woman living with rats and snakes
@phillygirl606 (1112)
United States
April 11, 2008 8:32pm CST
Authorities say a woman has been found living with hundreds of rats and four malnourished snakes in a home outside Rochester.
Thurston County Animal Services Director Susanne Beauregard says an official from the Area Agency on Aging alerted authorities about a month ago, but the woman has been uncooperative. She says the woman calls the rats her friends.
On Wednesday a search warrant was obtained and officers found the floor covered with rat droppings and the carpets soggy with rat urine. Beauregard says two malnourished boa constrictors, a corn snake and a king snake were seized from cages.
Investigators believe the woman bought some rats to feed the boa constrictors, but they got loose and filled the house with their offspring.
This is just too creepy, i got goose bumps just thinking about it, I wonder if the rats would run all over her when she was sleeping, eeekkkkkkkkk
2 responses
@Tantum (38)
• Canada
12 Apr 08
As sad as it is, I can't help but wonder if there wern't some other issues at play in this. Especially the woman's mental health. When I first read it, all I could think of is this poor lil old lady, probably had no one left, all she had were these animals. I hope she gets the help that she seems to desperatly need as well
@phillygirl606 (1112)
• United States
12 Apr 08
True, It's like the stories with people haveing 100's of cats and dogs, just this one has to do with rats. Your right she probably doesn't have anyone and might has some mental issues.
@phillygirl606 (1112)
• United States
12 Apr 08
This woman had hundreds of rats though. That is way over the extreme. And living with them all like it was nothing. Rats running everywhere just seems a little creepy too me
