The Black Hole
A news flash came up on the television after the body of an elderly man was found with part of his body missing . It was not thought that the body had been there long before it was discovered . The police was appealing to the public for any information to come forward .
The police officer who was assigned to the case was Joe Freeman . He had been with the force for a few years and had already successfully dealt with two other suspicious deaths in the past, so it was thought that he would be the best man to deal with this case to bring it to an early close .
At first he thought that the old man had collapsed and died of hypothermia and that the cold had caused his hand and one of his feet to drop off . Parts of his face were also missing . As the forensic reports began to come back from the lab , it started to look very suspicious; large teeth marks where found to be the cause of his wounds . Officer Freeman decided to do a search around the site where the body was found .
Several officers were assigned to the operation . "I'll have you four searching the river and you three come with me to do a finger tip search of where the body was found."
"Yes sir." As the men searched along the river something very odd was found by one of the officers . He called over to D.I. Freeman "Sir , come here quick."
"what is it?"
"it's a big hole sir ." What was more surprising was the large droppings outside the hole .
"What sort of animal did this?" they each asked in turn .
A torch was shone into the hole, but it was to deep too see what was inside . It was decided that two of them would have to go ...
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"Yes sir." As the men searched along the river something very odd was found by one of the officers . He called over to D.I. Freeman "Sir , come here quick."
"what is it?"
"it's a big hole sir ." What was more surprising was the large droppings outside the hole .
"What sort of animal did this?" they each asked in turn .
A torch was shone into the hole, but it was to deep too see what was inside . It was decided that two of them would have to go in .
"Okay Conner and Millburn . You're the smallest , you go in and see what you can find ." Ordered the inspector .
Conner went first . It only seemed seconds before they were both emerging from the hole , ashen faced , and very shaken by what they had seen .
"Good grief man , what's in there?" asked D.I. Freeman . It took a minute or two before either of them could speak , but eventually Millburn spluttered , "oh god , it was awful , there are dozens of half eaten bodies, and the most awful stench . "
Conner was on his knees throwing up . Then , there was a sound of splashing in the distance .
"Quiet you lot !" demanded the Inspector . They all took cover and silently waited to see what was making the noise .
To their horror , a family of rats were returning to the hole , pulling another body between them . They could not believe their eyes . Rats as big as sheep , with large teeth . They watched open mouthed as the giant rats disappeared into the hole pulling the body behind them . The inspector decided it was time to make a hasty retreat back to the station and decide what action to take next , to get rid of these vermin for good .
It was decided that experts had to be called in urgently before more people were killed , but would a normal rat catcher be able to deal with these giant rats ? They had to try , and pretty quick . There was no time to waste !
The rat catchers were called , but when they heard about these giant rats they were concerned about their own safety . "We want some back up!" Said the superior Joe Williams . He sounded worried about what he was going to see .
"We're not going in alone in case the poison fails to work on these giants I mean they could start attacking us."
"Get the armed police there for back up ."
A plan was drawn up for the operation to take that evening , there was no time to spare . The rat catchers were to go in first , (a team of a dozen was thought would be needed) followed very closely by the armed S.W.A.T. team .
The inspector thought a night operation would be best as this was the most likely time the rats would be leaving the hole in search of food . He was right . No sooner had they arrived and took their planned position the rats began to emerge , and go off in search or food .
Straight away the rat catchers went in to plant their poison bait . To there surprise, no adult rats were found but there, in a nest of rubbish and filth were babies, that were already bigger than normal rats . They still had there eyes closed , and so it was easy to feed them the arsenic acid coated bait, which killed them instantly . But would it work on the adults ? It didn't take long before the rat catchers got out of there ! They were also visibly shaken as they emerged from the hole . Before anyone had chance to speak, one of the giant rats appeared from nowhere and pounced on one of the rat catchers .
"oh my God !" he yelled, as the rat tore off part of his ear . Blood was streaming down his neck as he tried to escape . The rat then latched onto his legs , as he tried to run away , but it just tore a chunk from his calf .
"help me , for God sake , somebody help me !" he screamed .
Then the other rats appeared and all hell let loose . The armed squad jumped into action , and lit up the darkness with gunfire......followed by silence , except for the moans from the injured rat catcher , and sirens in the distance from the other emergency teams . The police helicopter hovered above beaming down a powerful spotlight which lit up the river , exposing the carnage . Dead rats lying like massive rocks in the water. Finally they were all dead.........or were they?
