Granny scares off burglar with martial arts sword
A 67-year-old granny from Perth in Australia has chased a burglar out of her home with a Japanese sword.
The “white-haired granny”, who is trained in Chinese marital arts and practised tai chi for the last 15 years, told Perth Now how she had fallen asleep on her coach when a broke into her home at around 11pm on Tuesday.
When the she woke to the sound of the burglar rifling through her drawers, she unsheathed her sword and chased him out of her home.
The grandmother-of-11, who did not want to be identified, told the paper, “I’ve never seen someone so scared by an old, white-haired granny.”
She added, “The Japanese sword was the first sword I got so I grabbed that — I wasn’t into semantics at that point.”
The tiny grandma, who stands at just 153 centimetre tall, even chased after the intruder when she discovered her mobile phone, laptop, tablet and car keys were missing. With her sword in tow, she confronted the burglar who was trying to escape in her car.
“He couldn’t go anywhere because he was trying to get his feet on the car pedals. I had the seat pulled right forward because I’m so short,” she said.
“I told him with some colourful language to get out of my car, but he ended up getting out of that car quick because I pulled him.
“He came back twice saying he was going to kill me. I chased him up the driveway and asked him, ‘Who do you think has the sword in their hand?’”
Police soon arrived at the scene after neighbours reported yelling, and the gutsy granny was able to retrieve all her belongings. The police investigation is still ongoing.
Photo source: Ross Swanborough/Perth Now
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