Man dies after setting himself on fire outside fur store

KATU ^ | 1/27/10 | Anna Song

[Teflonic]

PORTLAND, Ore. - A man set himself on fire after pouring gasoline on himself outside Nicholas Ungar Furs at 12th and Yamhill Wednesday morning before police used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames. He later died from his injuries at the hospital, police said.

The man was identified as 26-year-old Daniel Shaull from Kansas, according to the Multnomah County medical examiner.

It was not immediately clear whether Shaull was protesting against the store, which has had problem with animal rights activists in the past, but witnesses said he was screaming about the treatment of animals.

“There are animals dying! Animals dying!” witnesses said Shaull was screaming as flames engulfed his body and shot above his head.

“He tried to run into the building,” said witness Mike Cheema who owns a food cart a few feet from where the incident occurred. “The door was locked. He couldn’t get in. He came right out screaming, ‘the world is ending, animals dying!’”

“I looked over … flames, burning. I thought he was crazy,” said another witness L.C. “It was traumatizing. It was horrible.”

“I saw a guy that was running around with his arms waving, and he was completely on fire,” said Julie Sies who was walking to a dentist appointment at the time. “He was just screaming and asking for help.”

Witnesses gave different accounts of the path Shaull took while he was on fire. The fire blackened the sidewalk and charred remains were scattered about the area, including what appeared to be a footprint.

Shaull was taken to Legacy Emanuel Hospital where he later died.

No one at Nicholas Ungar Furs wanted to comment on the incident.

[reagan_fanatic]

Poor guy - I guess this means he won’t be going to the Burning Man festival This year.

[mickey finn]

“I just wonder what his alias was at DU”

Burnt Weeny Sandwich

[Nam Vet]

Oh, to be a Conservative in Portland! This Darwin Award Winner isn't too far different in the vehemence of idiocy as a myriad of my fellow citizens.

"We gotta get outa this place", oh what a song for Portland Conservatives.

Nam Vet

[I Drive Too Fast]

Spotted OW ping.

[IYellAtMyTV]

“I looked over … flames, burning. I thought he was crazy,” said another witness"

Certainly he was crazy, if he weren't, he would have been wearing fur so he wouldn't have needed to set himself on fire to keep warm.

[dynachrome]

[VeniVidiVici]

Not only did this goofball set himself on fire AND got pepper sprayed by the cops, but he was admonished post-mortem by PETA for having a BBQ.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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First, let me allow myself to be admonised by the "Lighten Up, Francis" response that I'll undoubtedly receive ...


I don't like PETA, I believe that Global Warming is a socialist hoax ..


However ... I sense that profound grief should be expressed for this man who killed himself in an agonizing fireball.

He was obviously demented, and insane ... But let's stop laughing at this man ...

Who here (tonight) knows his soul's turmoil or horrible grief that created the madness ... that caused him to take his own life in such a terrible, horrible way ...

Was he brainwashed by PETA ? Obviously.

But normal, well, psychologically-well-adjusted people don't respond to "political indoctrination" by committing an absolutely horrible suicide ...

And what of his family ... perhaps his wife and children ... or perhaps dad or mom ?

What of their terrible grief tonight ?


I'm not trying to "belittle" or "shame" anyone at this Post tonight ... believe me ...

But a small amount of respect to this man's mental tragedy and his family's grief ... is in order


Patton-at-Bastogne


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[Canedawg]

I fell into a burning ring of fire

And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRlj5vjp3Ko

[Sir_Ed]

Dying for a cause is one thing, murdering yourself is another thing entirely, and against God’s law.

Ed

[Slings and Arrows]

“I looked over … flames, burning. I thought he was crazy,” said another witness L.C.

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[IMR 4350]

Just think of it as seasoning.

[ApplegateRanch]

If you can’t afford to keep warm one way, then try another?

[metmom]

“He was just screaming and asking for help.”

What did he think was going to happen when he lit himself on fire? That it was going to feel good?

Anyone who does something that royally stupid ought to not bother asking for help. It's a bit late by that point.

[b4its2late]

[mad_as_he$$]

Yes it was stupid but still he gave it up making his point.

[Clay Moore]

Salt also does a good job of smothering fire. She should have poured a few 50 lbs sacks on him.

[Senormechanico]

What a DEEP thought and funny at the same time.
Post of the day!

[Slings and Arrows]

Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.

[MinuteGal]

THE FIRST PETA MARTYR

From Dicken's "A Tale of Two Cities"........Carton mounts the steps to the guillotine saying " 'Tis a fur, fur better thing that I do than I have ever done. 'Tis a fur, fur better rest that I go to than I have ever known".

He meets his self-imposed fate.

Leni