A cheeky squirrel was caught on video after it hopped on a train and took a seat next to passengers. <br /><br />The little squirrel boarded the train just before the doors closed after spotting some food on the floor.<br /><br />It had jumped on at Grays in Essex on Monday lunchtime and, after one stop, the squirrel left the train safely at Purfleet and went about its day. <br /><br />A woman called Kim from London recorded the footage, shocked to see the animal on her commute.<br /><br />She said: “My initial thought was that it was a huge rat, but I soon realised it was a cute squirrel. <br /><br />“Never seen anything like that on a train before. Poor thing was running up and down the carriage, on the chairs, clambering up the windows.<br /><br />“I was worried that it might be a female squirrel with babies left in Grays but fortunately it was the wrong time of year.”<br /><br />As the squirrel was getting off the train 28-year-old Kim, who runs a YouTube channel called Thetravellingsurrogate, ensured it could get out safely.<br /><br />She added: “I made sure people waiting to get on stood to the side. One bloke looked terrified as the squirrel flew past him.”
