Southcote, UK has a rat infestation that is forcing many people from their homes.
A bedbound woman who needed hospital treatment after her home was one of several plagued by rats has died.
The 80-year-old was in bed following a stroke and is believed to have been attacked by the creatures in her home at the end of June.
http://www.reading107fm.com/news/local-news/rat-infestation-in-southcote-397/
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2096650_rat_attack_woman_dies_in_hospital
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2095945_woman_gnawed_by_rats_in_her_bed

this is an opossum!