Rat Alley

Hi, it's TY here, finally writing a blog post on Vicky's blog! :)

Vicky wanted me to share this rather amusing story with you guys:

Vicky and I were going to collect tickets for Harry Potter OOTP and we parked in a little alley near the cinema. The alley was not lit, but there was enough ambient light around, and there was enough light coming from both ends to generally see where you were going. We could see the texture of the ground, but not really details.

Basically, I didn't need to use a flashlight, but of course, I pulled one out for fun. hehe.. I wasn't pointing it at anything in particular, just roughly aimed it in front of us. Now I didn't see anything out of the ordinary but Vicky, who was on my left, suddenly let out a scream, and jumped over to my right side and was clutching me really hard!

I pointed my light down towards the left, and on the ground, only a few feet away, was a really large dead rat! Not only was it dead, but it was pretty gruesome too (not sure how much explicit detail I can go into here.. hehe). It looked like maybe a car had run it over quite recently (for all we know, it was our car).

If she hadn't spotted it in the sidespill from my light, she might actually have stepped on it/tripped over it (it was quite large). LOL, ok I know it's a little mean to be laughing, but it really was quite funny when I think back about it.

So yeah, she was saying I had to share this little story as another good reason to carry lights around. So your partners don't step on dead animals! :)

Now that alley shall forever be known as Rat Alley!! hehe... :P

- T Y -