Flaming Rodent Please!

[turtlespeed 226]

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Fire Bad
October 15th, 2008

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

The people on this planet just keep getting weirder and
weirder. This unusual tale of rodent rescue comes to us
from the town of Titusville, Florida.

A Florida house fire early Monday was caused by a pet
rat that had inadvertently been set aflame by residents,
authorities said.

Lt. Teresa Uzel of the Brevard County Fire Rescue said
three residents of the house had been attempting to use
a lighter to cut through a ribbon tied around the rodent
but it escaped their grasp after the ribbon caught fire
and ran about the garage leaving small fires in its wake,
WFTV in Orlando reported. “This is a first time. It’s a
believable story because things happen, but this is a
first with a rat,” Uzel said.

One of the residents, David Stanifer, said the house
belongs to his parents but he has been unable to reach
them, as his father is on a trip to Africa and his mother
“works most of the time.” Firefighters estimated the damage
to the home at about $30,000. There was no word on the fate
of the rat.

I wonder if these rocket scientists use fire to “cut” the
ribbons off of their birthday presents?

Bizarrely,

Lewis



I guess they should have bought a turtle.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[FlyingJ 0]

hehe...I was on a wildfire a couple years ago when we lost the fire after a flaming raccoon came running over the control line into the green. We had a hell of a wind running up the line and that thing wasn't 10 ft across the line when the fire took hold and took off.

I had heard people talk about it and have seen plenty of "toasty" animals come out but that was certainly a first and something I've never seen again.

Killing threads since 2004.

[cocheese 0]

I thought this was going to be a thread about Squeak.

[turtlespeed 226]

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I thought this was going to be a thread about Squeak.

Who said it wasn't?

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[futuredivot 0]

We were staged on the porch of a house once and when we fired up the fans and popped the door a smoldering cat zipped past me in to the yard.

You are only as strong as the prey you devour

[DFWAJG 4]

Ok, this reminds me of a story about my aunt, who is not the brightest crayon in the Crayola box.

Poco, a nasty little shelty, had fleas. My aunt did everything she could about the fleas: bombs, sprays, the vet, etc. She came up with the idea of gasoline to kill the fleas! So, while the dog was perched in the kitchen sink by the gas stove, as my aunt doused the dog with gasoline to kill the fleas, the pilot lit the dog, and the dog took off in flames, torching the couch and a few other things. The dog left the house and the neighbors caught the dog. Damn mean dog survived. Insurance covered the damage. This is also the same woman who, roasted her first turkey without first removing all of the giblets. Poor woman.