group of farmers using a controversial method to evict squatters in France went viral, and the bloke who filmed it has opened up on what happened.

The internet wasn’t too sure how to feel after seeing what a farm in Hautes-Vosges, France, did to numerous caravans that had been parked up ‘illegally’.

While there are issues like this in the UK, it’s not likely that people would go off and dish out their own plan to evict. However, it seems these French farmers are not like us.

Instead of holding peace talks to come to an arrangement or waiting for the police, it appeared that they had their own smelly method up their sleeves.

The clip, which was reportedly shot earlier this summer, shows tractors driving up the field towards the caravans.

That’s one smelly way to do it (YouTube/LOAGRI)

Then they spray a brown substance all over the place as people run like there’s no tomorrow.

While you might be forgiven for thinking it’s soil…it’s not.

The farmers were spraying liquid manure (slurry) from the tanks attached to the vehicles. Even though it seems a bit of a step to take for the first interaction between squatters and farmers, Loic Madre, the photographer who filmed and uploaded the incident, told The Daily Mail what really went down.

Madre claimed the squatters were there illegally and had not asked permission to use their field- which was gearing up for harvest in a few weeks.

He said the grass they were parked on was supposed to be used as animal feed, stating: “It was difficult to negotiate with the travellers; they refused to listen. The farmers received no support from the local authorities or the police.

“So they handled it on their own! As you can see in the images.”

The farmers sprayed slurry (or liquid manure) at the caravans, which were supposedly parked on their field illegally (Andrew Linscott/Getty stock images)

Local media reports further claimed the farmers let loose with the slurry after ‘not receiving any help from the police’ to ‘get rid of an illegal gypsy camp’.

“As a result, there were several problems and complaints, but in the end, the travellers were forced to leave after a few days,” the photographer said. “The meadow was badly damaged, but they left.”

While the trick seemingly worked, people on social media were a little divided on the tactic, however.

Some users on X said it was ‘so satisfying’ to see as they ‘love’ the farmers for putting their foot down.

Meanwhile, others said the French authorities should have better solutions to illegal parking of squatters on farmer’s fields, which could have prevented this incident from ever occurring.