Thursday, January 11, 2024

Day 4154: New Hero and Warning.

 

 

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A NEW HERO
 

Female bodybuilder, 82, beats home intruder so badly he had to be taken to hospital.

 What if you were getting ready for bed and you heard a man pounding on your front, shouting to be let in? And then, he broke in? And, what if you ere 82 and alone?
 
Willie Murphy can dead-lift 225 pounds and recently won a weightlifting contest. An 82-year-old award-winning female bodybuilder turned the tables -- literally -- on a home intruder and beat him so badly after he broke into her house that he had to be taken to the hospital. Willie Murphy says she was getting ready for bed in her home in Rochester, New York, at around 11 p.m. when she heard pounding on her front door.

"[A man] was outside saying please call an ambulance because I’m sick, I’m sick," Murphy said. Murphy ended up calling police to get the man the help he requested but she didn’t let the man inside, which caused him to become angry, she said.  "I hear a loud noise, I’m thinking, 'what the heck was that,'" Murphy said. "The young man is in my home. He broke the door. She was shocked but unperturbed. "He picked the wrong house to break into," she said. 


 She grabbed the first thing she could -- a table. "I took that table and I went to working on him and guess what? The table broke!" she said. The intruder immediately fell to the floor but the beat down didn’t stop there. "When he’s down I’m jumping on him," Murphy demonstrated how she stomped on him. She then ran into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of baby shampoo next to the phone where emergency dispatchers were still on the line.

 


"There’s a bottle of baby shampoo on the table," said Murphy. "I grab the shampoo and guess what? He is still on the ground. In his face. All over it. The whole thing. He’s trying to get up and he’s pulling and I got the broom and he’s pulling the broom and I’m hitting him, I’m hitting him with the broom, hitting him and guess what? He wants to get the heck out of there … I had really did a number on that man, I’m serious. I think he was happy when he went in the ambulance."

When police officers finally arrived a few minutes later, the suspect was apprehended and Murphy was applauded by the first responders.

 

 "The officers that came wanted to go on my front porch and take selfies with me," she said. "I’m alone and I’m old but guess what? I’m tough."

short 42 second video, here, after the commercial.

 

 


 

 

I am 82, too. I am not as tough as Willie. I wish I had arms like Willie. I too am alone, and I'm old but guess what? I am mean and will fight using whatever I need. This too would be the wrong house.




Throwback Thursday ...



Demura Sensei, Huntington Beach, CA  1979



 
 


  
 
A 2 minute video, Pokemon by Yuki Hayama, here.
 
 
  
Just because ...
  

Kingfisher

 



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7 comments:

elenor said...

Jacki, I had to laugh seeing this older lady telling the story of the man breaking into her home. Never underestimate a lady of 82!!!!

jacki long said...

Thanks, Elenor, yes she was well equipped to defend herself

Nancy Cornick said...

I am also 82 and I think I need to build some fighting muscles! 😄

jacki long said...

Hi Nancy!
So good to hear from you.
Yes, I don't need to press 225, but strong arms would be nice.

Sam Zimmerman said...

I'm a few days behind on the blog, but that story about the 82-year-old woman was awesome and made my day!

john said...

Not only do I love your strength in your art, I love the strength you represent in how you deal with life. The image of you with the cane is priceless. No one is going to fool with you. :-)

jacki long said...

Thanks John, yes that is the main idea of Karate is to avoid conflict, but when you can't be ready. I used to do a demo where I was dressed in a huge polka dot dress, hat, stockings rolled up and down, I carried a purse (filled with styrophome) and a cane. I beat up 7 guys, never taking more than a tiny shuffle step. It was pretty funny. Now I am the old woman.