Durham, North Carolina - A four-year-old boy changed into his Power Ranger costume and attacked when his family were held up by an armed robber.
Stevie Long crept out of the room while a robber was pointing a gun at his five-year-old sister Mary and mom Jennifer.
Moments later, he leapt back into the room dressed as a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger, the News and Observer reports.
He shouted: "Get away from my family," and swung his plastic sword, yelling, "Yah, yah!"
The robber and his accomplice, who was waiting outside the flat, fled with credit cards, jewellery, and cash.
Stevie had this to say later: "I scared the bad guys away."
Durham police say the two armed men had approached Jennifer Long's boyfriend and his son outside the apartment.
One of them pushed Stevie back into the flat where he forced Jennifer, Stevie and Mary, a cousin and two other children to the floor at gunpoint.
Relatives said the robber abandoned plans to take Stevie's mother to a cash point to withdraw money when he saw "Power Ranger" Stevie.
Heather Evans, the child's aunt, said a counsellor had suggested Stevie needs to improve his distinction between fantasy and reality. "He fully believed he morphed," she said. - Ananova.com
