THE DR. PHILBILLY SHOW – The Missing Rat Trap
Many years ago my brother-in-law, Tim, bought a mobile home and put it on his water front lot down by the pond. He was so proud, it was his first real place. After a few nights he thought he might have a rat so he put out a trap…the spring loaded kind that goes “snap!” One night he hears the trap go off, so he goes to check it out but it’s gone. Hmm…That’s strange. He puts out another trap and goes back to bed. The next day same thing happens, he hears the snap of the trap and goes running to check it out and the trap is gone again. Same thing the next day, “Snap!”, he goes to check and the trap is gone. What the heck? This getting ridiculous. So he goes to Wal-Mart and gets one of those jumbo size traps. The next night he sets it out in the same place and “Snap!” the trap is gone again. Now this is really starting to aggravate Tim so the next day he gets another super size jumbo trap and nails it to the floor with a 16 penny nail. That trap isn’t going anywhere.
Later on that night here we go again “Snap!” Tim gets up to check and he sees a rat the size of a small dog limping across the floor with this trap hanging from its leg and a nail sticking out of it. Tim wipes his eyes with his hands and takes another look. He just can’t believe what he’s seeing.
About every third step the rat stops, looks at Tim and shakes his leg trying to get the trap off.
About 2 am we get a knock at the door. I get up in my Tweety Bird boxers and answer. It’s Tim, with an overnight bag. He walks in talking to himself. I overhear him saying something about selling his place and giant rats. He walks to the window and pulls back the curtains taking one last look outside. Then he walks straight to my couch and goes to bed without saying a word. That must have been one scary rat, especially to be worried that it followed you. I’m just sayin’.
You never know that rat might follow him. LOL But I have had that happen to me, in a house that was wayout in the country and I just didn’t think that they got that big. specially coming from a small town, we never had to deal with thing like that, then you find out that they are as bigs a cat or dog, that isn’t easy to sleep in the same house with something like that. LOL
Lila…I thought the rat did follow. Tim actually thought it followed him in a car, lol. Now that one heck of a rat.
LOVE this story. and working with greg is slidell–and we live in the woods in mcneill–i have seen some. maybe that was a nutria and not a rat. wait–ain’t that the same thing?lol some people eat nutria–not me!!!!
Mississippi mama….you should create a nutria dish on your cooking show. I’m just sayin’.
LOL! WAYNE, I HAVE SEEN A RAT THAT BIG BEFORE, WELL ALMOST ANYWAYS. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS LITTLE WE HAD ONE IN OUR HOUSE IN LUMBERTON AND MOM RAN OVER IT WITH THE DISHWASHER….IT WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SMALL HOUSE CAT….IT DIDNT KILL IT BUT IT MORTALLY WOUNDED IT AND DADDY HAD TO TAKE CARE OF PUTTING IT OUT OF ITS MISERY AND I CRIED OVER THAT RAT! CAN U BELIEVE THAT???
Ginger…Ur family is sure tuff on the rats huh? lol…Can’t blame u tho. They give me the creeeps!
I would not have been able to sleep there either!! I am scared of a little mouse- a rat would give me a heart attack for sure. Wonder if it was the same rat every night? hehe
Tina…It was the same rat…his name was George and he was from Germany. He moved here for the supurb SPAM. lol
When I was a young girl, my grandma’s things kept disappearing. Her purse, her keys, her shoes, the lids to her pots and pans… things went missing all the time. She, of course, blamed us. We just laughed it off. “Grandma’s getting old and senile,” we said. One night while we were staying the night with her, she decided to sit quietly in the dark and wait for the culprit to make a move. Sure enough, at about 3am, she heard noises. She flipped on the flashlight to find a rat the size of a small chihuahua pushing a loaf of bread across the room with its head. She screamed. We came running. The rat never flinched. After that, there were never any attempts to catch it or trap it or kill it. She decided not to push her luck. The rat got a name (please don’t ask, my grandma had a filthy mouth from time to time), its own place to sleep, and the occasional peace offering so she wouldn’t get attacked at night. And I never stayed the night with her again.
Paula…So the trick is to make the rat at home. Feed it and give it a nice place to sleep then it will leave u alone. Huh? Never thought of that. Makes since tho. Where can u purchase rat beds anyway?
Did Tim ever find a buyer or did he let the rat put his name on the mailbox? Melissa’s dad should have turned his beagles out. Funnnny stuff.
Myrna…Tim camped out with us for a while then he claimed it back, lol…they turned that place inside out. It was a rat war zone.
LOL – I can only shake my head and say a nice little prayer for Tim.
Thats sweet of you Little Paige, but how bout a prayer for me to. If these rodents figure out where everyone is fleeing to I’ll be under a rat attack. I might have to put on my Tweety Bird boxer, grab my broom and put some red neck ninja moves on em.
Well now Wayne you know everyone in our family doesnt like critters i mean even you had that war with that racoon or possum… I dont think anyone in our family realizes that we are bigger and stronger we just run away like lil chickens… and im the biggest chicken of all!!!
Ohh and you have to make fun of my mom… there was a rat running through the house wed morning and she tried to jump on top of the dishwasher several different times and could never make it up cuz she was screaming so loud… i was running at first then had to stop cuz i was laughin so hard at her!!!
Ha Ha..Now Sarah thats funny. I can just picture her trying to get up on that dishwasher and not being able to make it, lol. Wish I could have seen that one. Would have been a story there fo sho!
TIM NEVER DID MOVE BACK.. HE SOLD OUT .. HE’S NOT SCARED OF MUCH BUT THAT RAT DID HIM IN…HE SAID IT WAS THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL WITH HAIR LOL