told KWTX<\/a> in Waco, TX. <\/p>\nPauley, who works in construction, attributed the infestation to nearby construction driving the mice out of the field and into the popcorn-flush cinema.<\/p>\n
Pauley baited the traps with string cheese (pictured). Courtesy Cole Pauley<\/p>\n
As a precaution \u2014 and on a dare from his coworkers \u2014 the local decided to mouse-proof his movie night.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were talking about this infestation that was going on in the Cinemark,\u201d the Texan told The Post. \u201cOne of the guys was like, \u2018Yeah, you should bring some mouse traps with you.’\u201d<\/p>\n
Pauley put his money where his mouse was and loaded up a couple of spring-loaded Victor-brand traps with \u201cstring cheese.\u201d Then, upon arriving at the movie theater, the die-hard film fan arrayed the traps around his and his daughter\u2019s seats \u2014 like something out of a \u201cTom and Jerry\u201d cartoon.<\/p>\n
Pauley ended up catching one mouse (pictured). Courtesy Cole Pauley<\/p>\n
\u201cShe [daughter] was, of course, mortified about having mousetraps underneath her chair,\u201d recalled Pauley, who himself feared he was going to get his hand caught while reaching for dropped popcorn.<\/p>\n
His mousetrap minefield appeared to do the trick \u2014 one of the traps ended up snagging one of the video-loving varmints, as seen in photos shared by Pauley.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was like one o\u2019clock in the morning. I just left for the cleaning crew,\u201d the freelance mousecatcher recounted.<\/p>\n
Pauley ultimately said that the preventative measure was worth it because his daughter \u201cloved the movie series.\u201d <\/p>\n
However, he thinks a fourth in the installment is due based on his recent expeirnce: \u201cNow We See The Mouse: Now We Don\u2019t\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cinemark theater in question. \u201cI said, \u2018I\u2019m going to put a bunch of mouse traps around me as a wall of protection just so we can enjoy our movie,’\u201d said Pauley. KWTX<\/p>\n
Cinemark has since addressed the infestation in a statement. <\/p>\n
\u201cGiven nearby construction, we\u2019ve strengthened our protocols and partnered with specialists to maintain high standards of cleanliness,\u201d the company reps shared. \u201cWe\u2019re pleased with the progress and remain committed to delivering an outstanding moviegoing experience for every guest.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite nearly getting overrun with rodentia, Pauley said he was the first to try and save a cinema against a potential shutdown by health inspectors.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have one really nice movie theater, and that\u2019s at Cinemark,\u201d Pauley told The Post. \u201cI don\u2019t want to see us lose our nice theater.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said he ultimately had faith that the \u201chuge company\u201d was going to invest in getting the scourge \u201ccleaned up.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cI think that these guys understand the importance of making sure they have a clean and a good experience for movie theater goers,\u201d Pauley declared. <\/p>\n
The freelance exterminator also shared tips for New Yorkers suffering from the city-wide rat plague, which is so bad in areas that a coalition of em-rat-tled Brooklynites implored incoming mayor Zohran Mamdani to hire a new rat czar.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI would say buy Victor, and maybe hire a few tabby cats to patrol the theaters,\u201d Pauley told The Post. \u201cIf you\u2019re at some boring arthouse film, it might actually spice things up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He\u2019s a cineplex-terminator. The idea of mice running amok at a movie theatre might make most viewers run…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":427647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,1165,78486,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,878,7835,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,39590],"class_list":{"0":"post-427646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-lifestyle","10":"tag-movie-theaters","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-pest-control","18":"tag-rats","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa","25":"tag-weird-but-true"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115669869847374482","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}