OUT OF THE WEST SEATTLE OFFICE///SPECIAL CORRESPONDANT SR. DAVIDSON

RODENT WATCH 2015: 1:35PM: Broadway Farmers Market- Man in soiled white tee shirt grips a soiled white ferret around its ribs and under its armpits. The body of the ferret is limply swaying as the man gesticulates to punctuate a joke which employs a sexual innuendo. Every other HUMAN within sensory range cringes and scoots away from the two of them. In researching whether this report is relevant to RODENT WATCH, this reporter was lead to a publication entitled ALL ABOUT FERRETS AND RATS: A COMPLETE HISTORY OF FERRETS, RATS, AND RAT EXTERMINATION FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND STUDY by Adolph Isaacsen. Based on this source we can report that ferrets have been trained to chase and kill rodents, which begs this question: "Is this man dangling this long bodied ferret, perhaps as a gesture to a rat king that has bested (this) ferret who sought to exterminate him?"

RODENT WATCH SEPTEMBER 27 2015

IN RODENT NEWS: At approximately 3:30 AM a three legged cat (grey, long bodied, dark paws) is seen crossing 19th avenue at Union. Feline is in no rush to cross the empty street and takes me by surprise on my bicycle. Though technically not a rodent, said cat was notable as it had three legs and was PROBABLY hunting rodents in the bask of the (almost) full moon... 8:00 AM: A rather fit looking rat (young adult? on a jog?) is spotted in a stairwell on 15th avenue. Rat does not reappear during the morning though it has been named "Ramon". 8:30 AM: News of a DEN MOTHER rat run rampant through my work place. Said rat is said to be 18 inches long, dirty, mean and old. Allegedly living upstairs behind racks of spices and barbeque sauce...Though I find myself overwhelmed with curiosity/fear, I have doubts that my co-worker (we will call him Eli) is being truthful about the size of the DEN MOTHER. SHE HAS TEETH LIKE NAIL FILES AND THE BRISTLY HAIR OF AN OLD SOW. DEATHS: Two flattened squirrels. SICKNESS: My chicken, Red, has a swollen Crop and is under supervision.