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In a modern-day version of the 13th-century legend popularised by the Brothers Grimm, 20 people in Villotilla, Palencia, played a collection of flutes and recorders in an attempt to lure voles into a nearby river and their deaths.
The effort – officially called the First Flautists of Hamelin Competition – involved some of the amateur musicians dressing as makeshift Pied Pipers, while others donned masks to transform themselves into voles for a day.
Rural northern Spain has been stricken this year by millions of voles that have devastated crops and threaten to invade vineyards, public parks and even towns.
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The effort – officially called the First Flautists of Hamelin Competition – involved some of the amateur musicians dressing as makeshift Pied Pipers, while others donned masks to transform themselves into voles for a day.
Rural northern Spain has been stricken this year by millions of voles that have devastated crops and threaten to invade vineyards, public parks and even towns.
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