YIKES!!

A Portland, Ore., man woke up to the sound of frantic scratching and found a rat trying to claw through the closed lid of his toilet. “I lifted the lid, and this furry little guy with beady eyes looked at me,” said Daniel Powers. He slammed the lid down and piled 20 books on top of it, and by morning the rat was gone. Rodent-control expert Randy Witten said he’s seen dozens of cases of rats coming through sewer lines into toilets. “Keep the toilet lid down,” Witten advises, “and look before you sit down.”