Wendy/Darwin says, "Accepted into the Archive. (near miss / personal account)"

This happend to me in 1999 i just moved in a rental home and the yard had not been mowed in like a year, so as i was mowing when i ran over a hole about a foot wide, then the next thing i knew ..YELLOWJACKETS !!!!AND LOTS OF THEM !!! were swarming all over me

as i was running i knew i had to get rid of them somehow. After it started to get dark and i had a few beers and sat on the porch trying to fiuger out how to get rid of all the yellowjackets well to make a long story short i got a five gallon jug full of gas and poured it down the hole and waited about a hour {as i finished my beers}. I decided to burn them out.I lite a match and tossed it at the hole..BOOM !!! and i mean KABOOM !hair on arms ? GONE ! hair at front of head ? GONE ! eye brows GONE ! eye lashes GONE !Walkway cracked and a crader about 8,in deep and 6,ft around was what was left. My wife came out shouting WHAT WAS THAT !?? as i was standing there burnt and smoking with a beer in my hand I KNEW I HAD WON THE DUMB A## AWARD !!

Submitted on 05/14/2009

Submitted by: Bobby Sutton
Reference: 1999

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I don't think we've had any stories quite like this one, especially one that created a fireball & crater as big as you managed. Thanks, Bobby!

Graham said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Clearly you missed your forte, BUT, did you get rid of the pesky yellow jackets?

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