In the middle of the night, a nonagenarian from northwest France was woken up by thieves and had the brilliant idea of activating the sound on her anti-fall bracelet to scare the thugs away.
On the night of October 31st to November 1st, the woman, aged over 90, and a relative in his 40s with whom she was staying were terrified when three armed thieves allegedly broke into the house in Plougasnou, a commune in Finistère, France. entered, “Ouest-France” reported on Tuesday.
At around 2 a.m. the three thugs are said to have threatened the two women and carried out a house search.
But after about thirty minutes, the elderly woman had the brilliant idea of activating her anti-fall bracelet, which is supposed to emit an alarm signal in the event of a fall to alert a loved one or a control center, but which also makes a sound when triggered would give of himself.
His attempt would have had the desired effect: According to local media, the three men would have left immediately after stealing very few things.
The Gendarmerie of Plourin-lès-Morlaix, for its part, had launched an investigation to catch the three people, while forensic scientists were on site to look for clues, “Western France” said.