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Theresa
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 Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:50 am Discarded Mouse Returns to Set Home Ablaze |
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| Quote: | FORT SUMNER, N.M. (Jan. 8 ) - A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature returned 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 of the nearby home. The flames spread up the window and throughout the house.
All contents of the home were destroyed, he said. No injuries were reported.
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."
01/08/06 17:10 EST
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. |
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Leo Wyatt
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| Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:37 pm |
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Remind me not to piss off a mouse.  This is a funny story but sad for his house burned down.
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webtaz99
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| Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:55 pm |
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This reminds me of a shark attack I read about. Some guy on a charter boat caught a dogfish (a shark that gets about 2 to 3 feet long at most). He stuffed a cherry bomb in its mouth and tossed it back in the water. (This was in the early 70's, when a "cherry bomb" was a real explosive - worth about 1/16 of stick of dynamite!) Well, the shark swam under the boat, and when the bomb went off, it knocked a 2 ft. hole in the bottom and the boat sank. The owner sued the guy for damages.
BTW, just so you can't say no one ever told you....
When you throw a living thing into a fire, it will find its "hidden strength" in trying to get out. Levitation is a distinct possibility. So don't throw living things into a fire - and expect them to stay there!
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Brightstar82
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| Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:43 pm |
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Well isnt that great to know. We got a mouse in my place here some place...
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TrekkieMage
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| Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:11 pm |
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Part of me feels bad for the guy. Part of my wants to roll around the floor laughing my arse off...
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Hitchhiker
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| Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:38 pm |
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Mouse Hunt is a great movie. 
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Link, the Hero of Time
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| Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:04 pm |
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Some people believe there is no such thing as Karma in this world. I point to this and other things as proof that Karma does in fact exist.
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borgslayer
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| Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:50 pm |
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This is a case of trying to kill a creature that is smart.
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Cathexis
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| Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:48 pm |
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AHAHAHAHAHA.........I'm sorry, it sucks for the 'homeowner', but...........that's one smart cheese-lover...lol
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magenta
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| Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:11 am |
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 I think he was a cruel B_stard for throwing it alive into the fire in the first place!He should have knocked it on the head with a heavy object so it wouldnt have suffered! 
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Founder
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| Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:47 am |
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Knocked it on the head? MUCH nicer.....
How about tossing it somewhere far from his home? Near the local canal, woods, park, etc.
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Birdy
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| Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:19 am |
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 Really? Omg! That's so... horrible for that man,  but if I would place myself in the mouse's position, I'd totally understand. Smart mouse!
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magenta
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| Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:35 am |
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Mice are a pest,letting it go to breed a million more of them would be an unwise thing to do.A quick and swift blow to the head would be the most humane thing to do!
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Cathexis
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| Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:49 pm |
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Well, he could've injected it with rat poison and watched it die a terribly slow, painful, grotesque death.............................
So I'd say that......a swift blow to the head's much better....
But.....hey, if I'd been the mouse...I woulda been like...
"Hey ya bloody prat, some dummy you are...." WOOSH *house goes up in flames as I catch it alight*
Be honest now.......if someone tossed YOU into a burning leaf pile and you were smart enough to escape quickly..what'd be the first thing you'd do, knowing you're about to incinerate to death? Heck yes, run after the bugger who put you in the pile and then take down the $400,000 home with ya!
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PrankishSmart
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| Cathexis wrote: | Well, he could've injected it with rat poison and watched it die a terribly slow, painful, grotesque death.............................
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Actually injecting a mouse with rat poison would kill it fairly fast me thinks. I would kill it by putting the mouse in a vacumm chamber and seeing what happens.
It's a damn phenomenal story though.
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Monster
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| Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:30 am |
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Hilarious story!!!! I think the guy almost deserves it for throwing an innocent mouse into a fire.
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Theresa
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| Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:35 am |
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| Quote: | Did a Flaming Mouse Really Burn Down a Man's House?
By MARK EVANS, AP
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Jan. 11) - Was it really a mouse that burned down Luciano Mares' house? Or was it just the wind?
Mares' story of a flaming mouse that scampered from a burning pile of leaves into his rural home Saturday drew international media attention. Then on Monday, the 81-year-old told an Albuquerque television station that strong wind spread burning leaves, leveling his home of more than two decades.
But on Tuesday, Mares and his nephew stood by his original version that a mouse was the culprit.
"That dang mouse crawled in there," Mares said in a telephone interview from a motel in Fort Sumner, where he is staying with his nephew. "I have an awful hate for those critters."
In the interview, Mares recounted three times the series of events Saturday: A little mouse got caught in one of the glue traps he'd set in and around his home. He was pleased - mice were a nuisance, they'd been bothering him for some time, leaving droppings everywhere. And they were hard to get rid of. This mouse, too, was resilient - trapped but still moving. The glue was sticky; he couldn't pull the mouse off.
So, according to Mares, he went outside and threw the whole deal - mouse and trap - onto the burning leaves. The mouse, now ablaze, scrambled to safety, then headed back for the house and disappeared inside a window. About 90 seconds later, the house was on fire.
How did the mouse run away, still trapped in the glue?
"The fire melted the glue and he got away," Mares said.
Is that plausible? Fort Sumner Fire Chief Juan Chavez said Tuesday he thinks so.
"There's no reason for him to lie about what he told us," Chaves said. "I don't doubt it at all."
Fire crews arrived within minutes of the blaze and questioned Mares.
"I think he knew right then what happened. It's the story he told us, it's the story he told everyone else," Chavez said.
Richard Mares, 37, who is helping his uncle recover from the fire and figure out what the future holds, said his uncle has told him the same story many times.
"He said the mouse wasn't dead and it took off," the younger Mares said. He added: "We're really devastated. We lost all photos of our family, all his papers. He's a veteran of World War II. He's been through a lot."
Could his uncle have been rattled by the events and mistaken about the mouse? "He may be a little confused," Mares conceded.
With no further investigation planned, Chavez said his department's report of the fire will reflect that the burning critter ran back to the house.
01-11-06 04:47 EST
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. |
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oberon
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| Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:28 pm |
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It might be an insurance scam???
If it's true, maybe the idiot shouldn't have thrown a mouse into a fire! I could never toss a living creature into a blazing leafy inferno.
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