Father Defends Daughter From Naked Intruder

This, my friends, is tough to beat. Up for nomination is Robert McNally, 64, of Indianapolis, Indiana. The details are found here , but a summary will suffice.....

• Mr. McNally's 17 year old daughter awoke at 3 am screaming that a naked man was in her room (and presumably not one of her frequent boyfriends from school)
• Mr. McNally rushed to his daughter's room and pinned the naked intruder on the floor, and in the process squeezing the very life out of this convicted sex offender via strangulation.
• Mr. McNally apparently did not hold up until police arrived, who told him he could let go. By this time the intruder was "unresponsive"
• Upon searching the masked intruder, they found rope, a knife, condoms, a gag, and latex gloves

Of course the police ruled that Mr. McNally was within his rights (God we can only hope), and in a weird twist of fate, the intruder's brother said, ""[He] performed heroically. He did exactly what any father, any husband should do."

Mr. McNally meets all of the criteria for consideration of a Flosey Award. He came to the aid of his daughter, whom I will posture may not sleep well for some time, and clearly given the circumstances of what the intruder brought with him, saved his daughter from a horrific attack.

Furthermore, he did what any red-blooded American father would do - he strangled the monster until he died, and then he refused to let go. In nature there are various animals (snapping turtles & dogs) that when provoked, will clamp down on a threat and not let go until all signs of threat are gone. Mr. McNally is one of those animals. He killed the monster with his bare hands (a naked man wearing a mask and gloves, by the way), and refused to let go.

Had he failed, his daughter and wife were in danger. It's 3 am and it's you or your family. This is one reason why I have multiple loaded firearms located discretely throughout my home, but Mr. McNally clearly feels comfortable in wringing the life from a man with his bare freaking hands.

Even in his moment of being a total stud, he remains humbled by his experience. "Nobody wins," McNally told The Indianapolis Star. "It's a lose-lose situation for everybody. He has family also."

Not anymore, he doesn't.

You, sir, are worthy of a nomination for this year's Flosey Award. We could use a few more like you.

Nominee: Noah Herron

Note to potential burglars...don't break into the house of an NFL player, unless you are absolutely certain he's not home.

Of course, two idiots entered the home of former Green Bay Packers running back Noah Herron earlier this year. The basic details are that Herron was playing video games upstairs. He heard glass breaking on the first floor, so he phoned police. He didn't just hide away from the burglars, though. He unscrewed a bedpost, and put one of the criminals in the hospital.

The other man, if we even want to call him that, wisely fled the house immediately and was greeted by the arriving police.

Herron was fine.

I love this quote, by the way:

"Noah Herron used necessary, reasonable and justifiable force in protecting his life and property," Kocken said in a statement. "Herron, the victim in this random home invasion, is cooperating with law enforcement."

The victim. That's so awesome.

I hereby nominate Noah Herron for the 2008 Flosey Award.

Finally, if there is an anti-Flosey -- the list would be far too long -- I'd nominate the burglar that ran outside like a scalded dog while Herron lit up his partner in crime.