[Ammi]

Two squirrels who boarded a rush hour train to Gatwick forced operators to cancel the service.

The squirrels jumped on the Great Western Railway (GWR) 8.54am train from Reading to Gatwick on Monday, forcing passengers to flee to other carriages.

The passengers alerted staff, who tried to lure the squirrels off the train at Redhill with snacks, before trying to force them off with brooms - but to no avail.

They subsequently called the journey off entirely.

It may have been disruptive, but a GWR spokesperson certainly saw the funny side.

"We can confirm that the 0854 Reading to Gatwick was terminated at Redhill after a couple of squirrels boarded the train at Gomshall without tickets, breaching railway byeclaws," the spokesperson said.

"We attempted to remove them at Redhill, but one refused to leave and was returned to Reading to bring an end to this nutty tail."

[Niamh.]

One passenger said the whole experience was nuts

[bots]

who would flee a carriage because of a squirrel

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by bots

who would flee a carriage because of a squirrel

I know, why not just let them take their trip?

[arista]

They must have been Hungry
and Angry


They came over from the USA
nasty buggers

[arista]

Give me that Broom
I would get them USA buggers off our train.

[UserSince2005]

Trained russian spy squirels?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Typical hooligan foreign grey squirrels

[Gusto Brunt]

Sounds like Disney might be involved.

[Ammi]

…it would cost the squirrels peanuts as well to just take the bus instead and avoid Arista’s broom ….

[UserSince2005]

Can I also just say that I paid £18+ to travel on the train from Gatwick to St Pancras the other week, absolute robbery.

[Crimson Dynamo]

How comes all those Oysters get to travel around London dirt cheap then?

2 tier travel

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bots

who would flee a carriage because of a squirrel

Was just about to post this....now that is nuts

[Mystic Mock]

Oh no! A squirrel.

[Ray.]

Originally Posted by bots

who would flee a carriage because of a squirrel

Clark Griswold and his family?

Youtube video

[bots]

Originally Posted by Ray.

Clark Griswold and his family?

Youtube video

[Ammi]

…meanwhile in a New York subway, the crabs were on the loose…

Youtube video

Chaos on subway train as live crabs escape woman’s bag…


Chaos ensued on a subway train after a passenger's bag full of live crabs broke open, resulting in the arthropods tumbling out.

The woman can be seen jumping out of her seat and rushing toward the train door before fellow passengers advise her to bring the bag away from the seats.

The video of the incident has garnered nearly 18 million views in three days on Instagram. It was shared by the page “SubwayCreatures”, known for documenting the various kitschy behaviours of subway users and their pets, which often include snakes.

The video opens with a man in the opposite row calmly holding one of the crabs that escaped from the massive bag. Another person is seen approaching her to help bring the crabs together but quickly stepping back when more of them start to crawl on the floor. The Independent could not verify when the incident happened, but the Instagram handle uploaded the video on 27 September.

Amid the commotion, two passengers offer their bags to the woman to catch the crabs and put them inside, aided by the man who initially tried to help.

The woman can be heard saying "thank you" to the passengers as she tried to rein in the arthropods. Although it isn't specified where the incident happened, the page SubwayCreatures usually documents train oddities from the New York subway.

"It is nice that they came together to help her," wrote Instagram user Carla J in the comment box of the post.

"The way dude is nonchalantly holding the crab... the level of unbothered I'm tryna be," wrote another person.

"You've heard of snakes on a plane but have you heard of crabs on a train," one of the popular comments read.

Earlier, footage shared by the same Instagram page showed a rodent scurrying down the tracks of the subway with a whole crab in its mouth.

In another video a rat can be seen dragging a big slice of pizza along the tracks.

[Ammi]

…they all sound as though they’re having a shell of a fun time collecting them back into the bag…

[bots]

catching crabs on the subway has always been a worry

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by bots

catching crabs on the subway has always been a worry

…yeah, probably good to think about getting a taxi instead…it might be a bit of a pinch with the cost, though….