Is the Afghan rat truth or fiction?

People adore legends about such unpleasant and repulsive animals as rats. These rodents each time gaining more popularity in art works and local "horror stories." People, not stinting on words and chilling details, tell each other terrible stories about giant mutant rats that reach incredible proportions and can live to eat a child or an adult person alive. So the story of the Afghan ludode rat shocked Russia in the 1990s.

Sweet Dachshund

This story happened in Russia almost 28 years ago. Rich people of the country in search of constant exotic innovations often got a dog of the breed of dachshund, which was inaccessible to average Russians. One day a woman purchased a dachshund for her family and strolled along the street as if nothing had happened. The dog was very active and mischievous, she constantly ran around the street sniffing something and playing. Soon the dachshunds began to gather near the dachshund. She was so kind and affectionate that the mistress never worried that her doggy could harm others.

Unexpected discovery

Once my family was visited by a close friend who was a veterinarian by profession. Seeing the rate, he fell into horror and immediately called a detachment of militia, which for a long time could not grab the animal. The dachshund had a tough resistance, was very aggressive, and law enforcement agencies had to shoot the animal.

During the investigation it became clear that it was not a dachshund, but an Afghan rat. Which was the size of a dog and almost nothing outwardly different. Only a specialist could determine such a rat. The animal is very strong and unpredictable, it can kill not only a small child, but also an adult person to gnaw. Such a legend has many endings and interpretations, in some history there are murders and terrible consequences of meeting a man with an Afghan rat. It is worth noting that this legend has nothing to do with real stories. People assume that this story began because of the war in Afghanistan. Allegedly, by launching dangerous rats, the terrorists tried to exterminate the enemy. An Afghan rat, the photo of which simply does not exist in nature, so frightened the people that some just stopped buying dog breeds.

Rats in the metro

Another story involving the Afghan rat was unveiled by the metro machinist in Moscow. According to his stories, on the longest corridors of the underground often meet huge rats running across the track. It's supposedly an Afghan ogre-sized rat the size of a huge dog. When the driver makes his way, he often meets with this terrible animal eyes. By the way, the color of the eyes and the situation of the meeting of the driver and the cannibal-rat are constantly changing. It is also unknown the name of the machinist, who exactly witnessed this phenomenon. But the story is actively told to people with blood-drenched details and details.

Rats in caves

The stories of the giant Afghan rats did not escape the Moscow experts who study caves and tunnels. In one of the collectors under the local zoo, a group of diggers was attacked by giant Afghan rats that were about the same size as dogs. Specialists barely fought off giant beasts, throwing their tools into monsters. It should be noted that this story also appears in several interpretations. With each time replenished with mysterious facts and moments. People say that the legend could have arisen because of an anonymous call to a club of diggers - someone said that giant killer rats live in the sewers.

Is there an Afghan rat?

Of course, these stories are real bikes for deterring the people. In fact, rats in Afghanistan do not differ in size from the usual - from the Russian cellars. So, their size does not exceed the average.

Each story that brought Russians to panic horror certainly looks plausible. After all, the biggest rat is really found. And this is not an Afghan ogre-rat, a photo of which no one has ever seen, but a Bosawi rat inhabiting Papua New Guinea.

This giant rat has a length of 82 cm and a weight of 1.5 kg. In fact, this creation is very peaceful and did not even suspect about the existence of man. This animal can be patted calmly, if you have the courage. After all, the animal does not differ much from the basement rat, except that it is a gigantic size. No zoologist has suffered from contact with an interesting find. According to experts, the animal does not escape anywhere and does not show aggression.

Do not deny the fact that sometimes even a small rat for a person seems like a huge creature. But you should not be afraid of huge mutant rats. Those rats that live in urban sewage systems do not have more normal sizes. They will not attack a person for eating or eating. In reality, however, large rats exist, but it is impossible to meet them with a simple urban dweller. And there are no Afghan rats at all. Therefore, you can sleep peacefully.