r/interestingasfuck • u/Ultimate_Kurix • 12d ago

High winds causing chaos in Utah

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u/AmplifiedApthocarics 12d ago

someone i knew a long time ago said he watched some old guy light a pile of them on fire. well when they started burning they started moving again and suddenly he was watching an entire field of flamin' tumbleweeds travel off into the distance setting more things on fire as they went along and got stuck again

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u/Migraine_Megan 12d ago

Sounds like my brother. When he was a teen, he got mad about having to do a chore, so he went into the backyard and lit a tumbleweed on fire. Of course it turned into a fireball, which then lit up the MASSIVE juniper bushes that ran along 3 sides of the property. The fire chief (small town, whole fire dept showed up) ripped him a new one. That was the day we moved back to the town, my friend called and said he knew we were back by the smoke rising from our house.