Video: Rat In Subway Car Crawls Over Sleeping Man's Face

Good morning, let's start the day off right with this video of a rat running around a subway car. Yes, inside the train. The "highlight," as we noted in the title, is when the rat crawls up the leg and over the face of a sleeping man. Ha, ha.

A skeptic might wonder if this could have been staged with actors and a professional rat wrangler. It's certainly possible, but if this video is fiction, that actor playing the sleeping man deserves a Golden Globe for his exceptionally understated portrayal of a man being awoken by a rat crawling on his face. Not to take anything away from that talented little rat (or its daring stunt double), but any other actor might have been tempted to chew the scenery a bit. Not this guy, he's all Peter Fonda in Easy Rider. Anyway, so much for napping on the subway ever again! We had a good run. [Via NYC the Blog]

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By John Del Signore in News on January 13, 2011 8:55 AM

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Ab2010

Rats DO travel in the train and eat and parade regularly on platforms and tracks, they are a part of NY life and a familiar face everywhere, specially parks. These animals have rights and should get food at the stations, they are better behaved than a lot of the people in the trains.

William Simpson

I would definitely call that a suspicious package.

Brian Gatens

Someone please give this rat a contract and a free house so that it can enter rehab next week.

Christine Jo Mendez

That Rat looks like it Should be in Show Business or in the circus.

ckl

so cute

Arnold Neimanis

NYC in a nutshell...

Guest

totally staged.

Investigate-NWO-globalists

Being that there are millions of rats in NYC, I don't find it implausible that a bold rat like that one could exist & be caught on video.

Merf Derf

I would freak out about 4-5 times more than that sleeping guy if I woke to that.

Props for keeping your cool, sleeping dude.

Steven Harris

That was his buddy.

On a serious note I'm sure that happens to him more often than that.

Guest

"if you see a suspicious package or activity on the platform or train..."

CoolerThanYou

Yes!! That line echoes as the rat crawls over the dudes face. Classic

citylion

I think the rat smelled one but was mistaken and got a good toss out of it.

Rocknrope

Ben, most people would turn you away.....

valeriob

awesome

Kojak

I will never sleep on a subway train again.

unretrofiedforu

Why? I'm assuming you bathe daily. If so then a rat crawling on you looking for food strictly by scent will be the last of your worries.