Posted on 01/09/2006 7:49:02 AM PST by Redcitizen
FORT SUMNER, N.M. - 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."
A local talk show host mentioned this story and give the mental picture of the mouse running back into the house with his tail lit like a sparkler. LOL
Cosmic justice.
Wow, imagine explaining that to your insurance company!
I read this story this morning in the newspaper, and couldn't help but cheer for the mouse.
No, I'm no PETA guy, and am a huge fan of out-size portions of red meat, but throwing something alive into a fire is something I couldn't do. Kill it first, then dispose.
I have this image of the fantastic four-I think his name was the human torch.
Payback is a B..ch!!
Did a search, did not find it.
"but throwing something alive into a fire is something I couldn't do"
Yeah, that was lame.
Look for the new Hollywood movie, but instead of a mouse, it's white, American, male, heterosexual, Neo-Nazis burning down the house.
"No was hurt inside,..."
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"Ahh, the poor mouse is quickly forgotten".
That's not true. The mouse's name was No.
Of course, when one misreads the title as:
Moose Thrown Into Fire Sets Home Ablaze
One gets a very different picture
(Is it possible to toss a moose?)
I am skeptical. Animal hairs as short as a mouses would burn off in seconds and would tend to smolder more than flame. I am smelling a rat here. The only one who witnessed this is the homeowner who is collecting the insurance.
God's at it again (Pat Robertson)
Of course, for $125:
http://www.thefungroup.com/NW-Northwest-Moose.html#151
Yes, if your name is Paul Bunyan and you have a blue ox named Babe. Why would anyone want to toss a moose?
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