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Posted: 12:50 PM- A Las Vegas man caught a ride with some girls, went to smoke some pot and then found himself abandoned - and fighting off a robber armed with a BB gun.

It began early today when the man was waiting for a cab near 700 East and 800 South. Two girls pulled up in a car and offered him a ride, Salt Lake City police said.

He got in their car and then the three agreed to smoke marijuana in City Creek Canyon, police said.

There they exited the car and a man armed with a gun jumped out of the bushes and demanded the man's wallet, police said.

The Las Vegas man kicked the robber and a fight began. When the would-be bandit fled, the girls jumped in their car and drove off without the victim, police said.

Police say the Las Vegas man suffered a laceration to the face - and officers recovered a BB gun from the scene in the canyon.