Don't blame you...Saw some rats like that here.. we have roof rats in arizona... was at a friend apartment.. walked outside and say one on the roof across from here apartment and said man that is a big cat. then I realized that it was not a cat. not fun...
Remind me not to move there. The only good rat (at least of the European variety--black, Norway, etc.) is a dead rat unless he's being used for medical research or something.