Two mysterious strangers spent a "crazy" amount of cash to win a cuddly toy elephant for a young boy at Liverpool Christmas Market.
Ethan Chandler, 11, sat for 20 minutes watching a game in which players tried to hit six cans with soft balls in order to win a prize when he visited the market with his parents on November 27.
His mum Michelle, 42, said: "Two young lads started playing it, and it was taking them a long time. Ethan was mesmerised; he sat on the bollards cheering them on and the lads could see him watching them. One of them called him over and paid for him to have a go.