This two-and-a-half-foot long rat shot in Bradford yesterday .... Are they sure it isn't Chris Caisley ?

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Or maybe Robbie Paul ?

The beast of Ravenscliffe. Been all over Radio Leeds news all day.It was last seen heading towards Wrexham carrying an illegal contract offer in one paw!!!

He shot it with an air rifle ... Jeez, man, do the job properly and use a 12-Bore.

Was it called Basil???

Nah, Millward was in Leigh at the time ....

There used to be giant 2ft long rats where the old Stanningley rugby club was before it got knocked down. Its not that uncommon. Still, when my cat jumps on my lap from now on Id better just glance down and check

And TBF if thats only twice as big as a British rat then ive never seen a rat as the biggest one I have seen probably isnt even the size of that 1s head.

Ditto - the biggest rat I ever saw was one our cat caught, and excluding the tail was probably about 8 inches long. Much nicer colour than that as well, more blond.

They reckon it's a coypu now. The body mysteriously disappeared and they claim a fox ate it. If I was a suspicious person I'd say it was just some chav trying to get 'in t'papers'. It worked!

It's that big it's holding a green brush in its hands. But it's not a rat, it doesn't have a rats face.

I like the comment on that newspaper page ...

"Do they make good pets"