The mayor of a small French town fulfilled a failed soccer bet by eating a rat in front of crowds of cheering residents.
Charles Dayot, the mayor of Mont-de-Marsan in southwest France, scarfed down on the rodent on Sunday after wagering that his soccer club Paris Saint-Germain would beat powerhouse Barcelona in the second-leg of their Round of 16 Champions League tie last March.
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Dayot said if he lost the bet, he would eat rat and vote for left-wing presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon.
Unfortunately for him, Lionel Messi and Barcelona completed one of the most memorable comebacks in Champions League history, defeating PSG 6-1.
Dayot admitted he didn’t fulfil on voting for Melenchon, but he followed through on the other portion during the town’s Fetes de la Madeleine festival over the weekend.
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Dayot was presented with a dish plated with what appeared to be the legs, tail and skull of a rat.
Dayot mimicked cutting into the massive tail before a more prepared meal supposedly made of rat was put in front of him.
According to French media, Dayot said the rat tasted like rabbit.
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