Petaluma animal control workers expected to find a horde of cats when they knocked on the door of a 67-year-old man whose neighbor complained of stench. Instead, they stumbled onto a scene straight out the movie, "Willard."
About 1,000 pet rats -- ranging from 3-year-old adults to little, pink newborns -- shared the one-room house with Roger Dier.
The next day the Chronicle - obviously desperate for relevant news - had a front-page story about how this guy did or didn't fit the "profile" of a hoarder. It went from reporting the news to even more luridity. Very strange.