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Re: Anyone We Know??
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:03:24 GMT
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Horst L., alleged trading partner of one Larry P., slayer of rats, trader of
Lego...
Terry K wrote in message <37944186.3909797@lugnet.com>...
> Know which? The rat or the man?
> I've known a few monster rats in my time.
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> -- Terry K --
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> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 01:40:45 GMT, "Rob Doucette"
> <rob.doucette@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
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> > from:
> > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/od/story.html?s=v/nm/19990719/od/rat_ • 1.
> > html
> >
> > Monday July 19 8:27 AM ET
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > ``I was rigid with fear,'' said Horst. ``I just had time to grab a wooden
> > plank to fend it off.''
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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