A Colombian proposes to his girlfriend after staging a robbery at gunpoint and it goes viral, surprising Internet users
A Colombian faked a robbery at gunpoint before proposing to his lover in the middle of the street, as captured in an Instagram video of the incident that has gone viral.
When the video first starts, it shows a red car approaching an intersection. Suddenly, a pedestrian and two men on a motorcycle get in the car's way. One of the men raises what appears to be a concealed weapon toward the woman as they demand that the couple inside the car get out. Then, with the woman in front of him, two gang members push the man to his knees, according to NDTV.
The men suddenly stop shouting and, to applause, the kneeling man asks his girlfriend the question. The woman playfully hits him repeatedly after discovering it's a joke while he places the ring on her finger. Their accomplices applaud as the couple celebrates their engagement with a hug and a kiss.
Some found amusement in the clever prank, while others questioned the young man's reasoning for pulling off such a brilliant move.
“You have to love someone with all your heart to be with them in sickness and in health, in kidnappings or in robberies,” one user joked. Another wrote: “He almost gave the girl a heart attack and would have been left without a girlfriend.”
A third user commented: “He took it so naturally that I don't know whether to worry about the situation in the country or think it's fake.”
A fourth added: “How sad it is that violence and insecurity are so normalized.”
