Dr David Hobbs added: "I was like, 'that's a mutant otter or something, it's bigger than my dog, for Christ's sake' and Wayne was saying we should catch it, and I was like, 'you fucking catch it'.
BTW, it is possible to get rats the size of a large dog. My mom's boyfriend was a Marine, and he has told the story of how he saw one in Italy several times. And how another Marine buddy of his shot it with a 9mm handgun. Good times