Early Friday morning, just like many nights when the wild cats of Aarey stray into the human habitat in search of prey, a leopard was spotted trying to snatch a dog from outside a house. But, in a rare turn of events, the leopard was chased back into the woods by a pack of dogs.

A CCTV camera installed outside the house, which is located less than 2km away from the Metro car shed site, recorded the entire episode that took place around 2.49 am on Friday. The footage shows the leopard sneaking behind a stray dog that was fast asleep and grabbing it by the throat. A fight erupts between the two but the leopard turned out to be a timid hunter and within three seconds of the attack the feline was chased away by its prey and two other stray dogs.