Giant rats eat two babies in South Africa

[Kurtis]

can we have guns accessible like that?

[Kurtis]

Reminds me of this story from last year.

HORRIFIED neighbours told yesterday how their homes are being invaded by giant rats - including a 30-INCH LONG monster that was shot dead.

The rodents, twice the size of common types, are plaguing an estate in Bradford, West Yorks, often appearing in kitchens and lounges.

It is feared some could be "super rats" from South America. But the shaken man who shot it in the head - 31-year-old Brandon Goddard - yesterday revealed FOUR others of the same size scuttled away to safety. And he said: "They were more like Ratzillas than rats.

"I got out of there as fast as I could. Who knows how many there will be if they've been breeding?" The shot rat, feared to be from a species native to South America, is TWICE as big as common British types and the largest seen here. The residents of Ravenscliffe estate in Bradford, West Yorks, are used to seeing massive rodents that sometimes appear in their kitchens and lounges. Even so, the new colony shocked them. Shown a picture of the dead creature, mum-of-five Rebecca Holmes, 38, gasped: "Oh my God! I've seen them as big as cats but never that big."

Brandon toted an air rifle as he went "ratting" with pals on the edge of the estate - which they had heard was rife with rodents.

The group heard "rustling and scrabbling" before the five huge rats shot out from behind a wall. Brandon, a manager at a cleaning firm, said: "The first went right past but we got the second one. Then three more got away. "I've seen thousands of rats during the course of my work and go shooting a couple of times a week. But I've never seen any as big as this. The one I shot was absolutely terrifying. I was shaking. Goodness knows where the others went. I'm glad I don't live there."

After taking the photo, the ratters dumped the shot rodent in undergrowth. It is thought it was eaten by a fox. The estate has long had a monster rat problem. Rebecca told how her cat Marie cornered one in her lounge. But it stood and fought as it was just as big as the moggy.

A neighbour clobbered it with a baseball bat. And he and Marie took five dead rats to the local council's offices, tipping them over a desk to demand action.

Rebecca said: "They came quickly, blocked holes and put down poison. But people still see them outside regularly."

Neighbour Julie Briggs, 28, told how she and partner Andrew Denton, 24, hear rats fighting and squealing in the walls of their rented semi, which stands opposite open countryside.

Mum-of-six Julie said: "I find droppings on the cooker when they get into the house. I've seen them in the lounge as we watch TV.

"At night you can hear them chasing each other in the loft. They sound like drag racing cars as they screech across the rafters."

Last night experts called the shot rat "extraordinary" and said the colony was worth investigating. Laura Drake, of the Mammal Society, speculated it could be a coypu - a South American rodent often referred to as a "giant rat". Coypus were thought to have been eradicated in Britain in a cull 20 years ago. But Laura said it was "not impossible" there had been survivors.

Yorkshire Rat Club president Colin Arundel said rodents, like humans, could simply be getting bigger as food becomes more and more available.

The RSPCA said: "The most likely answer is the shot rat was from a non-indigenous species that was in captivity and got out."

Imagine being in your yard and one of these things wanders into the living room, scratch that imagine being in bed and you wake up and one or two of them are in your room looking for food.

Think my Mum would literally die upon seeing that

yea ur mum always gets scared when she sees big things

its kind of annoyin after a while

[Guest Esquilax]

One call to the Home Office and you'll have to get a Lebara sim to say hi to Mrs. Braund mate

Tread carefully

[Kurtis]

LMAO

oh sh*t Im sorry sir, please no phone Home Office

[Skola]

Tribal people breed giant rats for food

Said giants rats come out at night to eat babies faces

How f*ck*ng bizarre

[imhim]

f*ck*ng hell. If one of those was near my house I'd leave and never come back. They can have it, I don't want it anymore.

pppppppppppmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmssssssssssssssssssssssllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

[Guest Klitschko]

Maybe the rat was after some of that cheese the pastor was embessling.

[Seydou]

One rat Tom wouldnt chase.

I had to.

[Guest Esquilax]

Tom NEVER chased rats you f*ck*ng PUSSYole

[Black.]

Them rats are probably using them traps as a bench press

[Afroman]

T.A.O.B

[Frank.]

Tom NEVER chased rats you f*ck*ng PUSSYole

He may own a cat called Tom you jerkoff back the hell off.

[Grafter]

After taking the photo, the ratters dumped the shot rodent in undergrowth. It is thought it was eaten by a fox. The estate has long had a monster rat problem. Rebecca told how her cat Marie cornered one in her lounge. But it stood and fought as it was just as big as the moggy.

LLOOW IT

[Yardie 2.0]

if i see dem rat der...its a shotgun ting.

[Kurtis]

Red Rat >>> Giant Rat

[Yuri]

f*ck*ng hell. If one of those was near my house I'd leave and never come back. They can have it, I don't want it anymore.

hjadadadad

[Guest Esquilax]

Why is everyone laughing so hard at that?

[Kurtis]

feelin left out?

ite

AWEIOGRFIWEGQWEI ZOMG ESQUILAX YOU FUNNY HA HA

that should do it

[Guest Esquilax]

Go gym mate, then you wouldn't have to consider escorts every day

PUSSSSSSYO'

[Supermalt]

oh snap how can eqsui tell u to go gym

[djbmc]

dave's bulking diet is second only to imhim's

[Skenghis Khan]

yh but imhim thinks ronaldo's hench and gets most his protein from tranny d's.

(apparently)

[Kurtis]

I like escorts, theyre so cool, plus your mum doesnt charge me as much as the others would so its all good

[Flojo]

dave's bulking diet is second only to imhim's

[Bruno Di Gradi]

rats on, rats on, rats rats

beat me to it