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HAB911

(9,453 posts) Sat May 6, 2017, 08:39 AM May 2017

Man sets fire to smoke out opossums, burns down house instead

I thought sure it was FL, but..........

LANCASTER, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania man trying to scare away opossums by setting a fire has destroyed his home.

LNP reports the row house blaze on Wednesday in Lancaster began when a man used butane to light a pile of leaves in his backyard. The man apparently hoped the smoke would help rid him of the marsupials, which are known for playing dead.

A city fire marshal says the fire got out of control and spread to the home, which was built of wood.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-tries-to-scare-off-opossums-by-setting-fire-burns-down-own-house-instead/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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Man sets fire to smoke out opossums, burns down house instead (Original Post) HAB911 May 2017 OP

A house burned down up the road from us once. femmocrat May 2017 #1

Article says the man had problems with bees too Kaleva May 2017 #4

If you live in a place with opossums and you need those critters. Laffy Kat May 2017 #2

Yes I have read this will be a tick terrible year. Opossums nose to ground eat a few bugs and move lunasun May 2017 #6

Possums can consume up to 4,000 ticks PER WEEK, folks. Laffy Kat May 2017 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author TEB May 2017 #3

Hold my beer while I kick some possum ass!!! Kaleva May 2017 #5

Hope the possums weren't hurt. nt NCjack May 2017 #7

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

1. A house burned down up the road from us once.

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Sat May 6, 2017, 08:40 AM

May 2017

The guy said he was "smoking out" bees. Another genius.

Kaleva

(38,806 posts)

4. Article says the man had problems with bees too

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #1)

Sat May 6, 2017, 09:43 AM

May 2017

Laffy Kat

(16,543 posts)

2. If you live in a place with opossums and you need those critters.

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Sat May 6, 2017, 08:43 AM

May 2017

They love to eat ticks; it's their favorite thing in the world and they eat a lot of them. If that guy had read the news he would have seen that we are going to have a bumper crop of ticks this year right along with all the diseases they cause. Heck, I'd be bussin' ticks instead of smoking them out.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

6. Yes I have read this will be a tick terrible year. Opossums nose to ground eat a few bugs and move

Reply to Laffy Kat (Reply #2)

Sat May 6, 2017, 12:56 PM

May 2017

on into the night around here. Never thought of them as a nuisance

Laffy Kat

(16,543 posts)

8. Possums can consume up to 4,000 ticks PER WEEK, folks.

Reply to lunasun (Reply #6)

Sat May 6, 2017, 09:37 PM

May 2017

They nom ticks and they especially enjoy the ticks that cause Lyme disease. Plus, there are really no downsides to possums. They just eat ticks and go about their business. If you squint your eyes they're actually kind of cute. Just try not to look at the tail (eew).

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Kaleva

(38,806 posts)

5. Hold my beer while I kick some possum ass!!!

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Sat May 6, 2017, 09:45 AM

May 2017

NCjack

(10,297 posts)

7. Hope the possums weren't hurt. nt

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Sat May 6, 2017, 06:12 PM

May 2017

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