Escaping the rat race! Fearless rodent makes it from Brooklyn to wedding in upstate New York while clinging to the hood of a car
Escape the rat race! A fearless rodent travels from Brooklyn to a wedding in upstate New York while clinging to the hood of a car
- A large rat hitched a ride from the busy streets of Brooklyn to upstate New York
- Kevin Coop captured the video of the rat clinging to the hood of his BMW car
- It is unknown whether the rat has successfully started its new life in New York State
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An intrepid rat from New York City hitched a ride to upstate New York on the hood of a BMW, traversing miles of diverse landscapes as a man drove to a wedding.
Video filmed by Kevin Coop shows the moment he spotted the rodent crawling onto the hood of his car while driving to Roscoe, New York.
“Hey hell, I just came way upstate and I brought a damn rat from Brooklyn,” Cooper is heard saying in the video.
You see the rat run up the hood, then bury itself between the window shield of the car and disappear.
“Holy sh**!” Coop shouted. “Where did it go?”
A rat crawled onto the hood of a man’s car on his way from New York City to a wedding at a campground in Roscoe, New York
The rat hitched a ride from the busy streets of Brooklyn to upstate New York in a man’s BMW car
The rat buried itself between the window of the car and was shocked
It disappeared between the window shield after clinging to the hood
A follow-up video shows Coop stopped his BMW car, lifted the hood and checked the engine, while also trying to lure the rat away.
“Alright go!” Coop said to the rat.
But the annoying hitchhiker quickly scurried around and disappeared seconds later, while the scream of a guest could be heard in the background.
“I don’t know where it went,” you hear Coop laugh. “Just don’t eat my threads,” he begged the fearless rat.
The hilarious video quickly went viral after being reposted to Instagram by @whatisnewyork. As of Thursday morning, it has attracted more than 20,000 likes.
Coop later stopped the car to check its engine and lure the rat away
The attempt was unsuccessful as the rat scurried around quickly
It is not clear where the rat escaped to its new life in upstate New York
The most liked comment reads: ‘City Rat Goes Upstate – Children’s Book’.
“Cost of living is too high in NYC…had to move upstate,” wrote another.
The rat’s fate, and whether it successfully began its new life in upstate New York, remains unknown.
A report last year found that rodent sightings in New York City spiked, increasing 70% compared to the same period two years ago.
Mayor Eric Adams addressed the problem by appointing Kathleen Coradi as the city’s first director of rodent control, also known as a “rat sar.”