Ok, ok.  I know that it's winter and that there are rodents are in the house.  I get that.

I also get that their job is to lurk about at night, being heard yet not seen.

But I don't get how the heck they did this:

Yes, that is a chicken finger.  Yes, it is trapped in the mouse trap.  No, I did not use it for bait...

Somehow, the mice managed to not only steal the peanut butter from the trigger but they also put a half-eaten chicken finger in there!  It seems that we have some creative and sardonic mice on hand here in the farmhouse.