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RichardCoulter · 07-04-2018, 00:56

I was once told something by a carer about the elderly persons home where he used to work.

They had been having problems with burglars trying to get into the bedrooms of the residents in the dead of night and on one occasion were successful.

Unfortunately for him, the man whose room he got into was a war veteran from WWII who had developed something like dementia. He kept reliving the war and thought that the burglar was a German soldier; needless to say he ended up getting hurt.

Apparently, such conditions can invoke unusual strength.

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RichardCoulter cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 10,693	Re: Updated: 78 Year old pensioner cleared of killing burglar I was once told something by a carer about the elderly persons home where he used to work. They had been having problems with burglars trying to get into the bedrooms of the residents in the dead of night and on one occasion were successful. Unfortunately for him, the man whose room he got into was a war veteran from WWII who had developed something like dementia. He kept reliving the war and thought that the burglar was a German soldier; needless to say he ended up getting hurt. Apparently, such conditions can invoke unusual strength.