Ammon News - A family has been left terrified after a gargantuan 20-inch long rat was discovered lurking in their garden.

The monster rodent was found dead in a garden in Minster, on the isle of Sheppey.

It was uncovered on Monday, August 1, while the horrified homeowners were gardening.

Ethan Squire, a Bristol University music student said his dad discovered the giant rat while doing work outside.

Ethan, 18, said: “We have never had rats before, so I have no idea where this one has come from.

“It must have been at least 32 centimetres without the tail and with it, about 52 centimetres [20 inches].”

Feeling amazed and disgusted by the beast, Ethan snapped a picture of its body resting on a shovel, he said: "The way the rat is halfway off the shovel does not do it justice.”

It comes after a similar 22-inch supersized rodent, thought to be the largest captured in the UK, was found in Yorkshire last month.

The two finds dwarf the average UK brown rat, which only grows between 15 and 27 centimetres or between six and 10.5 inches.

Despite the discovery of the mega pests experts have said that rats aren't growing larger.

The Sun