Last night a friend and I were headed out of the 116th Street station of the B/C, and a giant, cat-sized rat carrying a 10 inch long piece of bloody bone scurried in front of us. Upon our shocked exclamations, it dropped the huge, unidentifiable bone, and disappeared around the other side of the manned station agent booth. Everyone getting off the train was freaked out, and no one could figure out what type of bone it was.
A half an hour later, when we came to get back on the train, the bone was still there. We swiped in, attempting to get as far away from it as possible, in case the gigantic rat came back for it. But as we tried to head down the platform, we were deterred by two more rats running back and forth. We ended up staying by the turnstiles so we could keep an eye on all angles. A couple of minutes later, we saw the cat-sized rat come back for the bone.
The train came minutes later, but not before we saw three more rats on the tracks, and discussed the infestation with a few station regulars. They all asserted that the 116th Station is the worst, and has more rats than any other station, with the possible exception of the 135th street station on the same line. As I’ve seen at least two rats every time I’ve been there (and often a couple at the top of the stairs to boot), I’m inclined to agree.
But we have to ask our readers: What subway station do you think is the rattiest? And moreover, what IS that 10 inch long bloody piece of bone pictured above?
