Video: Man Goes Medieval On Rat On The Subway

The guy stomped on it while wearing white shoes

This month, we've already seen two prime examples of how NYers react to rats on their subway: with nonchalance, or utter panic. Now rat-video king NYC The Blog is offering a third, much more primitive and cruel response to the mix: stomping on the rat. The video, taken by Vasily Zinchenko, is a vintage one made in 2008 on a D train near Grand Street station in Manhattan (but just uploaded yesterday to YouTube). Zinchenko's friend who was on the train with him, Uladzimir Taukachou, told NYC the Blog: "I saw how rat jumped in the train,. People were seating with their legs on seats. They were afraid that rat could bite them. Kids were so exited. It was fun." But be warned: a man in white shoes goes the ungentlemanly route, and furiously steps on the rat, seemingly killing it. Regardless, this is just further proof that it's the rats' city now, and we're just renting space in it.

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By Ben Yakas in News on January 30, 2011 10:35 AM

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ShadowLock

Props to that guy!

You all do realize that Rats have something known as Rabies right? they all carry a Plague on them specially NYC rats, the people who are saying shit like Ohh this sickens me and ohh this basterd, you all are idiots, Anything that has a Plague in it should be put down, These Rats arn't doing Anything to help us in fact they are doing WORSE for us. Instead of BSing about this shitty Rat why don't you think about how to Save brooklyn From a Shitload of Snow which our Mayor doesn't give a shit about.

robingee

Why do you capitalized Rat? You hold them in high regard?

The snow in Bklyn is all cleared BTW. That was a month ago.

Diana Morrow

I refuse to watch this video, and I have flagged it as abusive on YouTube.
SHAME ON YOU, Gothamist. This is animal abuse.

felixthecat

FUCKING ASSHOLE SHOULD BE STOMPED ON AFTER BEING ASS RAPED. FUCKING ASSHOLE GARBAGE. WHAT A SICK BASTARD TO STOMP ON THE POOR RAT.

dead_himmler

He is my friend and a hero.

hashedz

Be thankful that in our corner of the universe we are still the rat killers.

http://goo.gl/8GHuA

clafleche

All these people saying they would never hurt an animal... Are you vegans? Do you wear leather? Do you wear makeup? Do you use any of the other tens of thousands of animal by-products that are out there?

Do you ever ride the subway, which kills rats all the time on its own?

Give me a break.

robingee

Give ME a break. Stomping a creature to death with your foot is different than not being a damn vegan. Levels, people. Levels.

Reader of Things

then he stole that bag at the end too

Mystery_man

Who the fuck cares? It's a rat.....it was botherin ppl.

brooklynRick

I hope at least he made sure it was dead, rather than leaving it suffering with all broken bones and half crushed.

TheRealCannibal

This is disgusting. How can you wear sandals on the subway?

dead_himmler

I'm friends with this guy. He's a rabbi from Yonkers.

hb78

If enough of you flag the video as abusive it will be taken down.

luckysod

So I guess non of the rat lovers above has ever called in pest control or ever would if they had rats in their building/apt? This rat died a quicker and less painful death than any that have been poisoned.

robingee

Let's stomp on you to death and see if it's quick and painless.

m015094

Yeah, if something that weighed 200X as much as I did stomped on me I am pretty sure it would be quick and painless.

The dude should have used a rat stick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

freddynyc

He did a pretty damn good job there taking the initiative and didn't even get any blood stains on his shoes...

robingee

Stomping a living creature to death is pretty sick, dude. WTF is wrong with you.

Spirit of 76

You're saying you've never stepped on a roach? Would it have been more merciful if the rat had stuck its head into a rattrap and the spring-loaded bar snapped onto its neck? Or maybe stuck in a glue trap, slowly dying of hunger and dehydration?