A woman has been left horrified by an infestation of rodents in her neighbourhood claiming that “rats rule this city”.
Ashley Bez couldn’t believe her eyes when she spotted thousands of tiny prints in the snow.
On closer inspection, the 42-year-old realised they were in fact paw marks exposing a “rat highway”.
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Sharing the skin-crawling footage online with her 39,000 followers, her clip has racked up a whopping 911,000 views.
“In my 24 years in the city I’d never seen it and was so shocked,” Ashley, from New York City, told What’s The Jam.
“How could something I usually see as gross be so adorable?
“Rats truly contain multitudes.
“When I saw them I knew immediately what they were since the rats grace me with their presence every time I’m walking around at night.”
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Ashley, a comedian, captured the footage while out on an early morning dog walk on 16 Feb.
The light dusting of snow exposed how active rats are in her neighbourhood overnight.
After posting the clip online, the video racked up an impressive 53,700 likes and was flooded with mixed reactions from viewers.
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Ashley said: “I felt like a scientist collecting data but like, for TikTok.
“I don’t know if that’s sad but it’s true.
“These are the times we live in.
“People seemed to think they were cute but some people were horrified.
“New Yorkers as well as the rest of the country are desperate for this type of lighthearted content to take their minds off the atrocities being committed by our government.”
Viewers were left split on the video of the “rat highway”.
Another person said: “People living with rats and it’s normalised, you live in a sh*t city, literally.”
One person said: “Where do you live so I can make sure to never be there at night.”
One person said: “That is freaking adorable and the sweetest acknowledgement.”
Another person said: “They are so cute.”
One other person added: “Rats and pigeons run the city and I say it with love, love them all.”
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