bloody hell. Was he naturally a strong man or was it because he had lost it that much his strengh levels risen to unhuman levels.
He was already a strapping lad admittedly (factory worker that moonlighted as farm labour, dock labour and a bricky), but yeah it was basically just a burst of ridiculous strength. Steel bolts through a steel frame were bent and concrete knocked out of a concrete wall. Put it like this, he chased 5 military police out of the building. We all know what pansies MP's are.
He wasn't very well for the next couple of days after that though. MP's had their photo taken with him a couple of days later, all smiles and thumbs up.
Scary as a little kid seeing your dad going the full incredible hulk. I think I realised about then that when I was regularly beating him up in the garden he probs wasn't giving it 100%.