Hate snakes? Kill them with fire! (Then burn your house down in the process too...)

[SunnyD]

You can't make this stuff up. (Video of woman's house burning down in the news article too, just for additional lulz)

Snakes give a lot of people the creeps, but now there's a new reason to fear them.

One has been blamed for setting a house on fire in Texas.

A bizarre chain of events led to a massive blaze that completely burned down one home and damaged another.

It happened Wednesday night in Bowie County in North Texas.

The fire chief explained how things went tragically wrong moments after the homeowner made a quick decision after a frightening discovery.

"While cleaning up, she saw a snake, threw gasoline on the snake, and lit the snake on fire," said Deputy Randall Baggett with the Bowie County Sheriff's Office. "And the snake went into the brush pile and the brush pile caught the home on fire."

It is still uncertain if any charges will be filed.

She burned her house (total loss), and damaged her neighbor's house as well. Only thing missing was somehow managing to kill herself or a few others in the process.

I wonder if insurance policies generally cover "being a dumbass"...

 

[Schmide]

The only thing that would make this cooler is if the snake survived.

 

[KeithTalent]

The only thing that would make this cooler is if the snake survived.

I thought it had because the last line makes it sound like they are going to press charges on the snake. :hmm:

KT

 

[Dari]

Snakes on a flame

 

[n7]

Snakes on a flame

:awe:

 

[Jodell88]

The mouse that burned down the guy's house was funnier.

 

[Blackjack200]

Snakes on a flame

Mutherfucking win.