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Several years ago I was at a party that was being held out in the desert south of Albuquerque. Parties at that location are illegal, and are frequently patrolled by Open Space law enforcement officers. To avoid the problem of getting caught, parties are held down inside natural arroyos that are ten to fifteen feet deep, that way patrols can't see nor hear the party goers and their vehicles. This particular party was definitely a doozy, with kegs full of beer, loud music, and roughly 70 people. One of the attendees was a particularly bright young man, I forgot his name but we'll call him Kyle. Kyle was already the talk of the crew, since earlier in the year he had tried to drive home while intoxicated and succeeded in driving off an incomplete bridge (he had no explanation as to how he didn't notice the barricades and signs as he plowed through them). Unfortunately for our gene pool, he survived. Halfway through the night of this party though, a huge fireball erupted right next to the main body of people enjoying the evening. Everyone fell on top of each other, not from any blast, but from jumping back from the flash of light and a ball of fire that easily cleared the top of the arroyo. Looking towards the now-burning ten-foot-wide fire, we saw something amazing. A gas can, with a foot-long jet of fire coming from its nozzle, was spinning end over end through the air. Following "hot" on its trail was Kyle, who had been the genius who decided it would be cool to pour the contents of the gas can onto a small bush and ignite it with a lighter. Our private little party now had a fifteen-foot-high flame that was now easly visible to anybody within a mile from us. It took nearly every single person there to extinguish the fire by throwing dirt on top, but it only took two people to rush Kyle off to the emergency room to treat the burns he had received from standing in the midst of gasoline vapors while lighting them. He received burns on his face, arms, and lower legs. I have no idea as to how much gas he had poured, because none of us were Darwinian enough to approach a gas can with flames spewing out of its tip. We never knew what happened to good ole Kyle, considering he never showed his face around us again.

Submitted on 02/13/2009

Submitted by: Andre Deherrera
Reference: Personal account

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
While idiots and flammable materials are fairly common, I think the combination of his earlier antics and the description of the second one is enough to warrant passing on as a PA. Too bad you lost track of Kyle - he might eventually end up in the running for a full DA. Thanks, Andre.

James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
A very good write-up, Andre! Given the history of this gent, I'm not surprised he'd try and pull something like that off but I can't help wondering...wouldn't a nice cup of beer and stimulating conversation been enough for him??! Oh, yes...way to potentially attract the cops! :-)

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