MARIETTA, Ga. — A neighbor saved a 67-year-old woman from two attacking pit bulls Tuesday morning by beating the dogs with a statue.
Mattie Craig said she hit the dogs so hard the statue broke in half.
The two dogs attacked the first woman in a hallway at the Walton Village Apartments on Roberta Drive as she took her Jack Russell terrier out for his morning walk. The Walton Village is a senior citizen apartment complex.
Marl Roberts saw the dogs attacking the woman and her dog.
He described them as "well fed, big dogs."
Craig said she heard the attack and went to see if she could help.
"I said 'Maybe if I go down the elevator and be prepared to fight," said Craig. "I was prepared to fight."
When Craig came out of the elevator the dogs were still attacking.
"The pit bull was standing up biting her dog and I hit him in the head with a statue and broke it," said Craig.
She kept swinging until the dogs ran off.
"I don't know where I got the nerve," Craig said. "I just had to do something."
Then she pulled the victim to safety.
"When I got home I thought, 'that was kind of brave,'" said Craig.
Animal control officers captured the dogs Tuesday morning and are searching for their owner.