Yeah, I'd probably run away too!!

I would have been close on your heels as I know I would have got the adrenalin from somewhere. I just love to hear stories like this and yes, he is a hero. No, I have never been attacked or fought off an attacker. But I should have fought off an attacker when one was in our house on the farm many years ago. My daughter was about 4 years old and to cut a long story short, my husband lay down for a nap and she fell asleep on the sofa near me. Whilst I went to wake my husband up at his request so that he could hear the evening news, the man jumped through the roof (had removed piece when we were out) and went into her bedroom and hid under her bed. Now we had a puppy and the puppy started to bark and my husband said that the puppy was in R's room so he would get him out and then we could put her down to sleep. I'm trying to be brief, I really am So he goes into her bedroom and sees her little bed move. He flings over the bed and starts to fight the thief. He yells out to me to get help. Well I am ashamed to tell you that I lost my presence of mind. I ws very calm and said that I would come and help him as soon as I found my slippers. Today - I can still see myself on the carpet patting around looking to locate my slippers. Then I heard my husband curse some dreadful words and he never cursed. So I burst into tears and asked if he had lost respect for me as he had never cursed before? Anyway, he could not hold onto the man as the man had oiled his body in preparation and was dressed only in shorts. So the thief ran through to the litchen and leapt over the sink and through glass louvres into the gully below. About a 30 foot drop. Workers on the farm came running with machetes and the police Inspector came and statements had to be taken and my daughter was scared too. What were you doing when Mr. S ------ was fighting the thief, Mrs S------ ? asked the Inspector. Well, Inspector, I planned to assist him but was on the floor, looking for my slippers, I replied...

I love how articles like this focus on what the guy did for a living (being a mormon bishop). I mean, how is that significant? The guy was acting in his capacity as good neighbour and good Samaritan, not as Bishop.

I have never been attacked or fought off an attacker. Not sure if helping a neighbor is really heroic as people used to do it all the time. I am glad he was her neighbor though and did help her out. You too often hear of people who do not want to be involved.

No thank God! But I bet he did put the fear of God in the attacker!

I've never been, and hopefully I never have to (knock on wood). My son who does taekwondo and is grading for his 2nd degree black belt has actually drawn up scenarios with attackers. He did that when he graded for his first degree. He and his partner alternated turns pretending to be attackers, and the other would do a self defense reaction. Although it was a bit funny when they did it during the test, I'm glad to know that it is there just in case they need it.

i'd love to have him as a neighbor. i have never been in a similar situation and i hope i never will but who knows? crimes happen everywhere at anytime these days. having a neigbor as helpful as this bishop will surely make me feel more secure.

Yikes, a samurai! I sure wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of someone wielding a samurai. But then, I don't think anybody will have any reason to draw it against me other than if they have some malevolent or ulterior motives on me. So far, I never have to fend off any attacks on my person and I hope and pray that I will never get to experience that.