Van dwellers in Bristol have revealed how a 'bunch of NIMBYs' who are demanding their encampment be removed blare their horns, kick their caravans and throw stones to scare them away - as they insist they make the area safer.
For months locals in the Downs area of Bristol have been complaining about dozens of caravans parked up on public roads and have accused the council of not taking action fast enough.
There has been a series of incidents, some violent, including a caravan being set on fire in February, windows being smashed and objects being thrown.
Craig Collier, 44, a software engineer who has been living in his van in Clifton on and off for three years, told MailOnline: 'Really it is a bunch of NIMBY's driving around at night beeping their horns and shouting "p****s" at us.
'Sometimes, people will come down and throw stones at the vans, groups of kids will come past on scooters and bikes and kick the vans as they go past.
