Hackney council made a wonderful response to that ‘rat as big as a 4-year-old’ story

A story doing the rounds today was about a rat ‘the size of a small child‘ found near a kids’ play area on a housing estate in east London.

This massive rat will give you nightmares https://t.co/Ksovr6gwMR pic.twitter.com/Jr5EmDLCbU

— Evening Standard (@standardnews) March 11, 2016

Hackney council didn’t seem that convinced.

@standardnews It’s probably not that big. Our pest control team are checking it out though. pic.twitter.com/nqYFYjw4K4

— Hackney Council (@hackneycouncil) March 11, 2016

They weren’t the only ones to point out the ‘these are small, but those are far away’ aspect of the rat photo.

That giant rat photo pic.twitter.com/srmCynVNoA

— Seb Patrick (@sebpatrick) March 11, 2016