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Rocks Found on Beach Mysteriously Catch Fire in Woman's Pocket
Yahoo ^ | 18 May 2012 | CECILIA VEGA

Posted on 05/18/2012 12:58:36 PM PDT by shove_it

A California mother is recovering from second- and third-degree burns after colored rocks her family collected from a southern California beach unexpectedly caught fire while in her shorts pocket.

"We were talking about who was going to pick up the babysitter," Lyn Hiner said today on "Good Morning America." "And all of a sudden something hot on my leg just sort of started to bother me so I started thinking it was a bug bite, so I started slapping it and the next thing I know my pants were on fire."

The harmless-looking, green- and orange-colored rocks, which Hiner's daughters found Saturday on San Onofre State Beach in southern California, are now the subject of an intense scientific investigation.

Hiner, 43, had put the rocks in her pocket after they left the beach. As she and her husband, Rob Hiner, were preparing to go out later that evening, the rocks suddenly erupted in her pants.

Rob Hiner, who appeared on "GMA" alongside his wife at the Santa Ana, Calif., burn center where she is being treated, said the couple had no idea what was happening.

"It was just this bright intense flame," he said. "We didn't know what it was. Our first response was just to try to pat it out.

"But, In trying to pat it out, it wasn't going out so the next thing was just to try and drop and roll and eventually we just tried to tear her shorts off and got them off of her," he said.

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Ooohhhh boy, this autta be good ...

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1 posted on 05/18/2012 12:58:40 PM PDT by shove_it
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To: shove_it

Does this deserve’breaking news’?


2 posted on 05/18/2012 1:00:22 PM PDT by shove_it (just undo it)
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To: shove_it

Don’t phosphorous and sodium burn when dry? Or is just sodium.

‘rocks’ dried - ignited.

??


3 posted on 05/18/2012 1:02:45 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: shove_it
Old yes, breaking, no.
4 posted on 05/18/2012 1:03:52 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: shove_it

That’s one way to get your rocks off.


5 posted on 05/18/2012 1:05:00 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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6 posted on 05/18/2012 1:05:55 PM PDT by Salamander (Holy muscle of love.....I got a muscle of love.)
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so I started slapping it and the next thing I know my pants were on fire

If I had a nickle for every time I've uttered that exact phrase, I would be multimillionare rich.

7 posted on 05/18/2012 1:06:49 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The so-called 'mainstream' media has gone from "biased" straight to "utterly surreal".)
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To: Salamander

Who is the dude in that picture? I keep seeing it posted.


8 posted on 05/18/2012 1:07:35 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: shove_it

Hot Pants!


9 posted on 05/18/2012 1:08:21 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: shove_it

When she wakes up the next day, she might find out that she has super powers!


10 posted on 05/18/2012 1:09:05 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Lazamataz

Laz, your comment was a perfect end to the week.


11 posted on 05/18/2012 1:09:20 PM PDT by wbill
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To: Lazamataz

ROTFL!!!


12 posted on 05/18/2012 1:11:45 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life. - Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
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To: wbill

:)


13 posted on 05/18/2012 1:12:16 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The so-called 'mainstream' media has gone from "biased" straight to "utterly surreal".)
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I FR searched it every which way and got nada.
14 posted on 05/18/2012 1:13:52 PM PDT by shove_it (just undo it)
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To: shove_it
In the interview the husband said “eventually we just pulled her shorts off”. I think that would be my first reaction, they were at home in their kitchen.
15 posted on 05/18/2012 1:14:00 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Salamander

Not aliens. She just found the rocks from the Temple of Doom. That’s all.


16 posted on 05/18/2012 1:14:18 PM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: A.A. Cunningham
I FR searced it every which way and got nada.
17 posted on 05/18/2012 1:14:29 PM PDT by shove_it (just undo it)
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To: Larry Lucido

Giorgio A. Tsoukalos.

He’s the crazy sumbitch on the History Channel who credits *everything* not immediately explainable to “ancient aliens”.

What’s really funny is watching the series episodes from beginning to end.

When the series starts, his hair is quite normal and well groomed.

As his theories get wilder, so does his hair.

It’s kinda like watching “Airplane”.

:)


18 posted on 05/18/2012 1:15:16 PM PDT by Salamander (Holy muscle of love.....I got a muscle of love.)
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To: Lazamataz
"If I had a nickle for every time I've uttered that exact phrase, I would be multimillionare rich."

LAZ - Thank goodness you survived so that you can still be here with us!!! :-)

19 posted on 05/18/2012 1:16:28 PM PDT by LADY J (You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. - Author Unknown)
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To: Larry Lucido
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos
20 posted on 05/18/2012 1:16:46 PM PDT by RMDupree (I'm not really here.)
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