77-year old Pat Gillespie must have looked like a vulnerable target as he unloaded groceries in front of his Flint, Mich., home last Thursday. But when a gunman swooped in to rob the Air Force veteran, the thief learned firsthand the perils of trying to steal from someone who has just returned from the supermarket.That's because instead of emptying his pockets, Gillespie reached into one of the bags and pulled out the biggest thing he could find: a 2-liter bottle of Pepsi. Gillespie used the weighted plastic container to beat his assailant with a barrage of blows that didn't stop even when the criminal shot Gillespie in the groin. Eventually the would-be robber fled, empty-handed.
"I'm not a fighter but I don't need any B.S. from anybody," said the retiree, who shows no ill-effect from the shooting other than a temporary limp. "This is my house."
So what did Gillespie do with his weapon of choice? Why the unsentimental vigilante drank it, of course. Keep reading to see video about the incident.
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Tuesday 27 October
By Heavytoka
Officially the Coolest old man of the year!
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Tuesday 27 October
By Elizabeth
Absolutely the coolest man of the year - forget the old!
Tuesday 27 October
By Tina
Amen to that!
Wednesday 28 October
By cbkqmom
YES! This guy is awesome!!
Tuesday 27 October
By eric
OWNEd by gramps
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Tuesday 27 October
By brennan
ROFL!!! this man needs a reward or something... (pat on the back from me)
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Tuesday 27 October
By puahaha!
how awesome is that?
go you, old man(:
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Tuesday 27 October
By nyl
puahaha!! what an awesome grandpa(:
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Tuesday 27 October
By Mimi
GOOD FOR THIS GUY!!!
I love it!
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Tuesday 27 October
By Lee
I think Pepsi should have him do a commercial where he uses the can to do as he did, than drinks it as the thief runs off with his tail between his left. Just leave out the shooting and use a robber who uses a nameless soda, but the pepsi man wins the battle. That would be funny and a tribute to Pepsi. Would be great publicity since it would reflect a real situation. Hope Pepsi is listening. small commission for my idea? Anyone???
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Tuesday 27 October
By REH
Can you say super bowl commercial of 2010??!! Go Gramps! Pepsi should give him a lifetime supply!
Friday 30 October
By Michelle Pearl
HAHA! That would be the BEST Pepsi commercial ever! Minus the shooting of the groin :/
Tuesday 27 October
By Enanita
Hahaha . After he beat the crap out of the robber with a 2 liter bottle of pepsi he drank the soda . Hes AWESOME beyond AWESOME.
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Tuesday 27 October
By Lyn
His award should be a commercial for pepsi. People would be talking about this after the commercial. Way to go, gramps!!!
77 isn't that bad. Another idea for a commercial would be to sponser his 78 birthday with Pepsi soda's all over the place and the thief is serving drinks, forgiven and given second chance promoting Pepsi. Silly one. Why not?
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Tuesday 27 October
By maloneemp
What a fun idea. Love the upbeat attitude!
Tuesday 27 October
By Lon Horiuchi V
You'll NEVER read of positive use of a firearm from the narrow-eyed "media".
You'll ALWAYS read of a non-firearm overcoming a firearm from the narrow-eyed "media".
You'll NEVER read of any of several, regularly occurring uses of a firearm to overcome an assailant.
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Tuesday 27 October
By Laura
Well of course you hear this kind of story more. It has nothing to do with the media. It's not nearly as amazing if you overcome an assailant with a firearm. It would be expected, how could you not overcome them if you had a gun? It's way cooler when random household items become a weapon because it's unexpected.
Tuesday 27 October
By aimee
Great for him!!..it's about time the good guy wins! He gives a good name to veterans everywhere!!!!
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Tuesday 27 October
By Nana
Most amazing old man ever.
"This is my house."
Great
Just great.
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Tuesday 27 October
By DutchLady
Just doesn't matter -- he's a criminal and I hope they catch him. He's a rat, no matter what his skin color is!
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