Teenager paints giant phallus on roof of parents' home

A teenager inspired by an ancient fertility symbol has painted a 60ft-long phallus on the new roof of his parents £1million house.

Rory McInnes, 18, decided to give aerial observers an eyeful, with the aid of a tin of white paint, after watching a documentary on Google Earth.

But the imposing member remained a closely-guarded secret for a year before it was 'discovered' by a helicopter pilot flying over the area, who let his passengers take photos.

Eyeful: 18-year-old Rory McInnes painted a 60ft phallus on the flat roof of his parents' home near Hungerford in a bid to get it spotted on Google Earth

Fortunately for Rory, he was already safely on the other side of the world when his parents found out, on a gap-year in Brazil.

His father Andy McInnes at first dismissed the report as a joke.

He told The Sun: 'It's an April Fool's joke, right? There's no way there's a 60ft phallus on top of my house.'

But after ringing around each of his four children, Rory owned up to the painting, reportedly saying: 'Oh, you've found it then!'

The new flat roof on the McInnes's house in Hungerford, Berkshire, had only recently been completed by builders before Rory got out the paint brush. Painting the enormous member took Rory only half an hour.

Giant member: The painting is said to be inspired by the Cerne Abbas Giant, right, an Iron Age fertility symbol carved into a chalk hill in Dorset. Rory McInnes painted his version a year ago, and is likely to have to clean it off when he returns from a gap year in Brazil



The over-sized organ is a copy of the most well-known feature of the Cerne Abbas Giant, an 80ft figure of a naked man which is carved into the side of a chalk hill in Dorset, south-west England.

The club-wielding giant is believed to be an Iron Age fertility symbol which has proven popular with couples hoping to conceive.

But the McInneses are clearly not keen on the idea of their rooftop art acting as a fertility charm.

Rory's mother, Clare, said: 'We don't want any more children, so the idea of sleeping under a giant fertility symbol is rather worrying.'

Mr McInnes added: 'When Rory gets home he will be given a scrubbing brush and white spirit and he can go an scrub it off.'

It appears Rory's original plan to have the giant phallic image recorded has failed - Google Maps currently shows the house in its pristine, un-penised state.