Exterminators discovered a gargantuan, nearly 2-foot-long rat inside an English home, and officials are warning that the cat-sized rodent is “not a one-off” but part of an increasingly out-of-control infestation in the area, according to local officials.

Giant rats the size of a dog? … Yikes. That’s exactly what happened in a home located in Great Britain — Normanby, North Yorkshire to be exact.