German teen drains pond to recover iPhone, but elaborate plan doesn't float

A German teenager has gone to great lengths to recover his iPhone after he dropped it in a pond while fishing.

The resourceful 16-year-old returned to the pond at a Cologne angling club that night armed with pumps and two hoses after the man he was fishing with refused to let him dive in.

"I thought two pumps would drain enough of the water from the pond so I could find my cellphone," he told German media, according to Metro.

"I knew the phone was probably dead but wanted to get the data card back with the number, pictures and video of my friends."

The teenager tried to direct the pond water into the club's toilet but instead flooded a car park – alerting police to his presence.

He confessed to the elaborate plan and was ordered to pay for damage to the club's toilet, the clean-up and water to refill the pond.

He never did get his phone back.

Source: Metro
Author: Chloe Ross, Approving editor: Martin Zavan