MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

MIT's Building 20: The Magical Incubator Story, Anecdote, or Reminiscence

The Nonreturnable Rat

Roger A. Gaskill

I caught a laboratory rat in the hall outside the DACL. Not knowing where to return it, I asked Doc Edgerton for advice. He kindly explained that the rat was non-returnable because it was contaminated by escaping.

I wonder if it became someone's pet.