Talk about being unique

by Milos Topic on May 13, 2009

A student with a rat on her shoulderYesterday, little after 5 pm as I was leaving work I saw a girl (I assume a student at MSU) waiting for an elevator on the third floor. That on its own is a normal occurrence, it happens all the time, but what made this a bit different was one of her “fashion accessories”. It’s not her hair (even though it was very unique, kind of DIY style), nor was it her overall outfit. It wasn’t even her belt made out of empty bullet shells. What really got my attention and made me snap this picture was a white rat with red eyes on her left shoulder.

Yes, it was a live rat, just hanging on her shoulder. At that moment an elevator arrived, doors opened and for a second I contemplated taking the stairs. In any event, I walk in and while pretending to be cool, calm and collected like nothing was happening watched her rat walk on her shoulders. This two flight elevator ride felt like eternity and once the doors finally opened on the first floor she walk out towards the main entrance of the building while I was walking backwards towards my car and observing people’s reactions as she was passing them by. Talk about being unique.

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  • http://www.isthereanycakeleft.com Matt

    Gotta love MSU.

  • http://danicar.org dana

    unique indeed and very cool!
    she tricked me, as I have huge mouse, but staffed animal:) that i don’t carry around though..
    but i like the story of having white mouse/rat with you.

  • Milos Topic

    Matt, you know how things are around here, you never know what’s around the corner or in this case, by the elevators.

    Dano, it would be interesting to see how people would react on your stuffed animal. :) It definitely was a bit surprising to see a live rat on her shoulder, but I guess it was a normal day for her.

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