Live Crab Found Relaxing on First Class Seat of Commuter Train

A lucky crab received first-class treatment during a raid on the standard South Western Railway route. 

According to a September Instagram post from the English train service, a passenger recently informed a conductor, named Mark Walsh, that there was a single crustacean in a first-class seat.   

The passenger told Walsh that “there’s a live crab on the seat over there, and it’s been there since I got on at Guildford.” Walsh ultimately “rehomed” the crab, whom he named Craig, in Portsmouth near the Southsea stop on the train’s route to London. 

“Our colleagues are always eager to help a customer in a pinch!” joked the caption on the railway’s post, and the laughs continued in the comments section. 

One user wrote, “Craig the crab was subsequently issued with a fixed penalty of £100,” which is about $134. Another noted, “I love the customer saying, ‘It’s been there since I got on at Guildford’ as if they were giving Craig a chance to get off the train of his own accord.”

An account who claimed to know Walsh wrote sweet words to the conductor, calling him “a hero in work and out of work,” adding, “I have the privilege to call him a great colleague.” 

Walsh spoke to the BCC about the funny incident, stating, “Some people were quite concerned because I was walking around the station with a crab in my hand, but most people didn’t bat an eyelid. They must have just thought another day in Pompey.”

While there’s no definite answer as to how Craig boarded the train, Walsh told the outlet he thinks the crab came on “a fisherman’s bag, or it could be some young people having a laugh.”

Craig isn’t the only independent animal that uses public transportation without a handler. 

Over the summer, a tiny kitten was seen hopping onto a New York City subway car from the platform. After scurrying through passengers, the scared kitten ended up in the arms of New York native Betsaida Mercado, who picked up the feline and took her home. 

PEOPLE spoke to Mercado after a video of her carrying the kitten, which has since garnered nearly 12 million views on TikTok, initially went viral.

“My first initial thought when I got her was like, ‘What do I do?’ I’ve never picked up a stray ever in my life,” she told PEOPLE at the time. “So this was a very ‘Oh my gosh’ moment.”

Mercado, who named the kitten “Emmie,” as an homage to the “MTA,” took the pet to a veterinarian who gave Emmie a clean bill of health and estimated her to be about 7 weeks old. “She’s a very fast learner. Extremely intelligent. Her personality is definitely coming out,” Mercado shared. “She’ll be asleep one moment and then running around the house the next.”

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The new cat mom also owns a 13-year-old Pomeranian/Shih Tzu mix, whom she said had “older brother, little sister vibes” with Emmie. “She would smack him at first, but now they sleep together sometimes,” said Mercado.