Rat Torture

I've heard of many people being afraid of rats until it reaches a point where they may be diagnosed with that fear. We've also seen in movies where a swarm of rodents are let loose on an individual and he/she must escape. Well rat torture is no different. Rats are released on a person and are encouraged to eat the person alive. Apparently this was a traditional Chinese punishment where the person was locked in a cell and felt to be eaten.

This form of torture was written by Roman Catholic writers where they describe a person being placed in a dark cell below high-water mark. Rats from the river bed would come rushing in as the tide flowed in. In many cases prisoners would have their flesh torn and eaten from their arm or legs and at times both.

Diederik Sonoy an ally of Willaim the Silent was said to have used a similar method where a bowl of rats is placed upside down on a prisoner then held down and heated with coal. Because of the heat the rats were said to have eaten their way down into the person’s bowels to escape the heat.

Although many of these forms of torture are curl and inhumane they are creative.