Posted on 10/28/2009 9:50:50 AM PDT by Daffynition
Reader Wayne sent us this photograph and explains, "I was walking along and texting. Not really paying that much attention. Then something caught my eye. I thought I was about to step in dog shit, but quickly realized it was a rat stuck in the sidewalk. A big rat. It had tried to squeeze through a crack in the sidewalk and failed."
Update: Another reader created the second photograph in the gallery, adding, "hopefully this makes it a little better!"
We are still awaiting a reply from Wayne to ask if he tried to help the little guy (or gal) out, where it was located and whether we needed to send out a rescue squad. And if you want to pass the time with some Photoshopped sad rat images... well, you can send them to tips@gothamist.com and we'll compile them into a gallery later.
Update 7:50 p.m.: We've added some of the rat-in-sidewalk Photoshops—if you're not doing anything this Friday night, send 'em our way!
Update 10/24: More Photoshopped Sad Rat photographs here, plus a poll asking what you would do if you saw a rat emerging from a sidewalk. And Wayne got back to our questions. He says, "It was on my block on the Upper West Side. 82nd Street between CPW and Columbus. I thought it was alive, but after getting up the nerve to poke it with a (long) stick, I realized he was dead. I did what any wonderful caring masculine New Yorker would do, I told the doorman about it and ran off to work. That night the sidewalk with spic and span. I hear the Eulogy was beautiful and moved some to tears."
That would be much sadder.
Yeah, not many have rat bar tenders. Shrug.
But plenty of them have rats.
I can see your addition, but the resolution of the picture as displayed leaves it in doubt as to what it is.
Is the original a higher resolution?
What? No “Looter Guy?” This would be the perfect photoshop opportunity for Looter Guy. He could offer the dead rat a tasty malt beverage.
I’m with ya. kill that snake. By the way, did you ever figure out what it was?
Magnificent.......you bastard.
The X-ed out eyes --- sheer brilliance.
Andy, check out this thread!
Well, that is sad. Here’s something even sadder ...in my state of residence, you can no longer legally bury your pet on your own property. [or anyone else’s]
btt
The Rat Snake was about 5 feet long, found him in the chicken coop. He was non-poisonous but had killed a chick and had to go. He tried to escape thru the chicken wire but was decapitated when we (my grandson and I) pulled the tail in the opposite direction.
The Pygmy Rattler was entering my gate as I was leaving to meet the school bus a week or so ago. He was about 18 inches long and was poisonous. He was cut in half with a shovel.
That's not a hose on the chair. It's Black Racer that likes to hang around the house. He's a friendly little guy.
My neighbor just shot a Coral Snake he found outside his front door. That is a very nasty fellow . . the snake, not the neighbor.
ROTFLMAO!
Yeah, Nateman.....I knew you’d show up sooner or later...
ROFL! I’m going to have nightmares now...
HAHAHA!
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