Mouse Burns Down House in Act of Sweet Revenge
January 9th, 2006 at 8:52 am by Preston Taylor HolmesLuciano Mares, a homeowner who was burning a pile of leaves and debris, decided to dispose of a mouse by tossing the little bastard on top of the pile for a quick cremation. The flaming mouse got the last laugh, however.
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 a spot just beneath a window, and the flames spread up from there and throughout the house.
No one was hurt inside, but the home and everything in it were destroyed.
Area animal rights activists tried desperately to save the mouse through mouth-to-mouse resuscitation, but it was pronounced dead shortly thereafter at Ft. Sumner’s Los Locos Animal Emergency Clinic.
January 9th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
Here in Cleveland when they reported this story on the news, they actually said “firefighters do not expect the mouse to have survived”.
January 9th, 2006 at 6:34 pm
At least here it was part of the “Idiots In The News” portion of the Grumpy Old Codger Show.
January 9th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
When Animals Fight Back
reston Taylor Holmes has a email this AM that tells the story of a Florida man that tried to kill a mouse by throwing it on a pile of burning leaves. The now burning mouse ran back into the guyÂ’s house and proceeded to burn the guyÂ’s house down. F…
January 10th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
This story has now been filed away as an urban legend.
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January 10th, 2006 at 3:32 pm
Shut up, Turdley. Can’t we just enjoy this story for a few days? You are such a freakin’ wet blanket.
January 10th, 2006 at 6:09 pm
Wet blanket? (Someone is apparently reminiscing about their childhood)
You have read me all wrong. I so enjoy stories like this one – chock full of Darwinian irony.