"Giant super-strong radioactive rats"?????

[seawasp]

One of the local radio stations (I think WPYX, Pyx-106) has been reporting about an "outbreak" of "irradiated" or "radioactive" (they confuse the terms) rats ("at least 13" long!") in three or four counties, apparently from Knolls Atomic Power Labs. I thought it was a joke, but it's been going on quite a bit and they had people apparently calling in and describing the situation seriously. If it's a joke, they've carried it way too far. And these things are coming through the sewers and they're having people put 45lb+ weights on the toilet lids to keep the things from coming through?

What???

I must get verification of this. Or else prove it's a hoax and tell 'em they've really gone stupidly over the line.

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Update...

[seawasp]

... so far, I have found no confirmation. This is looking more and more like idiots on the air. This was of course my suspicion, but I would've thought that as they were also having their regular newsreader person confirm the "story" they'd realize this could be panicking for people silly enough to believe it.

Re: Update...

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

"Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't believe they exist." *WHUMP!*

Re: Update...

[zyxwvut.livejournal.com]

ROUS'es... bwah hah hah!

Z

P.S.: You'd think they'd have the common decency to pull this kinda crap on April 1st, at least. I actually had the misfortune to learn about September 11th from a rock-&-roll station; I came in at about the time that someone called in to specifically ask if this was a "War of the Worlds"-type deal.

P.P.S.: We actually didn't listen to any radio on our recent spin through Capitaland, but if we had, it probably would have been Q-104.

Re: Update...

[sinanju.livejournal.com]

Hey, pay close attention! We could be witnessing the 21st century equivalent of Orson Welles' martian invasion....