Bradford Giant Rat BS

[JonathanD]

Anyone else see this...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3102460/Invasion-of-the-giant-rats-in-Bradford.html

The rat is being held close to the camera lens and far away from the person holding the (what looks like long poled lawn shears) stick.

Going off the length of the blades on the shears, and the fact teh rat is closer to them than the person in the background, it is a big rat, but certainly no monster as the report would have you suggest.

I've done loads of research into pictures of this type sent to us with snakes. All of them use this same trick to make a regular sized animal appear four times the regular size.

Here are a few classics....

 

[Graham_S]

the Daily Mail does the same thing with knives.

 

[JonathanD]

the Daily Mail does the same thing with knives.

The swines. I had a cracker earlier this year of a grass snake which was "measured" as being 10ft long. Ridiculous!! Unfortunately I can't publish it here, but it is clearly in the same vein as these fakes.

 

[Retired Member southey]

The bit about coypu is great"its not impossible that could have been survivors" I belive the same goes for the loch ness monster"it's not impossible that i was dressed as a rat and hanging out in her kitchen"

 

[EdS]

Ok- defo no 2 1/2 foot long rats in Bradford. How do I know? The part of Env Health I work in is Drainage and Pest Control for Bradford Met.

WE do have some biggies though - but it is just like the locals getting bigger to junk food diet. Not only are they getting fatter but as protein is no longer a limiting factor in growth they are getting "taller" (or is it longer). Just as the Japanese did after adopting a more western meat richer diet.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

'Thas no a rat.... issss a hhamster Mr Faulty!

 

[Bushwhacker]

I know fishermen who do that photo thing too.

The Telegraph used a stock photo of a Malagasy giant rat. Why do they do things like that?

 

[pango]

I know fishermen who do that photo thing too.
The Telegraph used a stock photo of a Malagasy giant rat. Why do they do things like that?

Yea, but only novice anglers think they are fooling anyone, Bushwhacker.

The gutter media do things like that because they're despicable!

Cheers.

 

[Bushwhacker]

Yea, but only novice anglers think they are fooling anyone, Bushwhacker.

Cheers.

I dunno, Des Taylor's column in the Angling Times last week or the week before highlighted how some of the big guns have been BSing too, they all got found out though.
Some people must be incredibly dumb if they think they can pull the wool over peoples' eyes.

 

[sam_acw]

When I lived there I never saw big rats, only very very fast ones. We called them Bradford bunnies and presumed that all the slow ones were kebabs.

 

[Shewie]

When I lived there I never saw big rats, only very very fast ones. We called them Bradford bunnies and presumed that all the slow ones were kebabs.

You're not too far from the truth there Sam.

There used to be a really nasty kebab trailer outside Maestros in the 90s, I'm sure they were cooking up rats and cats. Tasted okay though at 03:45 when you're waiting for a taxi.

 

[EdS]

we got real Bradford bunnies in the garden. Plus some pretty big and fast rats around site.

Sam- do you want some brining over for old times sake?

 

[gregorach]

[Father Ted is demonstrating some plastic toy cows to Dougal.]

"OK, one last time. These are smalll... but the ones out there are far away. Small... far away... ah forget it!"

 

[The Big Lebowski]

[Father Ted is demonstrating some plastic toy cows to Dougal.]

"OK, one last time. These are smalll... but the ones out there are far away. Small... far away... ah forget it!"

LoL! i watched that just the other night

now c'mon dougal!!

 

[Ph34r]

What a load of BS, I am loving the last piccy of the snake though!