About 5 years ago,I was working on a building rehab job a few blocks from the WTC. The building was mid 1800s and plans were long gone. We found a sub-sub-basement that the owner did not even know existed. It was a half-height door leading to a rickety metal stair behind piles of junk in the sub-basement. Not opened for at least 50 years.
I will remember that smell forever. When I shined a light in,the floor looked like it was moving frantically. It was wall-to-wall rats as far as you could see,their eyes reflecting off the light. Many were bigger than cats and made low-frequency growling noises.
An exterminator was called and said we were lucky to be alive opening such a door full of cornered rats. A few more minutes and they would have turned us into food.
The NYC rats are very elusive and will almost never appear within sight of humans. If you’re on one of the few dead-quiet blocks and quietly look out your window in the middle of the night,you’ll see swarms of huge rats foraging. They scatter at the slightest noise. There are many,many underground passages and chambers around NYC for them to hide.
Very interesting story....I can imagine how scary that must’ve been. What did you do, slam the door shut real quick?
BTW, did the exterminator kill the rats, or did you just weld the door shut?
And what do you think DemocRats will do when they have the light shined fully on them?
too bad you didnt have any frag grenades or some WP. I hate rats. We had a problem when I was young with the darn things.
If one ever got into my house now, the 12 gauge would be called in and I dont care who calls the cops.
now that is a memory you will never forget! I always thought it would be kind of cool to go into an a really old building/house and discover something interesting and unknown inside. But not a cellar full of rats....