Spontaneous goat manure fire stinks up Vt. town

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

WINDSOR, Vt. (AP) A pile of goat manure spontaneously caught fire, spreading stench and wrinkling noses through a Vermont town but causing no damage, officials said.

The odor evoked "a damp kind of burning leaves or brush fire," Windsor Town Manager Tom Marsh said.

A worker on her way to milk goats discovered the fire in the 120-cubic-yard manure pile around 3 a.m. Wednesday, said George Redick, owner of the 800-goat Oak Knoll Dairy. He and others put out the flames with water from a hose but the pile continued to smolder. He planned to call the fire department later in the morning, but firefighters were already searching for the source of the smell by 6:30 a.m.

Marsh said he could smell the fire at his hilltop home five miles away. He called it "a little disconcerting, because it was a very strong smell."

Redick says the manure would typically have been spread around the farm earlier in the year, but the rainy season and other factors kept that from happening.

He said he used to think spontaneous combustion was make-believe.

"Now I'm a believer," he said.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-odd/20130822/US-ODD--Manure.Combustion/

[Teddy B 17,251]

There's just too many possibilities with this thread.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Yeah I don't know where to go with it. I'll let someone else take it.

[GandD 5,966]

WINDSOR, Vt. (AP) A pile of goat manure spontaneously caught fire, spreading stench and wrinkling noses through a Vermont town but causing no damage, officials said

Seems like Vermont goat ####### stinks up this place regularly. I've even seen it catch fire a few times.

[Teddy B 17,251]

Seems like Vermont goat ####### stinks up this place regularly. I've even seen it catch fire a few times.

Yup, we've definitely had spontaneous combustion from VT here in the past and it really stunk up the place too. I'm a believer!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Seems like Vermont goat ####### stinks up this place regularly. I've even seen it catch fire a few times.

It's the cheese!....No, wait, that is California. We have happy cows, er goats, and happy poop doesn't stink.

[Teddy B 17,251]

I wonder if the owner of that goat farm had an army of RUB chicks dressed in lingerie and heels at the ready to clean it up.

[Darnell 8,478]

I've seen similar fires from horse-manure piles in Texas.

IMO, goat-shite is more powerful, ounce-by-ounce, compared to horsey-shite.

[GandD 5,966]

I've seen similar fires from horse-manure piles in Texas.

IMO, goat-shite is more powerful, ounce-by-ounce, compared to horsey-shite.

Every time I read something you post I see that chick shaking her head like she disagrees with you.

[decocker 7,198]

vermont needs to start shooting goat turds on site, before they amass and burn quebecer tourists.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

How does concealed carry help combat this?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

How does concealed carry help combat this?

Gary will be around to explain it.

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

vermont needs to start shooting goat turds on site, before they amass and burn quebecer tourists.

Quebecois health tourists who are there to take advantage of the superior care.

Gary will be around to explain it.

Someone's on a timeout.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Someone's on a timeout.

See, good things happen when Mr. Big Dog goes on vacation.

[X Factor 1,110]

What a waste of good healthy organic cooking fuel