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Re: Anyone We Know??
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 24 Jul 1999 22:30:12 GMT
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rufus@AVOIDSPAMuni-muenster.de
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Rob Doucette wrote:
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> Nobody could verify this (Horst L.) on .off-topic.fun so I'll post it here.
> Sorry for straying.
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> from:
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/od/story.html?s=v/nm/19990719/od/rat_1.
> html
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> Monday July 19 8:27 AM ET
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> Police Shoot Monster Rat
> FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German police killed a dog-sized rat which attacked a
> 59-year-old man outside his home near Frankfurt, Bild newspaper reported
> Monday.
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> The mass-selling tabloid quoted police as saying the half meter (20
> inch)-long rat was as vicious as a fighting dog and as big as a dachshund.
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> It said the rodent's intended victim, identified only as Horst L., heard
> something rustling in a bush and then a sharp hissing. He turned around and
> saw the rat, ready to pounce at him.
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> ``I was rigid with fear,'' said Horst. ``I just had time to grab a wooden
> plank to fend it off.''
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> The rat sank its teeth into the plank and Horst ran inside his home to call
> the police. Officers tried to grab the animal with thick gloves but it
> attacked them so they shot it.
someone should send horst lehner a mail and ask if he's still ok?
(LOL)
rufus t.
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