USRoadTripper Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 Blazing mouse sets fire to house A US man who threw a mouse onto a pile of burning leaves could only watch in horror as it ran into his house and set the building ablaze. Luciano Mares, 81, of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, found the mouse in his home 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," he was quoted as saying by AP. Though no-one was injured, the house and everything in it was destroyed. "I've seen numerous house fires, but nothing as unique as this one," Fire Department Captain Jim Lyssy said. New Mexico has seen several major blazes after unseasonably dry and windy conditions which have destroyed 10 homes and devastated more than 53,000 acres (21,200 hectares) of land. http://feeds.mexiconews.net/?rid=ad7a2764cc030d54&cat=4b980140662cfc90&f=1 That'll teach him to be cruel to rodents!!! -Julie
SharkTums Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 I saw this the other day...as much as I did like the end result, it did kind of bum me out that it's totally acceptable to write about a guy throwing a live rodent into a fire. I'm sure that if it were a cat or a dog, the guy would be in jail, but since it's 'just a rodent' who cares!?!
PhishyBrewer Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 Some news person over heard a fireman say that it was a mouse that started the fire. It was all just a big story though. The leaves caught the guys house on fire. NO RODENTS WERE KILLED IN THIS FIRE!!!
SharkTums Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 Are we sure??? He still could have thrown the mouse in the fire and it died there, while meanwhile the leaves were burning down his place!!! I want a full rodent investigation!!!
Hattuchili Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 A burning mouse ran back to the house? I think that couldn´t be true! But it is a funny story! --Sören
cfc Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 There once was a man whose house Was burned to the ground by a mouse But will his insurance pay On such a sad, sad day If this man was a louse to the mouse?
waterviper Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 This thread is seriously starting to sound like a Dr. Seuss book!
Luxo Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 ^ I thought that was what this topic was about, when I read the title.
man Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 ah all the animals are uniting against us a cow and now a mouse AHHHH!
crispy Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 I LIVE IN NEW MEXICO, AND THIS STORY IS INCORRECT The man found a dead mouse in his house, threw it into the fire, and the wind caught the grass around his house on fire, leading to his house burning down
bdstrom Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/mousefire.asp
cfc Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 There once was this house, you see Suposedly burned by a flaming mousie But it was all just a rumor Spread by folks of good humor But if it ain't true, it oughtta be.
USRoadTripper Posted January 11, 2006 Author Posted January 11, 2006 Wow...I only posted that because it was on my evening news last night. I certainly wouldn't have posted it had a known it wasn't true. I heard it, thought it was relative to the randomness on this site, and found the website that it was on. Sorry for perpetuating a rumor! -Julie
SharkTums Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 Julie, don't let them annoy you! I also saw the story on a 'real' news site. When she posted it, it was real! I'm glad to now here it was fake. Although that mouse better have died from natural causes!!!
Twister II Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 Although that mouse better have died from natural causes!!! Called fire. My favorite radio station was talking about this whole mouse and fire and house deal this morning! It was pretty entertaining! Then they moved on to how bad MySpace is...
cfc Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 Yeah, don't sweat it, Julie. As I said earlier, if it ain't true, it oughtta be.
crispy Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 Julie, its a great ironic twist, and a good story I would have posted it to. But the story may be true, who knows now, because the old man dork has again changed his story NEWS FLASH He is now saying that it DID happen, the mouse had been caught on a sticky trap, and he threw the mouse into the fire, the mouse got free and ran back into the house, ablaze, and caught the house on fire well, not sure if he is lying for publicity, but that is the official story from New Mexico
PhishyBrewer Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 I LIVE IN NEW MEXICO, AND THIS STORY IS INCORRECT The man found a dead mouse in his house, threw it into the fire, and the wind caught the grass around his house on fire, leading to his house burning down That's what I heard.
FlyingScooter Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 i like the payback mouse story better. Maybe they should make a Crazy Mouse Dark Ride themed to a burning house. Blazing Fury, with mouse cars. could be fun.....
HAYASHI Posted January 12, 2006 Posted January 12, 2006 I'm on the wagon about this story.. i just heard about it last night when jay leno was talkn about it on his show.. sounded like a joke of course since it came from him.. but it seems to be national news.. true or not.. im glad karma paid the man a visit to his doings on the mouse.
pagemaster_b Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 True or not, it's still a funny story. You know this is going to live forever as an Urban legend.
TonyaGaddy Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 that's really depressing, but atleast the man got what he deserved.
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