Huge rat filmed crawling up sleeping man's neck on train

If there was ever a reason not to fall asleep on the train on the way home, this is it.

One sleeping man had the shock of his life when he woke up to find a rat crawling over him.

The rodent was filmed climbing up his leg before making its way up to his neck and around his head in the clip which was posted on Instagram.

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The footage was captured by Antony Lin who was also on the Manhattan train in the early hours.

He wrote: "3am on 7 train. MTA subways come equipped with cuddly rats."

Lin told NBC New York: "It's just disgusting to see that. I've seen rats on the tracks and platform but never inside the train.

"It certainly makes me hesitant about sleeping in the subway again."