Startled customers in a New York bar shrieked in horror as a giant rat hopped onto the bar and ran the full length oblivious to the commotion around it.<br /><br />Video shows the huge rodent running along the whole length of the bar as customers watched on with their drinks.<br /><br />Staff at the Judge Roy Bean Public House in Manhattan, New York City, were eventually seen trying to trap the rat after it had walked over napkins and utensils.<br /><br />Jeremy Gurvits, 30, was out celebrating a premiere with colleagues when he captured the moment on his phone.<br /><br />Post-production assistant Jeremy described the moment as "extreme New York-ness".<br /><br />Jeremy, from Brooklyn, said: "Everyone had their phones out realising in unison the extreme New Yorkness of the moment. <br /><br />"Pretty sure at least one person thought it was cute. <br /><br />"The rest of us not so much. Before I knew what was happening, I had the misfortune of leaning against the bar. <br /><br />"Despite my colleagues' cries to warn me to get out of there. There's unfortunate photographic evidence of the rat getting uncomfortably close to my sleeve. <br /><br />"I will struggle to wear that shirt again."<br /><br />Jeremy said that the bar staff were trying to catch the rodent for around five minutes, but he and his colleagues didn't stay long.<br /><br />He said: "It was certainly trapped, but we took its arrival as our cue to leave before discovering the true aftermath."<br /><br />The video was filmed on June 13.
