News Source: The New Zealand Herald
| about 1 year ago
The German town made famous as the setting for the tale which saw the Pied Piper lure away a plague of rats has a real-life modern problem with the rodents. Officials in the Weser River town of Hamelin in northern Germany, which celebrates The Pied...
News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 year ago
The story of the 'Pied Piper of Hamelin' had originated centuries ago, and it is a fairy tale based on a mystery piper who got rid of the north German town's rats by playing on his pipe. Now, a modern-day piper is being sought to lure the rats away...
News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 year ago
Rats return to Pied Piper town Wednesday, November 19, 2008 The town made famous by the story of the Pied Piper leading away its rats has become infested with the rodents. Hameln, the German town made famous by the legend abouts its rats, is in need...
News Source: BBC
| about 1 year ago
An abandoned allotment site on the edge of town has become a haven for rats, with plenty of discarded food and rubbish lying around, German media say...Next year the town plans to mark the 725th anniversary of the Pied Piper conquering the plague,...
News Source: The Local
| about 1 year ago
The spokesman for the northern town, known as Hameln in German, said the sharp rise in the furry pests at an abandoned garden allotment site on the edge of the town was because the rats had a plentiful supply of food from a makeshift rubbish dump. "...