Spontaneous Combustion

[twocs]

Now this one’s eerie… almost too bizarre to be true, but it is true. yahoo news

A series of spontaneous fires started in mid-January in the town of Canneto di Caronia in about 20 houses. After a brief respite last month, the almost daily fires have flared up again – even though electricity to the village was cut off…

“I’ve seen an air conditioner burst into flames and burn down in 30 seconds. These are not normal events, but I think we’re going to have to start looking for a different kind of help,” said Antonio Pezzino, whose house was first hi…

Spinnato, the mayor, sounds just as desperate.

“Someone wrote to us saying the solution was to sacrifice a black goat and collect its blood. At some point, that’s going to start looking like a good idea.”

[superking]

Egon, Peter, Ray, Winston. There’s no one else to call except us. Ghostbusters 3.

[BroonAle]

My father’s car once started all by itself. That’s what I call spontaneous…

[slurpcheese]

@patterson

Egon, Peter, Ray, Winston. There’s no one else to call except us. Ghostbusters 3.

Definitely, since generally you don’t see that kind of behavior in a major appliance.