VIDEO: A rat crawls over the face of a homeless man on an NYC subway

Chris Spags Founder and Editor

If you watch one video of a rat crawling across the face of a homeless man on a New York City subway, make it this one! Warning: I’m going to recommend not watching this if you’re eating breakfast or if you have a vivid imagination, particularly involving rats crawling on your face.

A strong part of me is saying this is staged. I’ve seen rats on the subways. They’re disgusting, grey, dirty, sooty, with fat pink tails and they look like they would stab you if they could. Meanwhile, this rat is whimsically scampering through the subway, looking all nicely bathed. He probably got a shape-up before he went on this subway then asked the director for what his motivation was in the scene. Combine that with the excessive watermarking of a YouTuber trying to make a digital name for himself and you’ve got all the signs of a rat in rat’s clothing.

But still…rat on face! Terrifying!

Video: Rat In Subway Car Crawls Over Sleeping Man’s Face [Gothamist]

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