It Was A Rat, Not A Cat, Fancy That!

Posted by Gold FM on 08/09/2011

When the Waihi Volunteer Fire Service were called out to an Adams Street property to help a distressed moggy owner to retrieve her beloved cat from a wall cavity in her house, Chief Fire Officer Moe Stevens scratched his head, as he couldn't see how the cat would have been able to get into the wall.

The lady was certain the cat had been in the ceiling and must have fallen into the wall cavity, so a hole was cut in the wall to retrieve it.

Instead of a cat it was a "bloody great rat" that poked it's wriggly snout out to see what all the commotion was about.

Luckily a pair of leather gloves was worn to extract the rat, but even that didn't stop the rat from chewing the fat, so to speak. It took a bit of a bite and gave the fireman a fright as he ended up at the doc for a jab the morning after that night!

Where is the cat, well we don't know that, but we'll try to find out and let you know.

Listen to Moe talking to Brian Gentil about the rat's tale ...