Why an Alaskan Island Uses Peanut Butter and Black Lights to Find a Rat That Might Not Exist

Why an Alaskan Island Uses Peanut Butter and Black Lights to Find a Rat That Might Not Exist

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — On a windswept tundra island in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a man sitting outside his house saw … did he see it? He was pretty sure he did.

A rat.

The alleged sighting would not have attracted much attention in many parts of the world, but it caused a stir on St. Paul Island, which is part