A Gold Coast man in his undies has gone viral after taking on thieves early yesterday morning.

• Scroll down for footage of the confrontation

Mermaid Waters man Steve Middleton was naked when he saw a young man rummaging through his car in his garage at about 4.30am on Monday.

He threw on some underwear and headed out to confront the thief.

Press PLAY below to hear Steve telling Shane McInnes what happened

“I only saw two of them to start off with and they didn’t seem like much of a challenge for me,” he told Shane McInnes, filling in for Neil Mitchell.

Two other thieves were further up the road, armed with a knife and a bat.

“I didn’t realise there were more guys parked up the road,” Mr Middleton said.

“There was a lot of screaming going on. He was screaming ‘Let me go, let me go’ and I was screaming ‘Help, get out here!’, at the top of our voices.”

Press PLAY below to see the footage

Wearing only his underwear, a Gold Coast man has fought back against a group thieves this morning. @njkelly9 #9News pic.twitter.com/cv2lbRUgX1

— 9News Queensland (@9NewsQueensland) December 26, 2022

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