Watch: Bizarre 'Rat Worm' Filmed

Coast to Coast AM ^ | 27 July 2018 | Unattributed

[Windflier]

A strange piece of footage circulating online shows a nightmarish mystery creature that resembles some kind of horrifying cross between a rat and worm. The jaw-dropping video was taken by a British woman named Bex Deen who was aghast when she noticed the oddity seemingly slithering around on her backyard porch. She subsequently posted the footage online in the hopes that someone could identify the weird creature.

For those who may be understandably afraid to watch the unsettling video, the footage shows a strange creature that appears to be about five inches long and sports a tail which is nearly the same length. As Deen looks on in horror, wondering what the monstrous thing may be, the little beast proceeds to slither along the sideboards of her porch in an undulating fashion that is both riveting and repulsive at the same time. Remarkably, rather than whack the creature with a rolled up newspaper, she reportedly decided to let it live, saying "I let him slither off to join his alien friends wherever they may be."

[Windflier]

"As to what the weird creature may have been, the consensus online seems to be that it is an uncharacteristically-large rat-tailed maggot which, since Deen opted not to kill it, will likely transform into a drone fly at some point in the not-too-distant future. The puzzling appendage is, in fact, not a tail, but a breathing tube which the bug uses in the event that it winds up underwater."

[Windflier]

One of the creepiest living things I’ve ever seen.

[beergarden]

Rat Worm. I thought it’s the new description about Dummycrats.

[Slyfox]

Looks like a corny dog:

[Carpe Cerevisi]

Rat worm?...that’s a corn dog that got away.

[lgjhn23]

We nearly have the whole damn U.S. Congress full of these....nothing to see here.

[Jeff Chandler]

[rightwingcrazy]

Charming little things.

http://www.realmonstrosities.com/2016/05/rat-tailed-maggot.html

[antidemoncrat]

Frankenstein’s dog Fankendog????

[Red Badger]

Naked mole rat?....................

[Jeff Chandler]

Growing up, the orange tree and privet bushes in our back yard had swarms of drone flies. We thought they were stingerless bees and called them "H" bees because of their markings.

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[Rio]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQyD5gFPOGw

[dainbramaged]

Looks like a job for my propane weed burner - it’s the only way to be sure.

[Windflier]

Kill it with fire!

[Jamestown1630]

Well, I wouldn’t want to find it in my house, but it’s not as creepy as the article made me think it would be.

[lee martell]

It puts the D in Disgusting!
At least it doesn’t have a voice box.

[bigbob]

[Boomer]

This...

Turns into this...

[WKUHilltopper]

Probably another exotic benefit of diversity...3rd world plagues. Celebrate it.

[Yaelle]

Why. Why. Why did you share this. Why did I go look. Now I am creeped out possibly permanently and I am imagining these things on my porch.