THE shaken wife of an elderly man bashed and robbed in his Blue Mountains garage, has spoken of the moment she found him gagged and bound, and lying in a pool of blood. Frank Novak, 77, was tinkering at his Wentworth Falls home last night, when an unknown person crept up behind him and bashed him over the head with a beer bottle. The elderly man then horrifically had his mouth stuffed so he couldn't speak, and his hands tied behind his back. "He had rubber in his mouth and tape around and around his face...his hand were tied behind him," his wife Theresa said today. Mr Novak's wife of 55 years went looking for him about 8pm, when he hasn't come upstairs for dinner. "He was lying here...there was blood everywhere," she said. I got the scissors and untied him. He kept saying "I didn't see them, I didn't see them,"" Mrs Novak said. Police believe Mr Novak could have been attacked at his Noble Grove home up to two hours before he was found, suffering serious head injuries. The attacker stole nine registered guns - five handguns and four rifles - from Mr Novak's safe. "Obviously firearms being stolen is a concern to us," Det Insp Bostock said. His wife said Mr Novak was a member of a local shooting club, which is why he had the guns. Today, Mr Novak is in a stable condition in Nepean Hospital, while police hunt his attacker or attackers. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.