Renter Finds Freezer Full of Frozen Rats for His Predecessor's Python

türkçe  links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 26 January 2021)

                Haute cuisine for the discerning python.

An Iranian businessman rented a furnished luxury flat in Bahçeşehir, 

Istanbul, and moved in.  The day before yesterday, he did some food

shopping for the kitchen and returned to the flat around noon.  When

he opened the refrigerator he noticed some bags in the freezer

compartment.  He couldn't figure out what was in the bags so he 

took them out and discovered to his horror that the contents were frozen

rats. (!)

The Iranian called the municipality and the police about the rats,

which were white like guinea pigs.  Taking no chances, the authorities

summoned teams from AFAD and UMKE (disaster response), along

with officials from the Istanbul health office.  In full quarantine 

uniforms, the officials took possession of the rats. 

                         Sort of like frozen ratsicles.

Police contacted the flat's owner who told them that the previous 

renter had been a foreigner who had a pet python (!) and that,

presumably, the man kept the rats in the freezer for the snake's

subsequent meals.  

The new Iranian renter told Hürriyet: "I just rented the place. After

shopping, I was putting the groceries in the refrigerator and when I

opened the freezer I was confronted by the frozen rats."

  

 

                                         Previous renter.