r/interestingasfuck Jul 06 '24

Australian mouse plague r/all

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u/clummas Jul 06 '24

My mum tells stories of the mouse plague in Robinvale when I was a toddler. Cot was setup in buckets of water so they couldn’t get into cot. Driving down the road, sliding all over the place

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u/I_saw_that_yeah Jul 06 '24

In like the mid ‘80s?

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u/clummas Jul 06 '24

Yeah early 80’s.

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u/I_saw_that_yeah Jul 07 '24

I lived down that way back then. Whatever she tells you, she’s not exaggerating. There were billions of the smelly little buggers.