Woman, 73, scares off thief by stabbing him with BBQ fork

8 months, 3 weeks ago

When she looked out the window, she saw a teen trying to break into her home, so she grabbed a pair of scissors and a big BBQ knife and headed towards the backdoor

Margaret Jackson may be a 73-year-old grandmother, but she's no pushover.

Just ask the guy who attempted a home invasion -- she stabbed him with a big barbecue fork.

The attempted robbery happened last Friday afternoon when Jackson's dog heard a noise in the backyard of her Houston home and started skittering back and forth.

When she looked out the window, Jackson saw a teen trying to break into her home, so she grabbed a pair of scissors and a big BBQ knife and headed towards the backdoor.

"I opened the door like this. Real fast. And he was back there. And he came from back there. And he pushed me. We were struggling," Jackson explained to KSAT-TV.

The teen tried to get away, but Jackson wasn't through with him yet.