FORT SUMNER, NEW MEXICO – City cats are on the lookout for an arsonist mouse who is allegedly responsible for the smoldering ashes that used to be an 81 year old man’s home.
Luciano Mares, who is apparently not a “cat person”, discovered the small rodent in his home and wanted to dispose of it. “Eek! A Mouse!” he shouted as he chased it around the home with his cane. Although he managed to trap the mouse, he did not have the nerve to tear its head off with his teeth or at least break its neck. So, he took it outside and threw it at a nearby fire. Allegedly, the mouse set itself on fire and then ran towards the house again, making sure to set the entire thing ablaze before its great escape. The distraction proved worthy, so now both humans and cats are unsure of the mouse’s whereabouts.
New Mexico is currently legislating burn bans across the state due to the large number of fires that have destroyed over 50,000 acres of land, including 10 homes. 8 out of 10 of cats interviewed agreed that if Mares had kept a cat in the house, the mouse would have been dealt with in a manner that would have been more effective than tossing it in a pile of burning leaves. This entire situation has sparked quite a controversy as to whether there should have been a cat present, and whether or not Mares should have been burning leaves in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
Here are some interview quotes supplied by our Correspondent, Jules:
Someone wrote:
For my part, I’m not sure I believe the story. There’s not much flammable material on a mouse, and I suppose it could have been snagged on a burning leaf as it ran, but I think it’s much more likely that the man was burning his leaves much too close to his house and burned it down without musculine assistance. The mouse story is most likely a fabrication for the consumption of his insurance company.Someone else added:
Actually, it sounds about as real as the salami mouse story that my sister and i used to explain the nibbling around the edge of the salami. We were four and five, i believe, and it was shortly after we’d gotten our first tv set and seen cartoons with mice. Our parents did not accept the mouse hypothesis.
Cats who encounter the mouse are urged to take caution, especially if the mouse is still on fire. All efforts to capture and kill the mouse and any of its potential mice accomplices are encouraged.
Related:
Blazing mouse sets fire to house
Unfortunately this story has been debunked. You can see the updated information here: Burning Down the Mouse – Case Closed
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If a mouse burned my house down i’d kick it in the throat