Local officials in North Yorkshire, England, shared a photo of a massive rat found inside a local home that measured more than 22 inches from nose to tail.
When I was stationed at Bien Hoa AB in '68 we had a bunker/lookout tower in the middle of a swamp on the west end of the base. I was on a three man team that manned the tower. There was a 8' - 10' python that lived in the bottom. We'd watch him slide out hunting after we came on duty at night. We had a mortar attack one night that bracketed our bunker and dropped a shitload right on top of and around us. We weren't hurt but the snake was blown to slitherenes. From that time on, we had rat problems. They'd crawl up into the tower with us. We'd kill them, take them out on the dirt and douse them with lighter fluid. The fleas leaving the burning rat looked like miniature shooting stars. One night we got dropped at the bunker and were met by the biggest rat I've ever seen. He was standing in the entrance on his hind legs growling. Our team leader told the machine gunner to knock it in the head. The gunner boldly approached and the rat's growl turned into the nastiest snarl I've ever heard. Gunner beat feet back to us and told the team leader to get someone with a shotgun to blow the rat away. Team leader called control and described the situation and asked for a shotgun. After alot of laughing control sent a lieutenant with a shotgun. He was grinning as he told us he'd show us how to club a rat. He went charging up to the rat and the rat reared up snarling. The lieutenant came bouncing back, called control and got permission to fire. The rat was obliterated. No snake made a home there fr the rest of my tour, and we had rat problems continuously.
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Rat meat an rice, nummer one chop chop.
ReplyDeleteYou ought to see the rats in an Iowan corn crib, 22" is a baby...
ReplyDeleteSlice & dice the critter and use it as a substitute for Pepperoni pizza topping. Heck, it'll more popular than Pineapple.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kevsMqQ5DyU
ReplyDeleteMatter of fact, best burger I've had in years.
Send it to all the starving children in China
ReplyDeleteI said that to my dad once back when I was a young idiot, I only said it once..
JD
Over here we have Cane rats and they are huge! They are tasty as well.
ReplyDeleteThat'll feed a family of four for a week.
ReplyDeleteLonger if they don't like their kids.
-lg
When I was stationed at Bien Hoa AB in '68 we had a bunker/lookout tower in the middle of a swamp on the west end of the base. I was on a three man team that manned the tower. There was a 8' - 10' python that lived in the bottom. We'd watch him slide out hunting after we came on duty at night. We had a mortar attack one night that bracketed our bunker and dropped a shitload right on top of and around us. We weren't hurt but the snake was blown to slitherenes. From that time on, we had rat problems. They'd crawl up into the tower with us. We'd kill them, take them out on the dirt and douse them with lighter fluid. The fleas leaving the burning rat looked like miniature shooting stars. One night we got dropped at the bunker and were met by the biggest rat I've ever seen. He was standing in the entrance on his hind legs growling. Our team leader told the machine gunner to knock it in the head. The gunner boldly approached and the rat's growl turned into the nastiest snarl I've ever heard. Gunner beat feet back to us and told the team leader to get someone with a shotgun to blow the rat away. Team leader called control and described the situation and asked for a shotgun. After alot of laughing control sent a lieutenant with a shotgun. He was grinning as he told us he'd show us how to club a rat. He went charging up to the rat and the rat reared up snarling. The lieutenant came bouncing back, called control and got permission to fire. The rat was obliterated. No snake made a home there fr the rest of my tour, and we had rat problems continuously.
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