In February 2010 a giant rat was captured in Fuzhou, China. Six months later giant rats turned up in England and invaded a housing estate in Bradford. One of them was 2 ½ feet long. It was shot, but four more escaped. Giant rats have also turned up in the USA and an Alabaman man shot a monster rat that weighed in at a staggering 97 pounds. It took three shots to kill the beast: The Biggest Rats in the World.