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BERLIN - A German man called on his bank for an unusual service when he was too tired and drunk to go home -- he bedded down there for the night with his horse.
The man, identified as Wolfgang H. by German media, went to sleep next to cash machines in a town southwest of Berlin after unsaddling his horse Sammy and closing the door.
A spokeswoman for the bank said that aside from an undesirable deposit made by his horse inside the building, the 40-year-old account holder had not breached any house rules.
"The horse was otherwise very well behaved and kept a good watch on his master," she today. "Perhaps we should have a supply of oats and water on the premises in future."
Another customer discovered the horse and rider as he slept and informed police, who asked the man to leave.
A police spokesman said that since the horse's droppings had been removed, the matter was now closed.
- REUTERS
