Apparently the enormous rat, which was 10 times the weight of an average rat, had been active in Shaoyang for some time, hunting and eating 7-pound fish whole.

Eventually, local farmers teamed up to catch the "ratzilla" and put an end to its reign of humongous rodent terror.

In parts of China, rat is considered highly nutritious and is often eaten, so the farmers who brought the ratzilla down then dressed the animal for its meat. According to Yahoo News, they broke two knives in their efforts to carve up the rodent.

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http://www.pawnation.com/2013/10/02/11-pound-ratzilla-caught-in-china/

A naked Georgia man who was arrested in a restroom of an Arby’s restaurant told police they wouldn’t arrest him because he was covered in excrement. According to the Columbus Leger-Enquirer, Kenyatta Griffin, 40, believed that peace officers would be reluctant to transport him in a police cruiser.

“B*tch, I got sh*t on me!” Griffin said to police when they cornered him in the outside men’s room at the Arby’s, which is located on Victory Drive, the main road serving the sprawling U.S. Army base located at Ft. Benning. “You are not going to put me in your patrol car.”

Witnesses reported seeing Griffin naked from the waist down outside the restaurant at around 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/02/poop-smeared-naked-man-to-cops-btch-i-got-sht-on-me-so-you-wont-put-me-in-your-car/

It took five months, but Wayne Klinkel was reimbursed $500 Monday by the federal government for his dog’s expensive taste.

“It all comes out in the end,” Klinkel said, laughing. “It was great to get the check after all the crap I went through.”

The saga of Sundance began last Christmas, when the elderly golden retriever and his owners, Wayne Klinkel and his wife were on a road trip from Montana to Colorado to visit their daughter and her husband, Amy and Coty Church, in Denver. The Klinkels stopped at a restaurant for dinner, and left Sundance in their locked vehicle. They also left five $100 bills, and a $1 bill, in a cubbyhole.

http://helenair.com/news/local/us-treasury-reimburses-helenan-after-pet-s-expensive-snack/article_717856e4-2b2a-11e3-9029-0019bb2963f4.html

LONG ISLAND CITY — The CrossFit workout craze is about to get some new pint-sized devotees.

The Hunters Point gym CrossFit Gantry will begin offering classes to children as young as 3 years old this week, giving kids a specially tailored version of the popular fitness program — which emphasizes strength, conditioning and a varied workout routine.

"They love it," said Michele Kelber, a certified CrossFit Kids coach who says youngsters are often drawn to CrossFit because they want to work out the same way as mom or dad.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130919/long-island-city/long-island-city-gym-teach-crossfit-toddlers

When the inevitable zombie apocalypse begins and brain-devouring hordes of the living dead start destroying civilization, Orlando will be prepared.

Tucked away in strip mall off Sand Lake Road near International Drive is one of the country’s only shops dedicated to killing the undead: the Zombie Survival store.

“ Zombies get people excited”, said owner Kurt Josephs, who also owns Josephs Liquor & Fine Wines located next door. “It’s a craze right now.”

Stocked with surplus supplies from the U.S. Army and Navy, the Zombie Survival store has almost everything to combat flesh-eating zombies, including gas masks, boots, camouflage shirts, backpacks, MREs, machetes.

There’s also life-sized, three-dimensional zombie targets that actually bleed when hit and official United Sates Zombie Hunting Permits.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/blogs/jon-busdeker/os-zombie-survival-store-orlando,0,4071754.post

Frank Baker faced death while earning two Purple Hearts in Vietnam, but the scariest moment of his life came in June 1995.

Baker was in his home in Vermont, when he suddenly burst into flames, an experience he discusses for the first time on "The Unexplained Files," airing Oct. 2 on the Science Channel.

"We were getting ready for fishing and sitting on the couch," Baker said on the episode. "Everything was great. [Friend] Pete [Willey] was sitting next to me [and] we were having a helluva time."

That is, until things started heating up -- literally -- when flames appeared on Baker's body.

"It was the damndest thing I've ever seen," Willey remembered. "Frank was freaking out and making me freak out."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/01/frank-baker-spontaneous-combustion_n_4024833.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

IOWA CITY — A former employee of an ice cream store has been accused of stealing money, cakes and other treats from the business.

Iowa City Police said 25-year-old Conor P. Fudge entered a downtown Cold Stone Creamery after business hours on Sept. 11 and Sept. 12. Security footage shows him taking money from a safe, as well as cakes and containers of ice cream.

The store owner said Fudge, who stopped working at the business in late August, entered with an unauthorized key. The stolen money and property was estimated at about $500.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20131001/NEWS/131009968/1016

A Bellevue middle school teacher fired for showing up to work drunk now demands he be rehired.

Filing a lawsuit earlier this month, former Chinook Middle School physical education teacher Erik Schock claims the Bellevue School District was wrong to fire him after a February incident when Schock was found to be drunk at work.

Schock was removed from the school and ultimately fired after an assistant principal there noticed he stunk of alcohol. The firing was upheld following an administrative review by a retired judge; Schock has since sued in King County Superior Court, claiming the district had no cause to fire him.

Detailing the allegations in an August report, hearing officer Terry Lukens found Schock, an 11-year school employee, was indeed drunk at work. His blood alcohol level was estimated at .15, nearly twice the .08 threshold set for drivers.

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Bellevue-teacher-who-was-drunk-at-work-sues-to-4850304.php