Maybe the rat was a close friend of the mouse. Stricken with grief, the rat decides to avenge its fallen brother. After months of searching, it finally picks up a signal from your phone and manages to track you down on the San Francisco streets, only to nearly suffer the same fate.

That's the only logical explanation.

Oh my! A rat running at you, I'm speechless!

Since when rats run toward people? ;) San Francisco rats must be so bold.

I was bitten once by an insect while camping and I had to go the ER at 3AM. It wasn't serious though

and I only took an injection at the hospital and I was prescribed some pills. I do have sort of visions

or I should probably call them daydreams about being bitten by my neighbour's German Shepherds :D

They are huge and I used to feed them so that they treat me as a friend ;) I still fear them and I had

a sudden drop in my blood pressure once when they weren't on a leash. Had they been smaller, I would

have felt safer when I pass by them. Watching videos about people being attacked by dogs doesn't help!

My experiences with getting tussled by animals include.

Getting rammed in the back by a goat's horn.

Smacked on the face by a cow's tail.

Pecked on my leg by my neighbor's chicken while it ran after me for no apparent reason.

Multiple scratches by cats i used to keep as pets. 

And getting my hand grazed by a bull's horn.