An informative video offered the chilling reality of what happens when a frightened boy runs up to strangers on the streets of the U.S. and tells them that a man is trying to kidnap him.

Creator of The Kidnapping Children Experiment, Yousef Saleh Erakat, put together an experiment in which he set up hidden cameras to film the reactions of several adults when the boy, played by a child actor named Nathan, tells strangers he had been in the park with his mother when a 'man in a jacket' came up to him and tried to put him in his car.

"One decision can change an individuals life forever. When you are put to the test, will you pass?" asked the video, adding, "30 seconds of bravery could save a family a lifetime of heartache."

"He won't stop chasing me," he told one couple. Then the man in the jacket, played by Erakat came over, and claimed to be the boy's father and told the strangers that the boy has run off and is telling lies.

Several adults stepped in to defend the boy, and one man pushed the "abductor" against a car, gave the boy his phone, and instructed him to dial his mom's number.

The video has been viewed more than 2.5 million times on Erakat's YouTube channel, ?fouseyTUBE, and was featured on "Fox and Friends" to help spread awareness.

Erekat said on Fox and Friends that he started the experiment to show some real-life "superheroes" in action, but many of the reactions left him disappointed.

"Abducted children are often too scared to ask for help under pressure, so it's on us to be BRAVE," the video stated.

"It was pretty shocking," he said, emphasizing one-man's response as he was pretty easily convinced by Erekat that the kid had made up the whole story and then went along on his way.

"What you guys can't see is how creepy I looked in that scene with the glasses I was wearing and the beard. And I was wearing the same exact jacket that Nathan was describing to the man," said Erekat.

Some people actually did show heroism as one woman on the tape even pepper-sprayed Erekat to help keep the boy safe.

"I actually thanked her, because if this was my kid - I don't even have children yet - but if this was my kid, she just saved a kid's life," he explained.

Watch the video below: