Who can crawl out of your toilet? Real stories

Life is full of surprises! With approximately these words, if translated into literary language, my husband jumped out of the toilet early in the morning. At night, the house ran out of water, so our cat, a huge fluffy Persian, calmly occupied the toilet, deciding that a cold earthenware bowl was an excellent substitute for a soft pillow. Imagine my husband’s surprise when, in the morning, sitting on his white friend, he felt a pleasant tickling from below...

After sharing the story with my friends, I learned that this is not the most interesting case yet! Sometimes a completely unpleasant creature, worthy of horror films, can jump out of the toilet, but first things first.

Ubiquitous rats

Legendary creatures capable of fighting for their lives until their last breath, avoiding ingenious traps and surviving in extreme conditions. It turns out that they are able to move through water pipes. Not every adult can cope with a vertical riser, but rats move horizontally very quickly! A fellow student of mine (let’s call her Nastya for convenience) came across this, and here’s what she told me.

It was late in the summer evening. The family left for the village, and the woman stayed in the city because of an urgent work report. The coffee was cooling down in the kitchen, the monitor screen was glowing comfortably and inviting me to work until the morning. Nastya decided to go to the ladies' room for a minute. But, sitting down on the rim, I felt a movement beneath me and heard a strange sound, similar to the scraping of a fork on a plate.Nastya stood up, turned around... and her whole life flashed before her eyes! A lean and wet gray rat was sitting in the drain hole. She squinted and bared her teeth, wiggling her mustache angrily. A black colleague emerged from the chimney behind her. The instinct of self-preservation worked instantly! The toilet lid was slammed shut with a squeal, and a friend threw a basin on top, into which shampoos and weight creams had been swept from the shelves. While the Ministry of Emergency Situations officers were driving, a friend was guarding the toilet with a mop at the ready and vigilantly making sure that the barricade did not collapse.

In Ireland, rat sightings at one time became so commonplace that a newspaper called for keeping toilet lids closed!

Snakes in hot countries

They love water and are able to negotiate bends in pipes, calmly crawling from apartment to apartment. In Thailand, for example, a huge python came to visit through the toilet. He was discovered in a sad way. The Thai man returned home and went to relieve himself. To the man's surprise, he was suddenly bitten on his most tender spot! The matter reached the hospital. Fortunately, it was not a rattlesnake, but the fangs left deep wounds. To remove the giant from the drain, we had to dismantle the plumbing! The poor fellow is stuck, and his further fate is unknown. The man recovered, but I am sure that now he always checks his white friend before sitting down.

A similar case was recorded in Israel, but, logically speaking, any country with a hot climate where snakes live and breed can present such a surprise!

With cold weather 9 months a year, the chances of encountering a snake are minimal. The cold-blooded creature can run away from its owner and try to escape through the sewer, but they often get stuck there and create a blockage rather than scare the neighbors.

Frogs and lizards

Now let’s exhale a little and talk about those who definitely won’t bite! Like snakes, they are able to move through pipes. Most often they are encountered by residents of the first floors, since they cannot jump vertically.

A very funny story happened among some friends. They live in a private house and are accustomed to various living creatures in the neighborhood. There is a forest and a river nearby, so hares, hedgehogs, and mice were regular guests, not to mention crowds of grasshoppers and lizards. When I arrived to visit, our group and a trio of black and red lizards were sitting on the veranda, basking on the railing, like little dragons.

On that memorable day, my daughter turned seven years old. The child woke up at five in the morning in anticipation of gifts. She is a good, well-mannered girl, so the first thing she did was go wash her face, and the bathroom in the house is shared and is on the first floor. The whole family woke up from the squeal! In the plum sat a huge black toad with creepy orange eyes. She moved to the headband and looked indifferently at the gathered people, like a queen from a white throne. Even people seasoned with rural life felt a slight shiver from the strange guest. They say that no one touched it, and the toad itself went into the garden. No one saw her again.

Australian horror stories

Australia is a mysterious continent where the number of poisonous creatures per square meter is beyond our understanding. If you are planning to go there, keep in mind: there may be a funnel-web water spider waiting for prey in the toilet. The furry monster, dark blue or brown, can sit in water for up to 30 hours!

The spider is extremely aggressive, it bites at the slightest threat, it is not recommended to even get close to it! Its poison is not dangerous for cats and rabbits, but is fatal for humans.

It is in Australia that snakes crawling out of sewers are most often seen. Especially during periods of drought!

Who have you met in the restroom? One girl called the Ministry of Emergency Situations because a marten got into their place. In conclusion, I can suggest a life hack on how to distinguish hallucinations from a real picture. You need to press your finger on the eye. If the image doubles, then the rat in the drain did not appear to you, and if nothing has changed, then this is an optical illusion and we will talk about something else.