Maxine Killingback recreates the scene at her partner's Woolwich flat
A disabled woman in Deptford was horrified after being bitten by a rat which came up through her toilet while she was sitting on it.
Maxine Killingback, who lives on her own, jumped up in shock when she felt the rat bite the top of her leg and fell over onto the floor, hurting her back.
After drowning the rat herself using a plunger and barricading the toilet to stop other rats which were trying to get out, she phoned Greenwich Council only to be told she would have to wait three weeks for them to come and sort out the problem.
The 55 year-old, from Armada Court, Creek Road, Deptford, was too afraid to go back in the bathroom and fled the flat to stay with her partner in Woolwich following the incident on March 17.
She said: "You don't expect to sit down to spend a penny and be bitten by a rat.
"It just felt like someone had put a needle in me.
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"When I jumped up it seemed to still have a hold on me."
Ms Killingback, who has rheumatism in her legs and back, said the rat was still trying to get out of the toilet after she fell on the floor.
She tried flushing the toilet chain twice but the creature came back each time.
Ms Killingback said: "It was a big, black one, seven or eight inches long.
"It was trying to climb up but it kept sliding back down. I put a plunger down the toilet but it kept trying to get out."
Ms Killingback, who says she has a nervous disposition, then jammed a bleach bottle next to the plunger and kept it there until the rat had drowned.
She said: "Then there were more coming up, I could see their noses poking through the gap.
"I just put two big boxes of washing powder and other things on top of the toilet to block it and shut the bathroom door.
"I've never known anything like it.
"My next door neighbour came in to verify what had happened because I thought I was going mad."
Ms Killingback phoned the council but was told it was not an emergency and she would have to wait.
She said: "I didn't know what had hit me I really didn't. I'm so upset."
After returning to the flat last night (March 18) Ms Killingback says she has already seen three rats in the kitchen.
She said: "I'm petrified and I don't know what to do. I can't wait three weeks can I?"
Posted by: big steve, lewes on 5:13pm Wed 19 Mar 08
The rat was black huh?
clearly not indeginous then, I knew an immigrant would be to blame.
Croyboy I am very dissapointed in you being so slow on the uptake, this story surely has excellent credentials for some immi bashing, no?????
The rat was black huh?
clearly not indeginous then, I knew an immigrant would be to blame.
Croyboy I am very dissapointed in you being so slow on the uptake, this story surely has excellent credentials for some immi bashing, no?????
I bet the same rat also went and committed a crime that 'never used to happen in the good old days'.
Must be an immigrant rat.
Eh Tigs? Croyboy?
By the way Graham, on the subject of spelling, what does amounst mean?
I bet the same rat also went and committed a crime that 'never used to happen in the good old days'.
Must be an immigrant rat.
Eh Tigs? Croyboy?
By the way Graham, on the subject of spelling, what does amounst mean?
Posted by: big steve, lewes on 2:26pm Thu 20 Mar 08
[quote]Maybe an immigrant would be able to spell 'indigenous'!
Isn't it amazing how it is always the Thickest amounst us that are so racist[/quote]
You are petty enough to highlight my spelling mistake , yet stupid enough to make one of your own in the same post.. "amounst".
Whilst I agree with you that thickness and racism go hand in hand, I would also say that stupidity and pettiness are also synonimous with these character traits.
p.s I have included a little spelling mistake , graham do you think you could marvel us again with your superior intelligence and point it out???????
Maybe an immigrant would be able to spell 'indigenous'!
Isn't it amazing how it is always the Thickest amounst us that are so racist
You are petty enough to highlight my spelling mistake , yet stupid enough to make one of your own in the same post.. "amounst".
Whilst I agree with you that thickness and racism go hand in hand, I would also say that stupidity and pettiness are also synonimous with these character traits.
p.s I have included a little spelling mistake , graham do you think you could marvel us again with your superior intelligence and point it out???????
Posted by: Anna Maria, Italy on 6:48pm Thu 20 Mar 08
Wow!!!! Another story with rats.... I remember I had read last year for the Christmas' period the story of that family who had the mouses in the house and these mouses eated also their chocolate decorations put on the Christmas' tree. This one is very particular. Hope the leg of the lady is fine now.
Perhaps the rat was simply scared by that enourmous shadow over him and bited her for defence.
Didn't they notice any rats previously in the house? It appears to be strange because the familiarity with the place that the rat had let think that they consider the toilet like their doors. And rats inside houses can be really devastating I think so.
Wow!!!! Another story with rats.... I remember I had read last year for the Christmas' period the story of that family who had the mouses in the house and these mouses eated also their chocolate decorations put on the Christmas' tree. This one is very particular. Hope the leg of the lady is fine now.
Perhaps the rat was simply scared by that enourmous shadow over him and bited her for defence.
Didn't they notice any rats previously in the house? It appears to be strange because the familiarity with the place that the rat had let think that they consider the toilet like their doors. And rats inside houses can be really devastating I think so.
Posted by: Fay, Ranting rant on 5:49am Mon 24 Mar 08
[quote][bold]big steve[/bold] wrote:
[quote]Maybe an immigrant would be able to spell \'indigenous\'!
Isn\'t it amazing how it is always the Thickest amounst us that are so racist[/quote]
You are petty enough to highlight my spelling mistake , yet stupid enough to make one of your own in the same post.. \"amounst\".
Whilst I agree with you that thickness and racism go hand in hand, I would also say that stupidity and pettiness are also synonimous with these character traits.
p.s I have included a little spelling mistake , graham do you think you could marvel us again with your superior intelligence and point it out???????[/quote] and again you are proving Graham's point! You're just an "immigrant" on your own world! The rat was black, so what? It probably came out from your mouth or came alone crossing "La Manche" whch ironically means [italic]sleeve[/italic] (note not slave) - ooops, i mean the [italic]English Channel[/italic]!
big steve wrote:
Maybe an immigrant would be able to spell \'indigenous\'!
Isn\'t it amazing how it is always the Thickest amounst us that are so racist
You are petty enough to highlight my spelling mistake , yet stupid enough to make one of your own in the same post.. \"amounst\".
Whilst I agree with you that thickness and racism go hand in hand, I would also say that stupidity and pettiness are also synonimous with these character traits.
p.s I have included a little spelling mistake , graham do you think you could marvel us again with your superior intelligence and point it out???????
and again you are proving Graham's point! You're just an "immigrant" on your own world! The rat was black, so what? It probably came out from your mouth or came alone crossing "La Manche" whch ironically means sleeve (note not slave) - ooops, i mean the English Channel!
Posted by: big steve, lewes on 12:48am Tue 25 Mar 08
[quote]and again you are proving Graham's point! You're just an "immigrant" on your own world! The rat was black, so what? It probably came out from your mouth or came alone crossing "La Manche" whch ironically means sleeve (note not slave) - ooops, i mean the English Channel[/quote]
Good psycho babble,
you make Graham seem normal!!
and again you are proving Graham's point! You're just an "immigrant" on your own world! The rat was black, so what? It probably came out from your mouth or came alone crossing "La Manche" whch ironically means sleeve (note not slave) - ooops, i mean the English Channel
[quote][bold]Karen Jane[/bold] wrote:
couldn't you put the rat in a box rather than kill it? I know they not very nice but they bite like any animal instint. Karen[quote]quote[/quote] [/quote] pratt
Karen Jane wrote:
couldn't you put the rat in a box rather than kill it? I know they not very nice but they bite like any animal instint. Karen
Pauly
You do not know me so do not have the right to assume that I am racist.
I am more concerned about the sheer amount of people that are on our small island and how it is affecting the economy. I have never mentioned colour which sadly when anyone says immigrant I think most people think of. Let's not forget the amount of Eastern Europeans now here too.
I sometimes agree with Croyboy but we do not think the same that much. I am certainly not going to join the BNP anytime soon. Read what I post with more care in future or otherwise do not use my name in vain!!!
Besides this is a story about the levels of hygiene going down in inner London to the point where it affected this poor lady. A swell in the amount of people pooing and leaving rubbish around would have perpetuated this situation though.
Thank you.
Pauly
You do not know me so do not have the right to assume that I am racist.
I am more concerned about the sheer amount of people that are on our small island and how it is affecting the economy. I have never mentioned colour which sadly when anyone says immigrant I think most people think of. Let's not forget the amount of Eastern Europeans now here too.
I sometimes agree with Croyboy but we do not think the same that much. I am certainly not going to join the BNP anytime soon. Read what I post with more care in future or otherwise do not use my name in vain!!!
Besides this is a story about the levels of hygiene going down in inner London to the point where it affected this poor lady. A swell in the amount of people pooing and leaving rubbish around would have perpetuated this situation though.
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