The mouse that roared in flames

[RustyAngeL]

Updated: 8:01 p.m. ET Jan. 8, 2006

FORT SUMNER, N.M. - A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the man

[Rania]

Hi, Danny.

I, too believe in saving all life whenever possible. And to be honest, I don't swat flies or even step on bugs if I see them and can avoid them. I think what this man did was terrible but I also don't think we should find any hidden messages in the fact that the mouse then burned the house down. Karma.....ya know? tehe.....

As a resident of Oregon I can tell you that PETA and other tree-hugging organizations, though very protective of all animal and plant life, have forgotten the importance of human life.

We live in a country where the spotted owl is saved but the child can be cast aside.

TAP

[O'Dannyboy]

We live in a country where the spotted owl is saved but the child can be cast aside.

This is soooo true. Thanks all for your input.

[Rania]

Update~

I saw this story on the news again this morning and it looks like burning leaves caused the fire.....not the little rodent!

[apothanein kerdos]

People...........it's a rodent. A mouse. He was merely disposing of what was in his way. Geeze.

[yomotalking]

Updated: 8:01 p.m. ET Jan. 8, 2006

FORT SUMNER, N.M. - A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the man

[Ovedya]

Updated: 8:01 p.m. ET Jan. 8, 2006

FORT SUMNER, N.M. - A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the man

[WayneB]

People...........it's a rodent. A mouse. He was merely disposing of what was in his way. Geeze.

I agree... and the fella sure didn't "deserve" to have his house burned down for it. Come on folks... this is a person, not an animal. Maybe he made a mistake in how he disposed of the mouse but to say he deserved to have his house burned down???

[yomotalking]

Updated: 8:01 p.m. ET Jan. 8, 2006

FORT SUMNER, N.M. - A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back 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, and the flames spread up from there and throughout the house.

No was hurt inside, but the home and everything in it was destroyed.

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.”

I think he got what he deserved. His lack of respect for life in general is apalling. I will be surprised if PITA doesn't file a law suit against the man.

It's horrible.

But what do you think of capturing a magpie, and letting it atrract others to it's aid, then they can shoot them>?

LOts of Christians would say that's ok........just wondered, because there is so much controversy in this Thread.

I've never heard of such a thing. Where did you get that from, Yomo?

Some friends did that.

Golly, I was horrified.

Yet some Christians do that still.

Is it called Magpie Hunting, or something?

Oh, brill post, above poster!

[Ovedya]

People...........it's a rodent. A mouse. He was merely disposing of what was in his way. Geeze.

I agree... and the fella sure didn't "deserve" to have his house burned down for it. Come on folks... this is a person, not an animal. Maybe he made a mistake in how he disposed of the mouse but to say he deserved to have his house burned down???

I don't think so either. How do you explain that one to the insurance adjuster?

I was thinking about relating a story yesterday, but I got really busy at work. So here goes:

On the weekends I work for an organization that takes care of juvenille offenders - it's kind of a halfway house situation. Anyway, they have two homes in the Treasure Valley; one of them is in a remote location, almost out in the woods. Anyway, they get a lot of mice there.

I normally don't work at that house, but on one weekend I did. The walls were literally crawling with mice - it was a major infestation. I tolerated all the scampering about the house for one night. The next night I got some mouse traps. Over the period of 8 hours the traps caught 9 mice. But not all of them were killed instantly. In fact, one of the mice was still alive when I found it in the trap. So what did I do? I put it in a bowl full of water in the kitchen sink and drowned it.

Did I feel bad? For a minute or two. But I figured that the thing was going to die anyway from getting snapped by the mousetrap, so it seemed like the most human thing to do.

Bottom line: Mice are a major nuissance. They carry disease and lice. And even though there are more humane ways of disposing of them than throwing them in a fire, we should remember that they can pose serious dangers to our health. Also, there is no shortage of mice in the world.

Incidentally, I learned something new through that experience that night. Apparently there is an animal called a "rockchuck;" It's supposed to be like a woodchuck...but not. Anyway, I saw one that night. See, I threw the dead mice out in the back yard of that property with the intent of putting them in the garbage bins come morning. But when I went out to pick them up, the were all gone. My guess is that a rockchuck came and ate them all up.

Creepy...