Woman sets snake on fire, burns down own house

Published: 3/22 6:09 pm

Updated: 3/22 6:24 pm

LIBERTY EYLAU -- A fear of snakes started off a bizarre chain of events that ended in a house fire in Liberty Eylau, near Texarkana.

Police say a woman spotted a snake in her backyard, threw gasoline on it and lit it on fire. That's when the snake slithered into a brush pile, setting it on fire. The fire began spreading to the woman's house and her neighbor's home.

No one, other than the snake, was hurt.

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Jimkata - 3/25/2013 4:15 PM

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Another non political story, and the population here has to go that direction....

Ridonkulous - 3/24/2013 10:20 AM

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If the snake was Republican, it would not have been on this woman's backyard. The Democratic serpent is the deceptive creature here spreading untruths about its a god given right and we owe you all the fruit.

Annegray - 3/24/2013 8:59 AM

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A very cruel way to dispatch a snake which was probably a harmless one just taking care of her mice. Can't cure stupid but I am sorry she lost her house and damaged her neighbor. @catwalk0826: seems to me Democrats are the ones who want minimum wage raised for the less fortunate, want insurance for the un-insured, want safety net programs. I am proud to want those things which I do not need.

catwalk0826 - 3/23/2013 9:57 AM

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@sandan...you are mistaken...it is not a republican snake but a democrat snake. If it were a republican snake it would have given up and died to save the houses. Since it was a democrat, it was only looking out for himself and didn't care how got hurt.

cosmo511 - 3/23/2013 9:21 AM

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No one but the snake was injured. Good stuff.

Anonymous - 3/23/2013 8:11 AM

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She will pay dearly for her stupidity.

denniscat - 3/23/2013 5:44 AM

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"Twisted Fire Starter"

sandan - 3/23/2013 2:58 AM

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Must have been a Republican Snake. Even though you may douse them with gasoline, they will use their last breath to come back and poison who ever disagrees with them. But even snakes learn?

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