During an upstate New York wedding, a man discovered that a rat from Brooklyn, New York had hitched a ride on the hood of his car. Kevin Coop captured the unusual discovery on camera and shared it on Instagram.
While on his way to attend a wedding in upstate New York, a man found himself in need of some unexpected ‘road-dent insurance.’ It turns out that a city rat had managed to sneak its way onto his BMW car and was hitching a ride with him.
While driving through Roscoe, New York, Kevin Coop stumbled upon a surprise visitor – a rat! The furry creature had traveled all the way from the bustling streets of Brooklyn to this quiet upstate road. Coop couldn’t resist capturing the moment on video and shared it on social media, where it quickly went viral. His hilarious reaction to the unexpected encounter is sure to make anyone laugh. It’s worth noting that Roscoe is located approximately two hours away from New York City.
“I just got way upstate, and I brought a f—ing rat with me from Brooklyn,” Coop said in the video.
Kevin Coop was driving from Brooklyn, New York to the upstate when he spotted a stowaway. (Kevin Coop/IG@MisterCoop/AMAZING ANIMALS+ /TMX )
The rat was captured scurrying up Kevin Coop’s car. (Kevin Coop/IG@MisterCoop/AMAZING ANIMALS+ /TMX )
In the video, the hood riding rat is seen scampering up the hood of Coop’s car before burying itself between the car’s window shield.
“Holy sh–!” Coop is heard exclaiming. “Where did it go?”
In a follow-up video, Coop is seen evaluating the engine of his car with the rat seen scurrying around.
“Eww,” a woman is heard yelling in the video.
“I don’t know where it went,” Coop is heard laughing.
In his video, Coop did not say if the ‘mouse-termind’ managed to escape to its new life in upstate New York.
Amidst the continued surge in rat sightings in New York City, a hilarious video has surfaced. A report released in the fall of last year revealed that the number of rat sightings has shot up by 70% compared to two years prior.
In October 2022, the City Council voted on a rat action plan to systematically address the issue of rats, which Democratic Mayor Eric Adams has referred to as “public enemy number one.”
