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CCTV footage captured the moment a flash mob of twerking teenagers looted a supermarket, making off with anything they could get their hands on.

Store clerk Terry Polsgrove was closing up the Chevron Food Mart in Bryan, Texas on Saturday, January 4th when dozens of teens swarmed through the door, overpowering him.

Polsgrove is seen in the surveillance camera footage trying to close and lock the doors, but he was no match for the 30 or 40 strong flash mob.

The bizarre video even shows teens twerking to the muzak playing in the store, as more kids swarm past with armfuls of grub.

Before the chaos started, Polsgrove told local media it was an ordinary, quiet Saturday night.

"It all happened so fast," he said. "Within a matter of 20 minutes I was being overwhelmed by kids aged eight to 17. I mean, I was just shocked.

The kids were caught on the store's five security cameras and police have released the footage in the hope that members of the public will come forward and identify the hoodlums.

Police say some parents have already made statements and that suspects could be charged with vandalism, theft, organised crime and assault.