2009-08-08 11:45:16
Fri Aug 7, 9:27 pm ET
LA GRANDE, Ore. A mouse found inside an automatic teller machine along with
a nest it had built with chewed-up $20 bills gave an Oregon gas station
employee the surprise of her life. The mouse, discovered Thursday, had
thoroughly torn up two bills and damaged another 14 to line his nest. Employee
Millie Taylor said she screamed and slammed the machine's door shut.
The bank replaced all the money that wasn't extensively damaged, and the ATM
has continued to work just fine. The mouse also got a reprieve: He was evicted
from his nest but set free outside the station.
Other workers at the Gem Stop Chevron in La Grande in eastern Oregon say
they're mystified about how the mouse got inside the machine.