A shocking and disturbing video of a teen, who is allegedly from Penticton, biting off the head of a rat has the BCSPCA investigating. RCMP have also been alerted about the video.
The video, which was posted on YouTube on March 4, is called “Kid bites rats head off”.
In the one minute, nine second clip, the teen, who is wearing a white baseball hat, sits on an aquarium as music blares in the background.
The teen is seen clutching a live rat in his hands. Other voices in the background can be heard saying “do it” and “don’t do it”.
The other people in the room can be heard egging the teen on. The teen then begins to negotiate for drinks, saying “four beers”. Other voices then chip saying “four beers and one shot”, “four beers and two shots” and “three and two shots”.
During the bartering, the teen holds the rat out and says “you bite this off for three beers”, “you bite this off for four beers”. The negotiations over the number of beers and amount of alcohol shots continue for another ten seconds. The teen then offers the rat out of the person holding the camera, who responds “I’m designated driver”.
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The teen then lowers his head over the rat then is seen spitting the rat’s head out onto the ground.
A male voice can be heard saying “Oh my god” after the act.
The camera then shows the body of the rat twitching on the floor before panning to the rat’s head.
The other teens in the room are audibly shocked by the act. The crowd can be heard saying comments like “you’re an idiot man”, “that is sick” and “I can’t believe it”.
“I can’t believe you just did that” can be heard before the sound of laughter and high-fives being exchanged around the room. The video does not pan back to the teen who bit the head off but instead ends with a shot of the floor.
Watch the YouTube in full below. Warning: There are graphic images and profanity. The content may be disturbing to viewers.
YouTube has since removed the video saying the content “violated YouTube’s Terms of Service”.
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