{"id":61330,"date":"2015-08-11T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61330"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:34:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:34:12","slug":"shane-ryan-australian-phony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61330","title":{"rendered":"Shane Ryan; Australian phony"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Shane<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

One of our fans from Australia, a Vietnam veteran, sent us this link<\/a> to the story of Shane Ryan, a retiree from Melbourne who has convinced the British government of his derring-do. Aside from his claims of military service, he also makes stuff up about what happens to him around his home;<\/p>\n

Back in 2004, Ryan was praised for saving the life of a neighbour when, just two weeks after leaving hospital after a \u201ctriple stroke\u201d, he fought off two marauding rottweilers with his walking sticks, at his Ballarat property the previous January.<\/p>\n

Based on a statutory declaration from his son, Paul, as well as letters from people who claim to have witnessed the incident, the Royal Humane Society of Australasia awarded Ryan a bravery medal.<\/p>\n

And the RSPCA presented Ryan with a bravery certificate for protecting his own dog, Muffy, from the rottweilers in the same incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was still very weak from my third stroke,\u201d he told those at the Government House awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne arm was useless from the stroke, the other one was buggered from Cambodian shrapnel. It was 30 minutes of intense terror. My neighbour just froze, absolutely terrified.\u2019\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the reporter, he had forged the witness statements, including his son’s signature to one. He did the same thing again, only this time he rescued a drowning man and he was awarded another medal, until after the fact, folks started investigating his supporting evidence.<\/p>\n

But you should click over and read the whole story, it’s pretty funny, if you can’t tell by the picture of him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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