Who needs Godzilla (the fictional beast, not the car) when a rat the size of your hand can get people climbing on seats and screaming for help? You would imagine that, as with all modern city inhabitants, New Yorkers would be, if not accustomed, at least less horrified in the presence of a rat, but that’s clearly not the case here.

Filmed by Jinais Ponnampadikkal Kader during his commute to Manhattan on Monday morning, the video shows grown women and mean squealing in horror, jumping onto seats and lifting their legs.

“A usually boring Monday morning commute to work at Brooklyn was stirred up by this little guy,” said Kader. “He joined us at the Fulton street station on the A train going downtown. Someone getting off the train was screaming “RAT on the train!”. But by the time everyone realized what was happening, the doors closed and the train entered the tunnel. We were stuck with him till the other end.”

By John Halas

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