"Oh my G A rat. no Kathy its a real Rat. Eeek and Yuck"
@Hatley (163776)
Garden Grove, California
October 28, 2011 8:00pm CST
oh my goodness I have been fighting this for almost a week. The first time I saw; this huge rat go scooting across our floor in my room I was schocked and glad too as I had thought I was imagining things,that something real had run across the head of my be in the middle of the night. When I saw it I knew I had not imagined. But for several days I did not see it, so I hoped it had run out of our room as my roomie keeps our door open all day. When my son came to see me after work Monday I told him about it and he told me oh do tell the front office so they can get an exterminator to come to your room. well I hesitated as I was afraid I would be told not to keep snacks in my room,But I saw the darned thing again last night. I had a hard time sleeping thinking about that rat. It woke me at 4 am moving about on my bedside stand. that did it. I went down to the front desk and told the receptionist and she called Orkin. they came an hour later and now we have four or five rat traps around the room. so I am praying he or she gets caught sooner than soon. What is your take on this, should I have not waited so long or what?
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@AmbiePam (92711)
• United States
29 Oct 11
I would have said something although I can understand your concern they would be more strict with what they let you keep in your room. I just get so grossed out by rats and mice that I wouldn't be able to keep it quiet. If they have a rat it's definitely not because you keep snacks. I would be so creeped out if one of the traps went off in my room at night. I hope they catch it soon for your sake!
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Oct 11
hi Ambie pam I was also creeped out and last night I just shrieked on no and the thing ran under my bed. I have not slept well since
the first time I thought something ran across my bed. for one thing we aged people have a problem at times here in getting the people in the front desk to believe us. I told Aiada one of the care takers and she laughed, oh My gosh, she la ughed,ugh it is not funny. So again I asked the receptionist if she had thought I was joking and she was already in contact with Orkin. You know I was a little surprised when I first told her about the problem as she right away said I will call Orkin so just maybe they have had other rats here.
'that is also grossing me out. We pay almost one thousand a month to stay here so they should damned well not have vermin running around in our rooms. I love the room but that vermin scares me. glad when itgs caught.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
29 Oct 11
Hide the snacks then tell them.
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HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~3 people like this
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
29 Oct 11
Eek I too would have been up for days on in at night thinking about the rat. I don't like rats and they give me the creeps. lol
I am sure with the number of residents there that many do keep snacks in their room, so waiting to say something would have probably caused for the rules of no food to be strict.
Anyways this happens just about anywhere and having them call Orkin is nothing out of this world and for all you are aware of they probably have done so many times before. Maybe this is why you had not seen a mouse/rat before or it can just be the start of one or more having finally made their way in.
Hopefully this does it, and it it happens again, do tell them as the rats have a tendency to make their way too through your snacks. lol
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Oct 11
hio Hwg oh my nerves have been stretched tight so after last night I got down at nine am and told the receptionist we had seen a rat in our room and she immediately said" I will call Orkin } so I am assuming that this is not something new but I sure hope the
rat gets caught.Yes I keep snacks in the big drawer in my bedside table for low blood sugar but the drawer has no way anything could get in unless it gnawed its way through . but am hoping it will get into one of the traps and get caught.I imagine this is nothing new as she was very poised. I was annoyed at Aiada who laughed and she turned red when I told her it was not funny to me at all.I hate rats and they do carry all sorts of diseases too. I should have done this the first time I saw the thing.
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@celticeagle (166915)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Oct 11
I just answered one about cockroaches and now one about rats. Ugh! I think that is horrid to have rats. I hope it gets caught really quickly. Awful thing is that my daughter used to raise rats. She had like eight or so. They grew pretty big and she would sell the babies to the local pet store.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Oct 11
hi celticeagle there was a mylotter here who told us about having pet rats. that would creep me ou t. but she said hers were
very sanitary. we ll shucks I will just pray that this fellow
gets caught soon and I can forget being so scared. they do
carry diseases.
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@celticeagle (166915)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Oct 11
It really creepred me out to begin with but I got used to it. The domesticated ones are very clean. The wild ones do carry disease. These of my daughters were fine. I helped her feed them one time and one of the new mothers bit me. I never got into their cages or came near them again. They have huge balls.
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@celticeagle (166915)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Nov 11
Rats lead an interesting life. The Orkin man must be busy.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
29 Oct 11
The narration is about a rat and the scare it created. I was reading it fully, I did not look into who has posted it. Alas, it is my aunty and that too one who is in USA. You have rats in USA also. I have not seen rats in usa--I use to come across spiders and other small insects.
In India we have traps made for catching rats-- we keep savouries inside that. Attracted by the smell they enter the trap to eat and get caught, Then we throw them in a distant place.
We have trap with gum --it closes on a rat once it comes on that. It is costly. It costs 2$ or so. 
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Oct 11
hi ravisivan yes to me it was as frightening indeed as I know they carry diseases and scare the heck out of me. I am also happy that
orkin came at once.I am sure the rat will get caught and hopefully that will end the operation RAT. love your sunny face here it always makes me feel happy. and right now I need that. lol.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Oct 11
hi ravisivany yep we do have rats in the US too. but I had never seen one here in Gold Crest till a week ago. the orkin man put five
traps around our room as hopefully that yuckiy rat will get caught. it is huge so its not a mouse at all. thank goodness the admins here have to pay for Orking exterminators. I have a feeling that there are more here in G old Crest but am glad the O rkin man came at once.
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
29 Oct 11
Reading what you have written makes me feel that it was like "operation tiger". Fighting against tigers. Though rats may not be big they cause a lot of scare in many of us including myself. happy your problem is getting reduced/solved.
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@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
29 Oct 11
Oh Hatley, you put me in mind of one time a mouse got in bed with me and ran up and down my side in the blankets! I was so scared. I don't blame you for not reporting it at once, because you were a bit concerned that you couldn't keep snacks in your room. You, being diabetic should have access to snacks when you need them. I'm glad you told them though, so that they can do something about it. Hope they get that little rascal.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Oct 11
hi pointless questions the orkin man was very understanding and was not a bit amused. we now have five traps in here so am hoping
it will not be long before mr or miss rat is caught. Yes its scary have a rat get that close to one,yuck and mice and rats do carry
all sorts of diseases too. Yes I did n
ot want to not be able to have snacks when my blood sugar goes low.
ot want to not be able to have snacks when my blood sugar goes low. 3 people like this
@khare_1005 (1310)
• India
29 Oct 11
madam,you did the right thing in time.you shouldn't have waited for any long.these rodent bring diseases with them so its better that they stay as far away from us as possible.i wish they get trapped soon and my dear madam could rest out properly again in peace of her mind.
But this is not worth they get killed by the poison on the places where we cannot find them easily like beneath bed,under almirah and we can only notice them when they spread bad odour.@khare_1005 (1310)
• India
29 Oct 11
try out rat killers.if one or two die because of the poison,rest all run out of your house.i have tried this one and it works.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
29 Oct 11
You should call as soon as you see a pest. If state inspectors were to come in the facility could get in a lot of trouble. Besides that, it might bite you or carry a disease to you. I hope they catch him soon. This is the time of year mice come in one place at my house. My cats will get them, though. I also put peppermint oil on a cotton ball and put in places they might go. It is always the same one area. Mice do not like peppermint, I am not sure if it repels rats as well. Keep your snacks in tins or glass jars and it will be rat proof.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
29 Oct 11
I would have said something right away.
I dislike rats a lot. Mice I can deal with as they are so tiny.
But rats.....Ewwww! and GROSS!!!!
LOL!
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
29 Oct 11
Are you sure it was a rat and not a mouse? Of course I think the city has rats, country has mice, so I would totally freak if I ever saw a rat. Mice on the other hand, I hate seeing them, but they are small enough they really don't freak me out.
As for saying something earlier, if rats are anything like mice, then a big YES you should have said something. Because with mice, if we don't catch it soon enough, next thing we know, there is a whole family of them. So when we see a mouse, (which thankfully has been many year since I last saw one in my house) we capture it right away to avoid the multiplication..
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
30 Oct 11
Um, 6-7 inches long? That is with or without the tail? With the tail, it might be a mouse, but if it is that long without the tail, it is either a very bug mouse or a rat..
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
30 Oct 11
hi carm no oh no that thing is huge its body looked six or seven inches long without thinking of the ugly tail at all.oh it was
'a rats tail too. that animal really moved and did not seem a
bit scared of us as a mouse wou
d be.
d be.1 person likes this
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Oct 11
hi carm oh no it is huge maybe six or seven inches long dark with that long tail.I am so shook up its hard to sleep at night. I am
hoping the orkin man will come back this weekend to check the traps. the darned thing had run across the head of my bed in the middle of the night. I hate the things and have read they can bite . they also carry all sorts of diseases. I have lived here in Gold C rest for three years and this is a first for me.but they are doing some remodeling up here on the second floor tearing out walls and stuff so do not know if that would bring in rats or not. just hope they
catch the thing.I have a hunch this is not the only call the receptionist has got lately as she was quick to say I will call Orkin.the care taker Aiadia laughed , oh my g she laughed and'
really it was not funny at all. The owners have a responsibility to us who pay a thousand dollars a month for our rooms to keep the place vermin free, this is dreadful and
I am angry.
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@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
29 Oct 11
OMG Hatley, are you positive it was a rat and not a mouse? Rats are very big and this would totally make me freak out! A mouse I could handle a bit more, but a rat???
No, please don't wait any longer if this happens again. I can't believe this and where there is one, there is more. I'm glad to hear Orkin came out and I hope this solves the horrible problem. Watch where you're walking so you don't walk into one of the traps hon! Did this ever happen before?
Why didn't your son go directly to the front desk and report this? Please be careful and is there any way you can keep your snacks in a good container? I know you need them and that's fine, but to have a rat running around is ridiculous and that means there is more than one. I hope this all works out for you and they do something more than Orkin. Now I'm REALLY worried about you!
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Oct 11
hi Kashmeresmycat I really dont think he thought about it and I was not too worried until last night when I saw it again. I had thought
since my roomie insists on leaving our door open during the day
that the rat,oh yes its too big for a mouse, would just run out and go into some other room but no its seemed to s take itself ou in our room unfortunate. OH I will be okay once the rat is caught but I think we are going to have to keep our door closed from now on.
the traps are covered so there's no way we can get hurt on them. they look like paper tunnels. just hope it gets caught soon. the thing
grosses me out.
since my roomie insists on leaving our door open during the day
that the rat,oh yes its too big for a mouse, would just run out and go into some other room but no its seemed to s take itself ou in our room unfortunate. OH I will be okay once the rat is caught but I think we are going to have to keep our door closed from now on.
the traps are covered so there's no way we can get hurt on them. they look like paper tunnels. just hope it gets caught soon. the thing
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@rameshchow (4426)
• India
29 Oct 11
Some sweet or hot food you have hide for rats only, they found it and make your room like that. Instead of all these rats disturbances adopt a rat, that will finish these all rats. Then all is well.
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@rameshchow (4426)
• India
29 Oct 11
anyways, this is a way to make friendship with you for those rats. shake hands with them.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Nov 11
no no pet rat but right now could use a pet c at to catch the rat as the traps are still empty and no orkin man has shown up here at all.had the rat run out of our room or is he hiding and too smart to get caught. I am confused.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
29 Oct 11
Ohhhh my God madam 5 rat traps in your room madam put Tamoto in rat traps then rat will came in traps. A very funny incident happen with me when I was sleeping a mouse is came on my bed and chew to my leg I shouted loudly and suddenly my husband also shouted what happen and fall down from my bed. We both are laughing but then he was annoying on me why shouted and I was crying hmmmmmm
hmmmmmmm rat chew me(Rat ne muje Kat liya)
hmmmmmmm rat chew me(Rat ne muje Kat liya)2 people like this
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Oct 11
hi sureekharathi oh my hehe I can just see you with the mouse
gettin up on your bed and starting to chew on your leg. I would
have yelled loudly too.And shouting at the thing trying to get it to leave, then falling off the bed. Now you are both laughing
but husbands irritated because you shouted. then you did what I
always did when my husband was annoyed with me, cry. that was funny
@mandylee (267)
• China
29 Oct 11
i scared nothing but the rats!the little things is so lousy and carry all kinds of disease.earlier on,i found the mice running around in my house and bite the wire,stolen the food!it's horrible!i decide to get a cat to catch them.after the cat coming,there are no rats anymore!hoping you can catch the rats soon
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Oct 11
hi mandylee yes I do hope it gets caught too as I am scared of it as its huge and they d o carry diseases too.Mice are not as bad but they also carry various diseases and also they can bite you. I have never been bitten and do not want to take any chances of that either. I just hope the Orkin man will come back to check on the traps. . io
@fantabulus (4000)
• India
29 Oct 11
Ohhhhhh my God auntie mice hurt you and traveling around you bed this is not good tell him this is not a bus or train haha...just joking I am came back. Sent my house then I will play with rat hide and unhide
just joking I am came back. Sent my house then I will play with rat hide and unhide2 people like this
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Oct 11
no the rat just scared the heck out of me but I am not hurt fanta
he is a big thing . yes if he does not get caught in one of the traps I will tell him to go to fants's house and play hide
and seek. now I am laughing thanks fanta you cheered me u o.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Nov 11
thankd fanta hide and seek, well maybe thats where my rat went to your house as it sure did not get in any of the traps. either that or it just ran out of here or is too smart to get caught. my
roommate will insist on keeping the door open. hugs from hatley
@fantabulus (4000)
• India
31 Oct 11
Hahahah...auntie fanta forget it the name is the game of hide and seek not hide and unhide ohhhh mice not hurt you means good and he know if he will hurt you then fanta will beat him.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
31 Oct 11
Oh I am so glad we do not have to deal with Rats. I have heard of others having to deal with this as well around here. We have to deal with mice, and wish there was a better way to get rid of them other than traps, but we own a dog so we have to be cautious too. Well, since you needed to make sure this is what you seen, I think you did the right thing by waiting. Hopefully something can happen to rid your place of these mice soon.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
4 Nov 11
Hopefully he has vanished away to never be found.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Nov 11
hi tina I sure hope so too as that was scary seeing that big creature twice. I think we would see him again if he was
still her, I say he as its so big. could be a she but hope
she is not pregnant. yuck.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Nov 11
hi tina oh I do wi sh it would get cau ght but has not so far, as all the traps stay empty. is he too smart for the traps , or did
he run out of the room while my roomie has the darned door
open? all questions and no answers. I have not seen the rat since that second time
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
30 Oct 11
Well one never knows about these things. For me I would have called right away. But, like you said you weren't sure at first if you really saw the rat or not. Once you were sure you did something about it. Be glad it was not crawling on you. Yuck. Glad that they came and did something about it right away.
I should tell your roomie that the door needs to be kept closed. If not I would ask for another roommate if at all possible.
Good luck.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Nov 11
hi marylyn the rat is still not c a ught and I have no idea if its here anymore as I ha ve not seen it since orkin man was here. did
it leave? is it to smart to get caught in those o rkin traps or
what, all questions and no answers
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
5 Nov 11
The Orkin traps work. I use to work in a place that had them in place all the time. As doors opened and closed alot and everything was ground level. I am sure it will take time before it is caught. If your roomie is still leaving the door open then there is a chance the rat will be caught. Good luck.
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
11 Nov 11
Hi Hatley,
Sound like the Rat might have moved one. But, if they did not put traps in other rooms, then I am sure eventually it could stop by for another visit. Hopefully they put more traps out in other places then your room. They might have already caught it.
Have a good evening. Hugs
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@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
31 Oct 11
I think that the last time I lived in a place that had a rat/mice was back in college. I was living in this old house which was converted into a dorm and just very near the campus. I would set up sticky baits at night to catch them.
Good thing I always eat out back then, and I didn't have many food in the room as I didn't want to share it with them.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Nov 11
oh my bounce we still have not caught it so don't know if its still here or if it ran out , as it has not been caught in any of
thge rat traps. I have not seen it since the second time so it
night have ran out of here hoping to find more accessible food.,
mine is not easy to get to. sure hope it did leave. I will check the traps ag ain tonight.
. sure hope it did leave. I will check the traps ag ain tonight.@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Nov 11
hi bunce oh yes I have thought of that too, so am wondering why the orkin people have not been in contact. I check the traps daily but no rat in them. I wonder if their bait is wo rking or not?
@Tina30219 (81925)
• Onaway, Michigan
29 Oct 11
I feel for you I hate rats and mice both. We lived in a old house that was mice infested and the landlord did nothing about it so we got a cat that helped for a while til he found out about it and made us get rid of it. We also set lots of traps and caught alot. We moved from this house after a fire and we lost most of our stuff. I could go on and on about this place which was a very bad place.I hope this rat or rats are caught soon and I don't blame you for being affraid to sleep.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Oct 11
hi tina yes I was afraid the thing would again ru n across mybed above my pillow. the evening of the sec ond time I saw it it was on nybedside stand but jumped off when I yelled. I think its been caught in one of the traps but this is silly I hate to l ook to see. surely the orkin guy is going to check back.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Nov 11
five days now and no rat in any of the traps.is he too smart for the tr aps and will not enter or what Did he run out of
the room
I have not seen the rat at all sincere the orkin man was here but why is not the orkin man coming back here?
e days now and no rat in any of the traps.is he too smart for the tr aps and will not enter or what Did he run out of
the room
I have not seen the rat at all sincere the orkin man was here but why is not the orkin man coming back here?@Tina30219 (81925)
• Onaway, Michigan
29 Oct 11
Hopefully it was trapped. When we lived in our apartment that had a fire we had a mouse run across our headboard. My husband got up and scared it and it ran. I hope they send the orkin guy back out to check things for you.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16763)
• China
29 Oct 11
At first sight of the interesting picture of mylot.com on the right of your discussion,I mistook your discussion for what was related to mylot.com.I didn't know you were pestered beyond endurance with mice until I finished reading it.If only the mouse traps did their work.I guess the mice ran in your room to warm themselves.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Nov 11
hi changjiangzhibin nope I checked last night no rat in any of the traps and I have not seen it so hope it left our room. or is it too
smart to be caught in these trapS my roomie insists on leaving the door open so did it run out?
ave not seen it so hope it left our room. or is it too
smart to be caught in these trapS my roomie insists on leaving the door open so did it run out?@changjiangzhibin89 (16763)
• China
30 Oct 11
I am sorry,I confused rat with mouse ,the rat is larger than the mouse.At the mention of rat,I can associate it with plague caused by plague bacilli.How dreadful!Have the rat traps already caught the rat?
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16763)
• China
5 Nov 11
There is something in what your roomie said.Maybe it was a stray rat and has made its getaway.You may perfectly sleep soundly without any worries.
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@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
30 Oct 11
oh poor Hatley I can imagine your shock. I am all right with mice and even had pet mice but I dont like rats at all. If I had been in your shoes I would have told the receptionist same day I saw it first time even if it had been in the middle of the night.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Nov 11
rittersport hi still ha ve not caught the darned rat and its getting silly and no orkin man came around. where did the
rat disappear too? did he leave our room as she keeps the
damned door open so much? is he too smart to be caught in their
traps?
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
11 Nov 11
no i doubt if any one but me, myroomie and the receptionist
knows there is at least one and maybe more in the place.I saw
it again last night, for several day we did not see it
so I think it roams into more than one room but some are not
observant and it would have to crawl up on their lap and glare
at them for them to realize its there. lol.we have some very
odd people for a place that is supposed to be a retirement center not a mental hospital.
@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
5 Nov 11
they are clever for sure and wont get into the trap as it seems. But I wonder where it is now as you have not seen any trace of it. Did others nearby see it and do they all know there is a rat in the building?
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