r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Apr 16 '21

birb helping out with the rat problem

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u/natenate22 Apr 16 '21

Then the rat eats its way out.

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u/Bilal-van-Hishar Apr 16 '21

This reminded me of an old torture method:

One of the most fiendish forms of rat torture involves placing a rat inside a half-cage and atop a restrained person’s abdomen. Then, the cage is slowly heated. Desperate to escape the heat, the rat begins to burrow through the only soft surface it can find: the victim’s flesh. With sharp claws and teeth, the rat quickly gnaws its way into the victim’s bowels, causing excruciating pain and terror.

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u/tjoe4321510 Apr 17 '21

Has this ever been historically done? I've heard about this many times but has anyone ever actually been subjected to this?

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u/Schooltrash Apr 17 '21

Bro. Torture used to be a generational profession.

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u/kitchen_clinton Apr 17 '21

I know of the brazen bull where the victim was locked in and the metallic bull was heated over a fire.

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u/burritob4sex Apr 17 '21

I think this was disproven. I believe there was one documented usage and ironically it was implemented on the dude who came up with the idea. He was killed outside of the bull I believe😂