Legendary Over-weight Rodent Spotted

Every area in Britain has its stories about legendary over-sized animals, to which you have to listen patiently, as some local dribbles on and on, one cold wintery evening down the pub. One such animal is the terrible legendary High Down Rat. That rat was supposed to rip off the tops of houses and eat the small children and babies from their beds. Myth and nonsense, we always assumed, fuelled by long winter nights down the pub. My slightly simple uncle said he'd even seen it once, at Brooke beach, late one cold April evening. He said it was bigger than the cliff - about ten double-decker buses high. We sniggered when he told us this, and we rolled in our own tears when he mentioned that, on seeing him, this giant rat grudgingly waded out to sea and disappeared into the waves, swimming as gracefully as a dolphin.

However, last night while walking out at Chale Green, I looked west at the wonderful sunset, only to see the silhouette of the legendary rat perched up on High Down in Freshwater. It seemed to be enjoying the views, but before I could get the video working it had slithered off the cliff into the sea and paddled away in the direction of Bournemouth.