GRIM footage shows a writhing mass of rats roaming around a busy street in central London.
The sizeable pack of rodents was spotted by a resident on New Road in Whitechapel, East London on Saturday evening.
The bold creatures were filmed scurrying out from beneath a row of dumpsters and fighting over a discarded Chinese food box, seemingly unbothered by the presence of so many cars and pedestrians.
The nauseating footage is filmed from across the road and initially shows a group of six or seven rats scurrying around on the pavement investigating the abandoned box.
However, the camera then zooms out and pans over to the dumpsters to reveal dozens more of the creatures running riot on the capital city’s street.
The huge group of rats scavenge and forage around in the litter and mess dumped around the bins, totally unbothered by the noise and presence of humans around them.
A passing local, disgusted by the carpet of rats nearby, can be heard exclaiming in despair: “What the fk, what the fk.”
The rodents, visibly unafraid, continue to pour out of hiding and swarm the pavement with one of the animals appearing to even venture across the road before darting back as a motorbike passes.
The video comes to an end just as a couple of cars pass and scare the rats back into hiding.
The footage was shared to social media yesterday with the caption: “Rats spotted in Whitechapel this evening during Iftar time. On your watch.”
The shocking clip has since received over 470 likes and more than 300 comments from users left stunned by the number of rodents.
One user said: “Didn’t expect anything different, not the London I grew up in.”
Another added: “Panic not, it’s just the mayor and his followers out playing.”
A third wrote: “There are rats everywhere, take a walk in the early morning hours before everything opens, especially in the city centre, you will see them.”
Another commented: “If people picked up their litter and didn’t make a mess, there wouldn’t be so many rats. It’s not hard to understand.”
