ByALYSSA GUZMAN, US NEWS REPORTER
Published:13:54 EDT, 2 May 2026|Updated:00:03 EDT, 3 May 2026
Night after night, Doug Perry and his wife Barbara were plagued by the sound of rats munching on cables and scurrying around theirIdahohome as they tried to sleep.
The couple got so fed up, they filled their house with sticky glue pads and traps and set up a Ring camera in the kitchen to try and catch them.
Every night, they would be woken by a notification that the vermin invaders were back in their kitchen. But Doug said the 'smart' rats often evaded them, escaping back to their hideout through a tiny cable hole behind the TV before they could get downstairs to catch them.
'My wife was going crazy,' Doug, 71, of Boise, told the Daily Mail. 'It was a long, drawn-out process.
'They're so quick and so fast. They can jump 6ft. They're horrible.'
For several years, this has become a common occurrence for residents of Ada County as sightings of vermin have been growing at a rapid rate and costing residents thousands in private pest control.
Residents, like Doug, told the Daily Mail they've had to take matters into their own hands as lawmakers have failed to help them.
'We tried everything and nothing worked,' Doug told the Daily Mail.
Source: Drudge Report
