I only read the first paragraph. This is terrible.

wow. what the fuck?

I read the whole thing a few days ago, and I'm *REALLY REALLY FUCKING GLAD AND THANKFUL* that both my grandma and grandpa died peacefully in their own home. (Granted, 10+ years apart, but in the home they raised a family in.)

The really freaky thing about the story is this:

Either someone placed the dead rat there.

OR (AVERT YOUR EYES, FAINT OF HEART)

The rat was drinking the guy's spit. Or feeding on the inside of his mouth. And then fucking died there.

If so, it indicates a number of things. That it was happening often enough to be a learned behavior by the rats. That it happened frequently enough for the statistical odds of a rat **dying there** during the course of it.

OR

The guy actually woke up enough during all this to bite the fucking rat to death. If I had a rat crawling around and chewing on my fucking living tongue I'd summon every last ounce of strength to snap that fucker's neck even if it was the last semicomatose movement I ever made.

That is truly awful.

Sweet Lord, what's wrong with this world?

Last year, 71-year-old dementia patient Troy Nelms wandered from Paragon and was never found. He is presumed dead and his family has sued the facility.

And this facility hasn't been shut down yet?

Please shoot me when I become incapacitated.

jon, fyi, saying "Sweet Lord" is no longer permitted.

Unless it's to the tune of 'He's So Fine.'

This is horrible.

I don't believe it. As in, I think someone is making up a fib just to sue.

Come to think of it, I am getting to the point that if the story is even on SFGate, then I am in a state of disbelief before I click the link.

I agree that it's easier to be skeptical, mischief, and that stupid litigious people make up stupid stories. I'd rather not believe it either.

That said, it's an AP story, not a SF Chronicle story. Don't dismiss it automatically because of where the link goes. There are plenty other publications that ran the same article by the AP.

I'm sure others ran it, but SFGate seems to steer toward this type of story. Notice how carefully the article is written to say virtually nothing whatsoever, almost 100% innuendo.

Pure blogbait for the breathless masses. The Duke Rape scandal followed this same pattern.