Intruder dies in California chimney after homeowner lights fire

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"(Reuters) - A suspected burglar who attempted to enter a California home through the chimney died on Saturday after the homeowner lit a fire without realizing anyone was inside, police said.
The man appeared to have climbed into the chimney during the night while the owner was away and then became stuck, according to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.
After the owner of the home in Huron lit a fire in his fireplace Saturday afternoon, he heard a man yelling inside the chimney as the house filled with smoke, the sheriff's office said in a statement.
The homeowner tried to extinguish the flames, but firefighters who dismantled the chimney during a rescue effort found the suspect dead inside, the sheriff's office said."


http://news.yahoo.com/intruder-dies-california-chimney-homeowner-lights-fire-192956744.html
 

Had the fool quietly croaked up there, unbeknownst to anyone, the place would have begun to soon stink pretty badly! Kind of a neat outcome, wasn't it? imp
 
If he got stuck he was probably beefy and maybe could have been a nice barbecue after they got him out...
 
He was a burglar, but what an awful way to die, and pretty horrible for the man who lived there, now having to sit and read the paper next to the fireplace where this happened, he would likely want to sell up.
 
Then there's always the Bob Rivers/Twisted Christmas song:

The Chimney Song

There's something stuck up in the chimney
And I don't know what it is,
But it's been there all night long.
Well, I waited up for Santa all Christmas night
But he never came and it don't seem right.

And there's something in the chimney
And it doesn't make a sound,
But I wish you Merry Christmas.

There's something stuck up in the chimney
And I don't know what it is,
But it's been there all week long.
Well, the dog keeps barking up the chimney flue
And we don't know what we're going to do.
Cause there's something in the chimney
And it doesn't move around,
And it's been a week since Christmas.

There's something stuck up in the chimney
And I don't know what it is,
But it's been there all month long.
Well, it's jammed up tight above the fireplace
Now the house smells funny, such a big disgrace.
That there's something in the chimney
And it doesn't talk at all,
And it's been there since last Christmas.

There's something stuck up in the chimney
And I don't know what it is,
But it's been there all year long.
I'll been waiting up for Santa like I did last year
But my brother says, "He's already here."
And he's stuck up in the chimney
And he doesn't say a word
And he'll be there every Christmas.
And we'll have him every Christmas.
 
Shalimar said:
Philly, in one way or another, we are all Darwin nominees, so I try to avoid sailing the good ship self righteous whenever I can--saves running aground on my own ego. Lolol.
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Oh, posh. There are definitely many levels of Darwinism, and if you're at all honest with yourself you'll discover that you're pretty far up the scale compared to yahoos like that.

... unless, of course, you've tried squeezing down a chimney to rob a house. In that case, you have my apologies.

Me? I'm about half-way on the scale, which means I can laugh at 50% of these guys.
 
I cannot believe anyone would not be familiar enough with chimney construction to know that isn't gonna get you into a house and you cannot climb back out. Stupid.
 
We are all just part of one big food chain, so a meal is a meal...
 

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