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Rat Splat

September 22nd, 2006 · 15 Comments

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Roscoe Village, Chicago

I walk over this piece of sidewalk every day on Roscoe Street. Obviously a rat met his demise here when the cement was wet. Gross!

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  • 1 jt // Sep 22, 2006 at 7:39 am

    I walk by that almost everyday as well, but I always assumed it was a very well executed joke. Although anything is possible, it just seems too perfect to be real.

  • 2 Nan // Sep 22, 2006 at 9:10 am

    that IS really gross

  • 3 jp // Sep 22, 2006 at 7:34 pm

    Although we’re not able to see the entire surrounding sidewalk from your picture - I would be surprised that there are not more paw/claw marks. And I really doubt a tough city rat would be stopped by cement. Someone likely killed it and/or planted it there…

  • 4 don loeb // Sep 22, 2006 at 10:41 pm

    what a cool shot…seriously…

  • 5 jeff // Sep 23, 2006 at 9:58 am

    OK, Rachelle, come clean. You are the one that planted this rat there, aren’t you??

  • 6 Crissy // Sep 24, 2006 at 2:52 pm

    Ewww! SO gross!

    But, yeah, as Don said, awesome capture. :o)

  • 7 Sonia // Sep 24, 2006 at 5:18 pm

    Real or not real, this photo is amazing and scary, too!

  • 8 Simon // Sep 24, 2006 at 5:55 pm

    Awww Poor Cuttee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wittle Rattie!!!!!!!!!

  • 9 Scot // Sep 25, 2006 at 8:23 am

    Can’t think of a better emblem for Roscoe St. I keep wondering though… What was that rat doing just before he… well you know?

  • 10 mom // Sep 25, 2006 at 12:09 pm

    and the prints to the left make it look like his ghost walked away !

  • 11 rachelle // Sep 25, 2006 at 2:00 pm

    there are more prints on the sections of sidewalk near this one.

  • 12 Jen // Sep 27, 2006 at 4:12 pm

    Is it wrong of me to love this?

  • 13 Aunt Susie // Sep 27, 2006 at 7:12 pm

    I’m sorry, I can’t look at this. I just can’t. Especially following the food photos. Scroll back and forth once… First it’s like “Yum…I’m hungry”…. [scroll..scroll] OHMYGAWKGGHTTSHFGRRPHMPH

  • 14 Nick // Oct 1, 2006 at 6:04 pm

    I just found your blog doing an image search of Roscoe Village. I also see this daily and it’s one of my favorite markers in the neighborhood.

  • 15 Edwin // Oct 3, 2006 at 5:25 am

    I’m not so sure he met his demise there. Notice how the paw prints are going the other direction. I would have expected a dragging print of it’s tail though. The double paw prints make me wonder though. I can’t make sense of it. I’d love to hear what a forensics expert would say.*lol*

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