80-year-old Wisconsin Man Beats Back Thief with Shoehorn (WEIRD)

Wire Services ^ | January 5, 2007 | LUKAS I. ALPERT

[DogByte6RER]

WEIRD BUT TRUE

By LUKAS I. ALPERT, Wire Services

January 5, 2007 -- An 80-year-old Wisconsin man beat back a thief - with a shoehorn.

Police said the would-be burglar kicked in the man's door, demanded cash and threatened to shoot him. But the victim picked up a long shoehorn and began smacking the robber with it, driving him from the home.

Unfortunately, that drove the man to another home, which he robbed. He was later arrested.

[onyx]

GOOD on the old gent!!!

[rzeznikj at stout]

sure will.

i don't know which is worse--getting thwacked with a shoehorn by an 80 year old man or the embarrassment that is ensuing...

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

That item pictured is legal. It has a sixteen-inch barrel handle, non-detachable.

What is illegal is the snub-nosed 'Saturday Night Specials' that are made of cheap metal and highly concealable. I don't know if there are any that autoload the feet (feet-o-loaders?). I think most are single shot.

Fortunately the snub-nosed shoehorns are very inaccurate at more than arm's length. You have to be a federal footerarms dealer to possess one.

TO ALL: Sorry if you thought this was corn-y. ;^)

[StarCMC]

ROFLMBO!!!!!

[StarCMC]

Thanks for the ping -- the comments are a stitch!! LOL

[martin_fierro]

If I had been there, I would have been shouting,"Sock him!"

Stop running your tongue.

[mikrofon]

Trying to stop a thief in your home is not instep with what's recommended by law enforcement. Anyway, they'll probably catch the perp and his case will clog the legal system for years...

[BJClinton]

He's going to be the laughing stock of the state pen.

[bootless]

I have my dad's shoehorn, about that size. And it's not registered.

We have to watch out for the sawed-off shoehorns!

[DogByte6RER]

Yep.

I am currently stockpiling my own arsenal of deadly and dangerous shoehorns as well.

I have collected assault shoehorns, shoehorns with silencers, fully automatic shoehorns, laser guided shoehorns and of course the bazooka of all shoehorns...the size 13 shoehorn!

[DogByte6RER]

Oh yeah...

I also forgot to mention my Satruday night shoehorn special...

[Victoria Delsoul]

Unfortunately, that drove the man to another home, which he robbed.

Hmmm, guess the old man didn't beat him hard enough.

[Ptarmigan]

That's amazing that one can beat a thief with a shoehorn.

[AnOldCowhand]

Reminds me of the slap scene in My Name Is Nobody.

[dixiechick2000]

Corn-y?


I thought it was a shoe-in for best post. ;o)

[The SISU kid]

Reminds me of the slap scene in My Name Is Nobody.

Great movie!!

8^)

[afraidfortherepublic]

“This is one of those crimes that a lengthy sentence just doesn’t do justice,” said Sheriff Todd Nehls. “The torment and anguish will be with them forever.”

I'm not exactly sure what the Sheriff is saying here, but let me go on record as saying that this crime deserves as long a sentence as possible with NO Huber privileges. They have copped to at least 3 home invasions. Lock 'em up and lose the key. I don't care how "tormented and anguished" they are.