{"id":2117,"date":"2012-12-17T22:41:16","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T05:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2012-12-17T22:45:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T05:45:28","slug":"mystery-solved-but-eewwwwww","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/2117","title":{"rendered":"Mystery solved, but eewwwwww!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My preferred method<\/p><\/div>\n

So, our house has a detached garage in our backyard. The reason I mention that will make sense in a moment. In that garage, I keep a rat trap placed in the corner as we’ve seen evidence of rats about. No biggie. I check on it every few days and once or twice a year, I dispose of anything that falls victim to it.<\/p>\n

About five weeks ago, the rat trap (show left) was missing. Since it’s near some cabinets, I suspected that a trapped rat dragged it behind one of the pedestal. Nope. Under the shelves? No. Next to some bags? Uh uh. It was just gone. Very strange, indeed.<\/p>\n

This past weekend I was working on the pond and I saw something at the bottom. I believed that one of the fish had died. Unfortunate, but it happens. When I went to scoop it out, something didn’t look right. I first noticed the nose and whiskers and then quickly saw the trap hanging off the right shoulder. The body was a bit bloated, but that’s to be expected.<\/p>\n

I’m glad the mystery is finally solved, but, man, what a way to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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