Woman Accuses Ex-Boyfriend Of Serving Her Rat Tacos

[matcom]

this guy gives tacos a bad name x(

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WEST NANTICOKE – Heather Brennan thought her fiancé, Travis Nickel, was a perfect match – until she learned he fed her rats, was engaged to another woman and had a child from a prior relationship, she alleges in a federal lawsuit.

Her 10-month love affair with Nickel, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, ended after he left her in July, two weeks before their wedding, she said. Broken-hearted and broke, the jilted bride is seeking $125,000 to recoup cancelled wedding costs and other debts, as well as compensation for the “humiliation and mental anguish” she endured.

The lawsuit, which Brennan prepared and filed herself in federal court in Scranton, accuses Nickel of a host of other misdeeds, including giving her the engagement ring that belonged to a different woman.

Contacted by phone in Kentucky, where he now lives, Nickel, 26, denied most of Brennan’s allegations. He claims Brennan broke off their relationship after she learned he had a 6-year-old son who was previously unknown to him. He said the suit is simply a means to harass him.

Brennan, 21, of George Avenue, insists she has evidence to support her claims – including the admittedly bizarre allegation that Nickel began mixing boiled, blended-up rats into her food some time after she moved to Arkansas with him in November 2004.

In an interview Tuesday, Brennan conceded the allegation is strange. But she said doctors have told her eating rats can cause an illness similar to salmonella poisoning. Blood tests show irregularities that support her contentions she was fed the rodent.

Brennan said she began having severe abdominal pain and other symptoms in March. Doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong, until she moved back to Pennsylvania and uncovered e-mail conversations Nickel had with someone through an Internet forum.

Brennan said she found the information while cleaning out the e-mail account she shared with Nickel. Instructions advised to boil the rat, which would “help bring out the poisons,” and to cut off its head before blending it up.

Nickel did all the cooking, she suspects he blended the diced-up rat into dishes such as tacos and spaghetti that he frequently made. His intent was to make her ill so he could access money her mother had sent her, she said. She’s had no problems since she moved back.

http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/local/13420205.htm

[underpants]

1. Travis Nickel

That needs to be highlighted

[Hugin]

2. Ahh, the Internet is such a wealth of information...

Did he look it up on Wikipedia?

[GOPisEvil]

3. Only one letter away from...

"Are you talkin' to me?"

[MissMillie]

4. Word to the wise

never, ever let someone else do ALL the cooking.

[anarch]

5. so what, rats shouldn't eat tacos?

:shrug:




















Oh. Hang on. That's different....

[noonwitch]

6. That's how I read it, too, I was thinking "Lucky rats"

Tacos have to be better eating than d-con and garbage.

[ForrestGump]

7. Bad writing. It's not 'til the fifth paragraph that it's made clear

that the earlier, ambiguous "he fed her rats" means that he actually fed rats to her. I was so hoping that the whole article would be ambiguous, kind of an unintended Mother Of All Puns.

[anarch]

8. it's like, "Crowd Rushing to See Pope Trample Six to Death"

I think that's my all-time favorite ambiguous headline. Hell, I'd rush to see that myself!

[swimboy]

10. How about--

"Greg Louganis described how he contracted AIDS during an interview with Barbara Walters"

[XemaSab]

12. That woman has been EVERYWHERE

:eyes:

[ForrestGump]

13. :-o

I knew there was a good reason for the way she makes my skin crawl... :-(

[ForrestGump]

11. I'd pay to see it, too!

:rofl:

I've seen some real classics on the Internets, supposedly real.

[Hugin]

9. "Woman Accuses Ex-Boyfriend Of Shaving Her Rat Tacos"

Would be my copy cat of the headline.

[ForrestGump]

14. Mine would be "Omen Recuses Sex-Toyfriend Sloth Bathing Fur Mat Narco"

I think I like yours better...

[Hugin]

15. I practice subtle alterations...

My best so far is changing one letter...

I caught 15 unsuspecting posters in that fly trap.

Muwhahahahahaha! :evilgrin:

[ForrestGump]

18. Sly cactus bottle decorations...

Sorry. Force of habit.

Fifteen DUers caught in your trap? That is, indeed a coup!

[SOteric]

16. You just remember that when selecting Mrs. Matcom's Christmas gift.

I'm sure you wouldn't want her sending for the recipe. :7

[matcom]

17. no worries

i do all the cooking :bounce:

[SOteric]

19. Even when you're sick?

[matcom]

20. yes

i'm the bestest hubby in the whole world. just ask me! :D

[SOteric]

22. You mean you're also wealthy, and

your penis is growing out of your chin? :wow:

[matcom]

23. yes.

its a gift

[Ron Mexico]

21. What does everyone have against rat tacos?

They're light, tasty and good for snacking. Didn't any of you see "Demolition Man?" I could seriously go for a juicy ratburger or rat taco now.

Off to the microwave.