Used bagpipes

The guy is confronted with the younger bagpiper whilst the police come. Image: Contributed

A bagpiper has actually put his instrument to good usage - by drowning away a hate preacher in Scotland.

Daniel Boyle, 14, played Scotland the Brave to drown from guy whoever anti-gay ranting was angering men and women in nearby cafes and bars in Market Street, St Andrews on Saturday.

Not as much as twenty four hours following the footage was posted online it had clocked up above 2.4 million hits.

an audience cheered since the schoolboy’s songs overpowered the preacher, who had been shouting through a small amp.

He stated: “People had been trying to get him to be peaceful. I experienced my bagpipes in my dad’s vehicle and somebody proposed drowning him aside thus I got all of them and started playing.

“There was an audience of about 200 people and everybody started cheering. Everyone else started cheering. It Had Been great.”

Daniel, of Bathgate, West Lothian, and his dad Matthew had ended down when you look at the city centre on their means house towards the family members caravan at Kinkell Braes and consumers in the Keys Bar were whining about the hollering.

Locals said it had been hard to hear exactly what the preacher ended up being saying but that their tone ended up being intense and was ruining the environment.

A part of this public had currently reported him to the authorities and at the end of the video clip an authorities van brings up-and an officer talks to him.

Pleased Matthew was amazed at the response to the film on the internet and said: “I can’t believe the power of the internet.

“Daniel is unquestionably the patron of St Andrews.”

The scene ended up being caught on camera by Lachie Blair, who said the piper won the battle “in the essential Scottish method possible”.Police Scotland verified that officials had been known as to Market Street at around 3.30pm on Saturday to respond to a noise complaint.