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2003-12-31 Middle East

Israeli Troops Battle Giant Rats (no, for real)

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2003-12-31 2:17:31 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In Chicago, we call them "superates." Had a big problem w/them in the 70s and 80s.

Posted by Anonymous2U 2003-12-31 3:00:21 AM|| 2003-12-31 3:00:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The public sanitation in the town must be breaking down for such a problem to occur. No a good sign.

Posted by Bernardz 2003-12-31 11:01:34 AM|| 2003-12-31 11:01:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I've got a nice tomcat I'll let them borrow. Leo is a mixed breed, looks like a Russian Blue, and weighs in at about 25 pounds. He killed and dragged home a possum the week before Christmas. What a possum was doing in the center of Colorado Springs is beyond me. The next-door neighbor had a real problem with raccoons until recently. Leo came home with a gashed ear and the tail of a raccoon back in September, and the raccoon problem seems to have disappeared. I don't know of any rat that would stand up to him. The only problem is, rats tend to pack up, while cats hunt individually.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-12-31 11:03:49 AM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-12-31 11:03:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "No, Willard, no! Noooooo!"

Posted by Mike 2003-12-31 12:31:07 PM|| 2003-12-31 12:31:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 We've seen "Willard", now if we could just upgrade to "Ben".. Giant rats _serving_ the US forces in the Middle East, spying upon and attacking the Islamoloonies for us.

Hey, OP.. I see you live in the Springs. I used to call that home, and live only 200 miles away these days. Perhaps we might schedule a get-together sometime?

Ed.

Posted by Ed Becerra 2003-12-31 2:21:33 PM|| 2003-12-31 2:21:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 OP -- while driving home from the parents' on Christmas Eve, I saw a raccoon poking his head out of a storm drain. He turned to follow me as I passed, so he was definitely alive. They don't exactly live in the middle of the city, but I think it gives a clue as to where possums and raccoons are hanging out in a city.

(Next, of course, come the infamous sewer coyotes...)

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-12-31 3:52:47 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2003-12-31 3:52:47 PM|| Front Page Top

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