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Must See Video: Rat Climbs Up Sleeping Subway Rider’s Leg, Onto Face

Yet Another Reason Not To Fall Asleep On The Train!

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(credit: YouTube)

(credit: YouTube)

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A video posted on YouTube Wednesday of a rat running loose on a downtown Number 4 subway car in Brooklyn, is giving New Yorkers the creeps!

In the video (posted below), the  rat runs across the aisle and climbs up onto seats, before eventually crawling up the leg of a sleeping man and onto his face.

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“I was sitting there listening to my iPod and I heard a woman scream,” Jeffrey Ford, who recorded the video, told 1010 WINS. ”When I looked up I didn’t know what happened but I saw a rat on the floor.

“I just reached straight for the camera. I’ve never seen anything like that before in my life, and I knew I had to document it,” he said.

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Even though it was Tuesday at 2 a.m., Ford said the train was packed with people before the rat made its way into the subway car. The “rat attack” happened between Franklin and Utica Avenues.

“Once people saw the rat a lot of people got off at the next stop, a couple of people went to the next car,” Ford said. “The ones who stayed were the brave souls.”

The MTA has said “no comment.” But YOU can! Let us know what you think. Have you had a subway rat encounter before? Know anyone who has? Share your thoughts below.

Our advice: Stay awake on the train!

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  • Bushelfoote

    Hey!! I tell you what….Let’s put a bounty of $1.00 on rats in the city…then…ship them all over in the world wherever there are people staving….call it a type of Food Program….thereby killing two birds with one stone…..I heard the Chinese have a very delicious dish called,” Rat-On-A-Stick”….very tasty with the right condiments…..”The Secret’s In The Spices” …..LOL……seriously….it’s a solution to an immediate problem……what if that rat had been really hungry ??? That guy would be missing Chunks of his CHEEK,Man!!

    • !satansbud

      That bum probably smelled like sh!t and thats why the rat jumped on him in the first place…he smelled like home…but even the rat didn’t want a bite of that.

  • Anita Jones

    Nasty

  • The Good Samaritan

    The victim has every right to sue here. The is a violation of the privacy act.

    The Good Samaritan has spoken.

  • E

    This nonsense can only happen in NY. Do you know why?. ..because people are pigs & throw their garbage in the trains. You get what you pay for.

    I ride the Express bus. I’d rather pay more than deal with this stupidity. New yorkers…Enjoy the company

    • pauly pizza

      I saw mice on the express buses a few times. some alive some dead. ive been riding them for 18 years. to me they are just as dirty as the trains. except for more money.

  • Antoine

    People are starving in this city. I keep donating to help feed New Yorkers. From the size of this rodent, something is wrong.

  • nana

    I would be screaming, my goodness it’s disgusting and scary I would not stop screaming till the doors open than I would jump out. it is not a duplicate comment first time commenting.

  • Mike L

    I’ve been seeing rats hanging out at the south end of the 34th St. downtown A/C/E platforms for YEARS. Despite the faded rodenticide signs. And despite the fact that it’s within view of a subway booth worker.

  • nana

    I would be screaming, my goodness it’s disgusting and scary I would not stop screaming till the doors open than I would jump out.

  • roy

    when the city cut back on its work force,you will see plenty rodents….take heeve mta and nyc

  • Simon David

    The City that never sleeps, not even rats sleep…so why was this man sleeping???

    • WK

      Lol!

    • http://www.yahoo.com Willie

      The Bum Is Sleeping Because He’s Homeless!! Lol!!

  • moma

    I”m retired now, but remember many times seeing rats the size of cats on subway tracks and enjoying walks on p;atforms for many years, especially in winter.

  • tani

    this rat come as bonus with fare hike

  • BAFL

    The Mayor should focus his direction at this health hazard (I think it was written once …..3 rats for every New Yorker) rather than smoking bans and trans fat bans. The city is full of rodents and has been for years No garbage pickups for weeks does not help the situation either

    • wakeuppeople

      “The Mayor should focus his direction at this health hazard”. Yeah, they’re not a health hazard, just like bed bugs (sarcasm here!)

  • pogo the clown

    The subway tunnels are filled with rats – have been for years & years. Sure, it’s a big problem – but realistically what can be done?

    Poor guy – all he wanted was to catch a few winks of sleep. I hope he didn’t get bit.

    Who ya gonna call? RAT BUSTERS !!!!

  • Pierre

    LOL I like how this rat is running loose on the train while you can hear “if you see a suspicious package on the train…” LOL hilarious

  • Chris

    Poor Rat! I bet you he was running away from a mugger!

  • Joe Sr

    Petulah Clark said/sang it best ! “Don’t sleep in the subway. darling”.

  • Trish

    Where is Jay Walder?? the so called CEO of the MTA…oh yeah! he does not use public transportation. He only uses our money to have a driver take him around town.

  • Jere

    staged, the rat is a pet rat. Someone just decided to mock the sleeping bum.

  • Laura Gomez

    How come nobody screamed or anything????! Everyone is like dead quiet just watching! I would of shat twice and died.

    • randy s

      Its New York City. Happens everyday all day!!

      • mare

        The screaming people got off. The people who did not probably froze I guess hoping it would not get to them. I hope no one even get bitten by one of these rats!

    • http://www.yahoo.com Willie

      Scream For What? The Rat Is Your Friend!! It Has A Right To Be On The Train Like You!! All He Wants Is Some Food From You & A Good Home!! Lol!!!

  • Elmer Fudd

    That’s not a wat. That’s a track wabbit!

  • Rocky

    I hope he paid his Subway Fare

  • Mkiernan

    OMG!!!!! the trains are just getting dirtier and the cost just going up!!!!! MTA pls. clean the trains for the working people just trying to get back and forward to make a living…

  • midi-man

    Hey Bloomberg instead of no salt, no cig’s how about you focus your attention on NO RATTS on the trains!.

    • ELLYN AP

      Doesn’t the rat know that the Mayor created GREEN SPACES, where it’s safe and there are no cars. What is it doing on a subway, it could get killed.

      LOL

    • CitiesSuck

      Mayor Marie’s response: “Let them eat rats.”

  • NY

    Oh my God – Look at the size of that rat ! Disease carriers !

    • Randy

      and that was a small one!!

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