[scrumper]

I used to hang out down there in the early 2000's. I remember walking one night somewhere in alphabet city. I was approaching a vacant lot on one side and a pile of garbage bags on the other. One of the bags was moving.

As I continued to walk, now directly between the garbage and the empty lot, a huge pack of rats maybe 40 or 50 strong streamed out of the trash bag, deflating it completely. They ran over my feet up my legs, and then down again, disappearing into the lot.

I was young and drunk so it didn't bother me all that much but it was pretty nasty in retrospect.