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[Kenneth]

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[MrsB]

Fox takes tube station escalator

An urban fox stunned London Underground passengers by calmly taking an escalator to navigate a tube station.

The animal was spotted by Kate Arkless Gray, 29, on Saturday night as she made her way home from a friend's wedding.

She watched in amazement as the fox boarded the escalator at Walthamstow Central just after midnight to leave the station.

Miss Arkless Gray said: "As I got off the train and headed towards the up escalator I saw this daring creature dashing full speed down the down escalator, which was taped off for maintenance workers at the bottom.

"I was wishing I'd been able to film it and then the workers at the bottom of the escalator shooed him back up again."

She then managed to capture the surreal scene as the fox casually made his ascent on the escalator back towards the exit.

She said: "He just paused near the top for a moment, so I scrabbled around my bag and took a couple of pictures. I'm always looking for fun images to share on Twitter.

"I was there for about a minute, watching other people's reactions to it. At first I felt a bit silly taking a photograph but I knew I'd kick myself if I didn't."

Unperturbed by a gathering of late-night onlookers, the fox casually sat at the top of the escalator deciding which way to go next.

"We were all just stunned," added Miss Arkless Gray. "It's not exactly a sight that you expect to see on your way home from a Saturday night out.

"We did that London thing of just smiling at one-another to acknowledge we'd each seen something interesting. You don't normally make eye contact on the underground unless something unusual is going on and this was definitely one of those times."

After getting bored of being the centre of attention, the creature cooly made his way out.

Miss Arkless Gray said: "He was so casual. He left under the ticket barrier and toward the bus station exit. Maybe he was trying to catch the last bus home.

"I've certainly never seen anything like it and I've lived in the area for years.

"I do hear a lot of foxes at night and occasionally see them in the street. But it would have had to go down a couple of flights of stairs to get down to that escalator. It was a great surprise to see on my way home."

[Kenneth]

It's better without the story.

[Liverpel]

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[Bender]

[lickedlollipop]

looooooooooooooooooooooooool.... hahaha

[MrsB]

[Scaramanga]

I love pigs in blankets at this time of year...

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