An 87-year-old woman in Maine woke up to a teenage home invader standing over her bed without his clothes and saying he was going to cut her – and then she fed him in her kitchen because she said he was 'awfully hungry.'
An 87-year-old Maine woman ably fought off a teenage attacker, then fed him because he said he was"awfully hungry."
Marjorie Perkins said she awoke at 2 a.m. on July 26 and saw the young man standing over her bed. He had shed his shirt and pants and told her he was going to cut her.told the Times Record. She put on her shoes and fought back, putting a chair between them as the two jostled in her Brunswick home. "I was hollering for help out the window," she told the Times Record."Thank God I had the chair between us. It would've been worse."
The intruder struck her on the cheek and forehead before switching tactics and heading for the kitchen. He told Perkins that he was"awfully hungry," she said.Perkins dialed 911 on her rotary phone.She was talking to a dispatcher while the intruder collected his pants and left. He left behind a knife, shirt, shoes and a water bottle containing alcohol, she said."Don't sit and cry about it," she told the station."If it comes up again, do it again.
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