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09th Apr 2014

Video: One rat on a subway train sparks mass panic amongst New York commuters

We dislike rats as much as the next guy, but surely the reaction of at least few people in this clip is just a little bit over the top.

Conor Heneghan

We dislike rats as much as the next guy, but surely the reaction of at least few people in this clip is just a little bit over the top.

Talk about giant rats in this neck of the woods of late has been slightly disturbing to say the least, but we would have imagined that people in New York are fairly used to the sight of them given their fairly sizeable representation in the Big Apple, particularly underground.

If they are used to seeing rats, they did a good job of disguising it when one little rat made its way onto a subway train in New York yesterday, sparking panic and in some cases, sheer horror, amongst quite a lot of commuters on board.

One particular commuter appears to be audibly crying at the sight of the rat – those of you with a fear of the creatures will be glad to know it only makes fleeting appearances in the video above – but it’s a good job they haven’t been in the vicinity of Tallaght lately, this sh*t would freak them right out.

Video via YouTube/Jinais Ponnampadikkal Kader

Hat-tip to Dec Byrne for sending this one our way

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