This is the dramatic moment a driver wields a sword at another motorist during a road rage stand-off in Oregon - only for the man he threatens to calmly pop his trunk and pull out a huge rifle in return.
A video of the confrontation, uploaded to Twitter this week, shows a man brandishing the samurai-like weapon while running towards the other driver as he is getting out of his car.
The hair-raising encounter was recorded in crime-ravaged Portland - where shootings and murders are soaring after the city's police department saw its budget cut by $15million last year as part of the woke city council's new defunding plan following the death of George Floyd.