A US man threw a mouse he had found in his home onto a pile of burning leaves - only to see it run away and burn his house down.
Luciano Mares, 81, of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, found a 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 said. 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.
I just had a vision where, as the burning mouse heads towards the house, in its mind there’s this song playing over and over, “Yeah, we all shine on, like the moon and the stars and the sun …”
I heard this story some years ago. The only difference was that it was a cat that had fallen asleep in what was very soon to be a bonfire.
I cannot supply a source for my version because the pub I heard the story in was, ironically enough, torched in an unsuccessful insurance scam.
