Stomach-churning moment DOZENS of trapped rats desperately try to leap out of bin in the garden
THIS is the stomach-churning moment dozens of trapped rats try to launch themselves out of a dirty bin in a back garden.
The vile video shows the vermin desperately trying to leap out of the black communal bin outside a home in Tower Hamlets, London.
Footage shows the rodents feverishly falling over one another while trying to free themselves.
Others nestled amongst the rubbish as they eyed up an escape route.
According to social media users, the clip was filmed at Norton House, off Bigland Street and Cannon Street Road.
It was shared on TikTok, earning a whopping 485,000 views, before sparking a debate regarding how the person behind the camera should have handled the situation.
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Some suggested the Londoner should have rescued the rats from the bin, while others shared their horror at the proximity to homes.
One wrote: “I’m sorry, but I would have to help them get out.”
Another added: “The way they’re trying to escape! Someone defo chucked them all in there.”
A third chimed in: “If that was me, I would make them a ramp so they could escape. Don’t care what others think.”
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But some were less supportive of letting the rats run wild and free.
One comment read: “I feel sorry for everyone who lives close by”.
Another joked: “I’m A Celebrity get me out of here!”
And one TikToker said: “Poor bin man when he tries to empty the bin!”
It is not the only recent rat complaint in the capital either.
Residents on one estate in Lambeth, South London, has banned their kids from playing outside for fear of them being bitten by rodents.
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Locals claim they have seen up to 20 of of the vermin running around and shut their children indoors to keep them safe as a result.
They even get in car engines and have been burrowing by their homes in the Tanswell estate, which sits in the shadow of landmarks including the London Eye.