If you're trying to get rid of gophers in your backyard, you might want to think about what could possibly go wrong. However, it worked. We can figure that if the backyard is gone, then the gophers would decide to go elsewhere. Protip: gasoline is just about the worse thing you can pour down a hole. (via Boing Boing)
I have seen two guys try stuff like that. First guy found a bunch of small tunnels in his front yard. We are in Nova Scotia, Canada so I don't know what they were. Gophers , groundhogs, moles or mice , something that tunnelled. Anyway the homeowner pours a ton of gas in the tunnels and bends right over a hole to drop the match. The flare that shot out burned off his eyebrows and most of his hair. Left him with some really bad burn scars on his face as well. The second fellow I saw do something like this was many years later. He found a nest of hornets or wasps buried next to the foundation of his house. Same idea, he soaks it with gas and tosses a match. He didn't get burnt himself but he did manage to set the front of his house on fire. Lucky the fire department arrived quickly and the damage was mostly cosmetic, melted siding and damaged shutters.
Gasoline should only be used for fuelling an engine, not burning out things in your lawn.
I know a guy that was attacked by Yellow Jackets when he mowed his lawn, and blew a four foot deep hole with gasoline.
ReplyDeleteI have seen two guys try stuff like that.
ReplyDeleteFirst guy found a bunch of small tunnels in his front yard. We are in Nova Scotia, Canada so I don't know what they were. Gophers , groundhogs, moles or mice , something that tunnelled. Anyway the homeowner pours a ton of gas in the tunnels and bends right over a hole to drop the match. The flare that shot out burned off his eyebrows and most of his hair. Left him with some really bad burn scars on his face as well. The second fellow I saw do something like this was many years later. He found a nest of hornets or wasps buried next to the foundation of his house. Same idea, he soaks it with gas and tosses a match. He didn't get burnt himself but he did manage to set the front of his house on fire. Lucky the fire department arrived quickly and the damage was mostly cosmetic, melted siding and damaged shutters.
Gasoline should only be used for fuelling an engine, not burning out things in your lawn.
This guy had just finished watching Caddyshack.
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