London (United Kingdom): A video of a man trying to rob an elderly man has been making rounds of social media and has shocked the netizens. Not just shocking, the way the video ends after has also surprised the netizens. The viral video, that appears to be CCTV footage, posted by South Wales Police Cardiff, shows the elderly man fighting off the thief, making him flee the spot empty-handed.

The South Wales Police Cardiff explains in the caption of the video, how the 77-year-old man was used the cash machine at Sainsbury on the early hours of February 5 when a man, carrying a black rucksack and wearing a high-vis vest and black hat with a white motif on the front, approached him and according to the police, demanded him to hand over his cash card and money.