On flame baits

[cema]

Flaming Mouse Story Found To Be False.

Update. More on this.

Comments

[anhinga-anhinga.livejournal.com]

I don't know. The mice can run pretty fast. Well, Googling for

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mouse+fire

yields some interesting results. Like that the man changed his story back, so he says again that it was the mouse:

http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/mousefire.asp
http://www.newsday.com/sns-ap-mouse-fire,0,702114.story

or that the alternative version was that some burning leaves or flames from them got into the house, which is equally suspect (not a frequent cause of fire in the reports we see).

mouse house
not a mouse
not a house
mouse
not a house
whatever...

[cema.livejournal.com]

Burning mouse
In a house
Gives me a pause.