A young boy is being hailed a Syrian superhero after he was caught on film appearing to dodge a swarm of bullets in order to save a little girl pinned down by a sniper.

Harrowing video footage posted to YouTube on Monday by the activist Shaam News Network channel shows the boy, no older than 10, making a mad dash for the girl, who is cowering behind an old, burned-out truck in the middle of a street.

The rescue appears to take a turn for the worse as the youngster drops to the ground when it looks like he’s been blasted by incoming bullets. But apparently the boy was just playing possum and waiting for the perfect opportunity to make a run for it.

He rushes to the girl, grabs her by the hand and takes off back the way he came — ducking and dodging another shower of bullets. Amazingly, the two manage to make it out of the danger zone safely.

Though the footage has yet to be verified and its setting is unknown, many YouTube users praised the boy.

YouTube user Saud Helal wrote: “A smart boy, strategies [acquired] by living the wars.”

“Obviously he feigns deaths so the shooters will stop shooting,” another user writes.

The Shaam News Network is a television channel run by pro-rebel Syrian activists stationed in Damascus, according to their website.

The video has been viewed more than 130,000 times.