1 Dead In “Home Invasion”

Tragically, the victim committed suicide....

The evidence was pretty incriminating; Scratches in the butter, Swiss Miss hot chocolate mix strewn around the kitchen, feces on the counter. Yeah, the counter! All of these, tell-tale signs of an intruder in my home. It was the first time I've encountered one in 15 years and six different places I've lived throughout Rochester.

I know it's just a mouse, but especially as a new dad, I don't want some disease-ridden critter scurrying around in the same space as my son, dropping its poops all over the place! I'll admit, I've never had to deal with a mouse in my house before, so I didn't know what the "best" way of getting rid of this thing was.

I know some people are gonna get all tore up because I killed it, but when you have to get rid of an animal that could spread disease or nibble on a baby, what options are there in January in Minnesota? Get glue strips so I've still gotta bop him on the head myself? Get "humane" traps to keep him alive, only to set him free in -10 degree weather so he can slowly freeze to death? That doesn't seem very humane.

What's the biggest/grossest/creepiest "intruder" you've had to get rid of?