The cunning Mr Fox! Garden invader dodges dogs and dressing gown-clad homeowners before flying out of bathroom window to freedom

This is the extraordinary moment a cunning fox escaped from a couple’s garden after flying out of an upstairs bathroom window.

Dave Masters, 55, and his wife Sarah, 48, captured the incredible feat on camera after a curious visitor wandered into their garden in Luton last week.

The footage captured by the couple’s CCTV shows a wild fox hiding in their garden before Dave, wearing a dressing gown, comes around the corner with their two dogs Benji and Mylo.

Both pets immediately run to the back of the garden towards the fox before chasing it around the side of the house, out of view of the camera.

A few seconds later, Dave is back in the garden with Benji and Mylo when suddenly at the top left of the screen the fox jumps out of the upstairs bathroom before presumably fleeing to safety.

Both pets immediately run to the back of the garden towards the fox before chasing it around the side of the house, out of view of the camera. A few seconds later, the fox can be seen jumping out of the upstairs bathroom before presumably fleeing to safety

Dave and Sarah (pictured) captured this incredible feat on camera after a curious garden invader wandered into their Luton garden last week

Retired police officer Dave told the story ITV News: ‘I let the dogs out in the garden because my wife said there were pigeon feathers in them and that the dog likes to pick them up.

‘I went to clean them up. When I went into the garden, they darted past me into the corner, which is what they normally do when they feel something, and suddenly this fox comes darting past me.

He said he ‘didn’t think anything of it’ and continued clearing the feathers when the fox ran past him again.

Dave added: ‘About 30 seconds later my wife said the fox was in the bedroom and I was a bit shocked.

‘It shot straight up the stairs into the bedroom and then came out. My wife was a bit concerned that it was still in the flat and came downstairs in her nightgown.”

Dave and Sarah’s two dogs, Benji and Mylo, who chased the fox when it entered the couple’s garden

Dave said that after watching the footage he thought it was “quite funny.”

He compared himself chasing the dogs to Basil Fawlty, John Cleese’s character from the serious Fawly Towers who is known for his incompetence.

He added that when he saw the fox ‘flying’ out of the window he thought it was ‘amazing’ and not something you see every day.

Dave said he showed the video to his friends and is “grateful” he caught the hilarious clip on camera.