Giant rat: Swedes agog at 'Ratzilla' in Stockholm

Chad Wentworth · March 28th, 2014

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The appearance of a massive rat in a Stockholm family's kitchen has made headlines in Sweden, where it is being dubbed "Ratzilla".

Measuring 40cm (nearly 16in) plus tail, the creature terrified the family in Solna district.

Pest controllers finally killed the intruder using an oversized trap.

Even the family cat had refused to enter the kitchen while the giant rat was in residence, father Erik Korsas told BBC News.

It appears that it reached the kitchen via a ventilation pipe, having gnawed its way through cement and wood.

After devouring food leftovers under the sink, the creature feasted on a "Swedish smorgasbord" of waste in the bin, according to Mr Korsas.

The women of the house - mother Signe and daughters Dana and Erica, 17 and 15 respectively - took fright but his sons, 13-year-old Justus and six-year-old Laurentius, eventually proved themselves as genuine rat-hunters, he said.

It was the boys who investigated after the trap was sprung and the injured animal crawled away. It was they who brought him tools to help establish that it was well and truly dead.

Justus wielded the iPad which captured his father posing with the dead intruder.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26764929

Zander · March 28th, 2014

For fuck sake....a dunt on the nut with a shovel would take care of that. Wimps

***Alex Linder*** · March 28th, 2014

That rat made more effort to get to Swedish food than any creature in history.

***Alex Linder*** · March 28th, 2014

Got to dig the guy has four kids. Good job, mate.

RickHolland · March 28th, 2014

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Originally Posted by Chad Wentworth

Another rat facing the "final solution" goes straight to the oven.

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N.B. Forrest · March 28th, 2014

"MMM! Signe, these Swedish meatballs are fanTAStic! Congratulations on finally learning to cook!"

"Thank you, Mother-in-Law. Here - have another helping...."

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N.B. Forrest Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Virginia, CSA Posts: 11,145	"MMM! Signe, these Swedish meatballs are fanTAStic! Congratulations on finally learning to cook!" "Thank you, Mother-in-Law. Here - have another helping...." __________________ *"First: Do No Good." - The Hymiecratic Oath* *"The man who does not exercise the first law of nature—that of self preservation — is not worthy of living and breathing the breath of life." - John Wesley Hardin*

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Zander Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,629	For fuck sake....a dunt on the nut with a shovel would take care of that. Wimps

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*Alex Linder* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 45,756 Blog Entries: 34	That rat made more effort to get to Swedish food than any creature in history.