Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-11-18 | Page 5 | Rats, Large as Cats, Infest Pike's Peak

Rats Eats Large Larg e as Cats Oats I Infest net Pikes Pike's es Peak ea f. f COLORADO SPRINGS GS Nov O 17 17 Not ot only trapped on the th lofty Jolty summit summit sum sum- mit of Pikes Pike's I Peak Beale eale hero hee recently when the he first heavy snow of the season blocked the i cog og wheel road to the he top of ot the mountain three men were forced literally to fight ht for tor their lives against the r rats ts that Invaded the summit house wh where re rethey they had taken refuge The three thre men of ot the summit house were making final preparations for tor the winter shutdown shut shut- shutdown do down and w were ro re unexpectedly caught on on the e summit m by a heavy fall of ot T l ee snow TWy were r rescued sc later I Driven ep t L y the cold and snow the I rats rats- poured into the bul building ding through b every opening and crevice attacking and biting one of ot the themen themen men as 1 h hp step slept Beating them off oft the tle man attempted to sleep again but aut but the the rod rodents returned and at a- a t tacked him a 1 second second- time Such rats some extremely large and vicious have e Infested the s sum summit f- f fiC iC h ee mit of the peak e ever since Its covery old settlers say Some of the rats as S large as cats arc are said to have been known to attack persons persons persons per per- sons by leaping at their heir throats