Mouse Hunt (for real)

“FORT SUMNER, New Mexico (AP) -- A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the man's house and set it on fire.

Luciano Mares, 81, of Fort Sumner said he caught the mouse inside his house and wanted to get rid of it.

"I had some leaves burning outside, so I threw it in the fire, and the mouse was on fire and ran back at the house," Mares said from a motel room Saturday.

Village Fire Chief Juan Chavez said the burning mouse ran to just beneath a window, and the flames spread up from there and throughout the house.

No was hurt inside, but the home and everything in it was destroyed.

Unseasonably dry and windy conditions have charred more than 53,000 acres and destroyed 10 homes in southeastern New Mexico in recent weeks.

"I've seen numerous house fires," village Fire Department Capt. Jim Lyssy said, "but nothing as unique as this one."”

“lmfao”

“That old insurance scam????



(at first I thought it said "moose", lol)”

“So why the f--- was this guy burning leaves in dangerously dry, windy conditions? Dip s---.”

“See what happens when you f_ck with nature's creatures? :)”

“That's what you get for being a mean ole bastig”

“So did the mouse live or not?!!!”

“that's natures equivalent of a suicide bomber”

“You have to be one sick mf to get rid of a mouse by burning it.

Too bad it didn't burn his ham off too.”

“Next time flush the little rat bastard down the crapper.”

“... or at least call Christopher Walken ...”

“This is terrible writing - they left out key detail.

Is the mouse OK or what?”

“The bastard did get what he deserved.”

“What?

The poor little mouse deserved to be burned alive?

You heartless #&%!$!”

“Can't wait for Peta's response.”

“Heh Heh ... bacpac said Peta.”

“I remember as a kid, my dad and I chucked an old sizeboard that had been in the garden shed for years on a bonfire. Flaming mouses started fliying out of that thing too. (We didn't know they were in there btw)”

“We don't have "sizeboards" here in the states.

Do we?”

“Flaming mice does sound a bit Pythonesque.”

“This guy has to be lying. Who in their right mind would actually own up to something so stupid. What he actually did to start the fire must have really been monumentally incompetent. maybe his crack candle was knocked over by his butt ferret”

“DOWNEY, Calif. - An elderly man apparently upset about a parking dispute died in his burning house after trying to set fire to two of his neighbors' homes using "homemade bombs," authorities said.

Only the man, who was in his 80s and not identified, was injured. His home in this Southern California town burned to the ground.

Police received a call about an explosion early Sunday and found the man standing in the street holding two handguns. One of his arm was in flames. When police told him to drop the guns, he fled into his house. Minutes later, flames and smoke came from the home, followed by several explosions, the city said in a statement.

Fire apparently set off ammunition in the house, police Sgt. Ralph Romero said. The danger posed by the ammunition forced firefighters to postpone fighting the blaze, he said.

The homemade bombs at the neighbors' houses did not fully ignite, the city said. But fire caused extensive damage to the house next door. A 5-gallon canister of flammable liquid that police believe the elderly man placed next to that home ignited but did minimal damage.

The other targeted house was across the street, where Matilde Saucedo said he was awakened by gunshots and found his front door frame on fire.

"My daughter said there was a man outside with a torch," said Saucedo, 60. He said he put the door fire out with his hands.

Investigators said the man had a long-standing feud with several neighbors regarding parking on the cul-de-sac. Neighbors said he also had other gripes.

"He was always mad at the whole neighborhood, always screaming at the kids especially," Saucedo said. "He hated everybody. I just never thought it would get to that point."

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0109ArsonDeath09-ON.html
last edited: 1/10/06 12:43:41 PM”

“The mouse story has been debunked. It was not true.”

“I call bull#&%!$!

Just wtf was it on the mouse that remained combustible long enough for him to run back in the house?

The little #&%!$ers fur would have gone up like a torch.”

“You have a link Nonconformist?”

“Sorry 'bout that---I see you found it.”

“My original question still stands.”

“Who hasn't nipped their naughty bits in a mousetrap a time or two?”

“Mousetraps are for sissies.

Real men use rat traps.”