Whichever way you look at it, its big, but it does actually say Of course, its size is distorted by how close it is to lens – but it’s still a sizeable creature. Smith said that the rat, which was found near where children play in Hackney Downs, London, was by far the largest he’d ever seen.
It also says that it's the size of a cat and a Jack Russell combined.....so that makes it 10kg+ and 3 foot long in body......hmmmmm....don't think so Another report has it as the size of a 4 year old child The other report says it could be some ones pet Gambian Pouched Rat....1.4kg at most and are being trained to detect land mines