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Bob Maar
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The Rambo Granny of Melbourne, Australia

Gun-toting granny Ava Estelle,81,was so ticked-off when two thugs raped her 18-year-old granddaughter that she tracked the unsuspecting ex-cons down - - and shot off their testicles.

The old lady spent a week hunting those men down -- and when she found them, she took revenge on them in her own special way, said Melbourne police investigator Evan Delp.Then she took a taxi to the nearest police station,laid the gun on the sergeant's desk and told him as calm as could be:

'Those bastards will never rape anybody again, by God.' Cops say convicted rapist and robber Davis Furth,33,lost both his penis and his testicles when outraged Ava opened fire with a 9-mm pistol in the hotel room where he and former prison cellmate Stanley Thomas, 29, were holed up.

The wrinkled avenger also blew Thomas' testicles to kingdom come,but doctors managed to save his mangled penis, police said.The one guy, Thomas,didn't lose his manhood,but the doctor I talked to said he won't be using it the way he used to, Detective Delp told reporters. Both men are still in pretty bad
shape,but I think they're just happy to be alive after what they've been through.

The Rambo Granny swung into action August 21 after her granddaughter Debbie was carjacked and raped in broad daylight by two knife-wielding creeps in a section of town bordering on skid row."When I saw the look on my Debbie's face that night in the hospital,I decided I was going to go out and get those bastards myself 'cause I figured the Law would go easy on them," recalled the retired library worker. " And I wasn't scared of them, either--because I've got me a gun and I've been shootin' all my life. And I wasn't dumb enough to turn it in when the law changed about owning one."

So, using a police artist's sketch of the suspects and Debbie's description of the sickos',tough-as-nails Ava spent seven days prowling the wino-infested neighborhood where the crime took place till she spotted the ill fated rapists entering their flophouse hotel.

I knew it was them the minute I saw 'em, but I shot a picture of 'em anyway and took it back to Debbie and she said sure as hell,it was them, the oldster recalled.So I went back to that hotel and found their room and knocked on the door and the minute the big one,Furth,opened the door,I shot 'em right square
between the legs, right where it would really hurt 'em most, you know.Then I went in and shot the other one as he backed up pleading to me to spare him.Then I went down to the police station and turned myself in.Now,baffled lawmen are trying to figure out exactly how to deal with the vigilante granny.

What she did was wrong, and she broke the law,but it is difficult to throw an 81-year-old woman in prison, Det.Delp said,especially when 3 million people in the city want to nominate her for sainthood and a medal.

DEPORT HER TO AMERICA-- WE NEED HER!!!

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Christopher Seo
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Is this even a real story? The caliber of writing is reminiscent of "Weekly World News".

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Dan Lyons
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Good story, but apparently an urban myth. Here are two articles about it, Snopes.com , darwin awards page .

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Bob Maar
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Thanks Dan, I have let the person who sent me this story read your excellent reply. Was a good story though....

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Bobby Henderson
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The "Grambo" story touches on a nerve about how criminals need to be dealt real consequences for their sick acts. However, it just doesn't seem believeable that an 81 year old grandmother could track down and shoot two career criminals in the nads.

Even if "Grambo" managed to handgun-castrate two men, the charges police would have been likely to file would be two counts of murder. A man can quickly bleed to death if castrated in an act of violence. When a gun comes into play regarding the act, not only will the guy likely lose his "sack," the impact of the bullet could sever one or both femoral arteries in the legs resulting in death in as little as 30 seconds.

Here's a true story I applauded:

1993, Moultrie, GA. A burglar tries to climb into the window of a home he intends to rob. He can't make it through and the window comes down on his neck. Through all the effort and struggle he passed out and died hanging into the window. I was working at WALB-TV in Albany, GA when the news story was reported. Many got a good laugh out of it.

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Rick Hunter
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A good story but it hasn't hit the papers here yet...

Regards,
Rick

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