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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Man Hurt As Homemade Rocket Explodes
2010-02-03
INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — An Oakland County man was injured when a sledding stunt went wrong. Sheriff's deputies said the man held a sledding party at his home on Townview Drive in Independence Township last Saturday night.

Investigators said they were told by witnesses that the 62-year-old man had been drinking when he fashioned a device using a motorcycle muffler, a piece of pipe, gunpowder, match heads and gasoline.
Normally you only see this kind of behavior in drunken teenagers...
Witnesses said the man strapped the device on his back, donned a makeshift helmet and got on a sled, asking someone to light a wick attached to the device.
"...Oh, and hold my beer."
Part of the way down the hill, the device exploded, resulting in second-degree burns to the victim's face. One of his eyes was damaged. He is currently getting treatment at a local hospital.

Sheriff's deputies continue to investigate the incident pending possible criminal charges.
Posted by:Steve

#8  Eventually, everything shows up on You Tube...
Posted by: tu3031   2010-02-03 22:58  

#7  "the man strapped the device on his back . . . the device exploded, resulting in second-degree burns to the victim's face "

Hope this shows up on U-Tube soon....
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-02-03 22:40  

#6  "62-year-old man had been drinking"

No, really? Hooda thunk it?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-02-03 22:37  

#5  Then there's this guy from Michigan who has more interesting things to do with his time
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2010-02-03 21:49  

#4  He strapped this contraption to his *back*? I used to have neighbor kids who did this sort of thing - mounted on cinderblocks on the other side of a mound of dirt, with a long fuse just in case!

Even then, both of them were missing bits and pieces by the time they hit college.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2010-02-03 16:55  

#3  In his 62 years I wonder what other "interesting" things this guy has done?
Posted by: tipover   2010-02-03 16:19  

#2  Apparently not.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-02-03 12:56  

#1  Is Darwin level stupidity a crime in MI?
Posted by: AlanC   2010-02-03 11:55  

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