There were some very unusual jobs in Colonial America. One of the strangest jobs of all was catching rats. Towns and villages all over the early Colonies had professional rat catchers . men who hunted rats and removed them from homes, shops, and stores. Needless to say, it was a dirty, stinky, and sometimes scary job.Come and meet Silas Moore, a humble man from Colonial Virginia. See why he became a rat catcher, and join him on his first adventure.