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91-year-old gamer gets a visit from police after she misses her daily check-in call because she was ‘trying to beat her record level’

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After missing her daily check-in call, the 91-year-old woman received a surprise visit from the police, and then got a surprise of their own when they entered her home and discovered that the woman had not fallen and was unable to get up, but was in fact just engrossed in video games.

The story with a happy ending is coming to us News 5 Cleveland (via GamesRadar), begins with the promise of “one” unbelievable ending in one scary situation” and the classic, “officers never imagined “What they’re about to find when they go to check things out.”

What follows is almost a minute of conversation about the town of Westlake. “Are you ok?” programwhere participants receive a phone call every day to make sure they are okay. If they do not respond to the call, police will go to their home for a “personal check-in visit.”

That’s what happened here: After numerous missed calls, the police went to the woman’s house, entered through the garage and asked, “what happens next?” no one could have guessed!“

“We’re with him now,” said one of the police officers sent to the house, when he found the owner alive and locked. “He plays video games in his bedroom.” Not only is he stealing them, but he’s also “trying to beat the record level,” according to the breathtaking TV reporter.

“He turned out to be OK,” Westlake Police captain Jerry Vogel said. “Everyone had a great laugh at that.”

Look, I’m glad it had a happy ending, but I also have a slight problem with how it played out. Would you laugh if it was your prodigal 22-year-old roommate instead of gam-gams? Or would you scream, “Damn Ted, I told you I’d been waiting all week for that call back and all you had to do was pick up the phone and say I’d be back in 30 minutes”? you bastard!“

I think you’re more inclined to the latter. I know I will. But if you were a young 30-year-old when the original Bard’s Tale came out, we treat the older actors like lovable perverts even though you’re 70 now. And we’re not weird! I wanted to say, them It’s not weird. The thing is, if the 91-year-old man had fallen asleep while watching Matlock, would this story have made the news?

(The answer is no.)

I don’t want to ramble on on the subject, but I haven’t even gotten to the biggest problem here yet, which is the complete lack of journalistic responsibility that leaves the most important question unanswered: What game was he playing?

People want to know!

Comments made in News 5 Cleveland report about senior player missing check-in call and locking in 100% because he was running a tight game — Credit: News 5 Cleveland (YouTube)

As a True Professional myself, I am not prepared to allow this type of surveillance to continue. I reached out to Westlake Police to ask and will update if I hear back.