Asparagus eaten but neighbour not

Hello all, this is my first post, i did a search but could not find anything like my question!

I started a few asparagus plants off last year and they were doing well and feathering nicely last week , but when i came to my allotment today, they had been destroyed down to about an inch from the soil, but my neighbours either side had not been affected...

Is there any possible explanation anyone could guess at what could have caused this as the only thing i can think of is vandalism as amy pest would surely eat their plants too?

My asparagus was much younger and smaller than the neighbours (who seem to be very well established and substantial bush size) - we do have pigeons and rabbits on the allotment - could this explain it?

Many thanks for your help!
Dave

Sorry about your asparagus Dave.   

Afraid I can't say anything to help, just wanted the thank you for the subject of your post, as it made me grin! 

Thanks for your replies, it turns out that my neighbour was trimming their asparagus and thought they dropped some on my allotment reached down and picked it up... Oh well - do you think it will kill it or will it be ok?