A woman was left baffled when she found a love note left at her door by a secret admirer - along with the offering of two jumbo Frankfurter sausages in a sandwich bag.
Elleanor Holland was alerted to a white envelop left outside the front door of her home in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, when it was spotted by a neighbour on Saturday morning.
She found it contained a note with the words 'I will always love you' written in blue pen along with the hot dog sausages which had seemingly been handed over in a further attempt to win Elleanor's heart.
The 25-year-old insists she has no idea who would leave her such a bizarre declaration of love, but says she expects it may be a 'town bachelor' on the hunt for love.
Her partner, 32-year-old Adam Greenway, has thankfully not felt threatened by the bold attempt to steal his girlfriend, and Elleanor has said that the gift has left them in fits of laughter rather than feeling uneasy.
Her only explanation for the inclusion of the sausages was that they may have been left as a treat for her dog - three-year-old Hungarian Vizsla, Teddy - but she didn't risk letting him tuck in.
She posted a photo of the love package on a local Facebook group, writing: "And some will still argue romance is dead. Does the sender of this want to contact me?"
Elleanor, who works as a support worker for young people, said: "I'm pretty sure it's not anybody I know. Well, I hope not. I've asked everybody and even Adam. There might be a town bachelor going round.
"There were two jumbo hot dogs you get in glass jars. I threw them away because I didn't want to give them to the dog in case it was a crazy person trying to poison him.
"My neighbour was quite worried about it, but I reassured her it'd be a joke and she shouldn't worry about it.
"Adam was quite shocked, so I explained that I don't know [why I've got it], and he was laughing. We've all seen the funny side. It's just a bit of fun. I hope it's nothing more than that anyway.
"There's definitely more romantic ways to go about declaring your love. If they're looking for somebody they should at least include their mobile number.
"They should definitely leave out the sausages. Maybe replace them with plane tickets. We could do with some of them after the year we've had."
Elleanor said the post on Facebook had given people something to smile about, adding: "We live in one of those towns where all they talk about on the Facebook group is dog poo, so at least this made people laugh and cheered them up.
"I just hope I don't get another one anyway."
