Giant Rat
© New York Daily NewsJosiah Ryan from Soho films the beast approaching him from across the 42nd St. station at Bryant Park.
An angry rat has been caught on camera trying to attack a straphanger at a New York subway stop.

Dramatic footage filmed by SoHo man Josiah Ryan shows the aggressive rodent charging down the platform at 42nd St. station at Bryant Park in Midtown late Friday night.

It then jumps up, causing him to scream out: "Ah! Oh s--t!"

"Oh my God, man, got it all on video, too," Ryan is heard saying off-camera.

The editor for TheBlaze.com told PIX11 News he was "a football field away, minding my own business" when he spotted the rat. It then attempted to attack after he pulled out his cellphone and started filming.


"And this rat just comes straight at me with no provocation," he added. "I mean, maybe he didn't want to be recorded. I don't know how smart they are."

Ryan claimed the incident "permanently shook my faith in the détente I once thought existed between man and beast in New York City."

He wasn't injured after managing to dodge the tiny terror, but he said it may now make him "more likely to grab a Citi Bike and head downtown instead of taking the subway."