The latest in the
ongoing adventures of Florida Man;
LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. - A Loxahatchee man who didn't want a bank to sell his foreclosed home tried to blow it up using a bowling ball as an explosive, Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies said.
Deputies detained Butler after he left the burning home. As firefighters extinguished the flames, they noticed a bowling ball with a wick attached.
The bomb squad removed the ball.
Deputies said Butler told them he set things on fire in the home using a cigarette lighter, poured gun powder in a bowling ball and used a rope as a fuse.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say he watched a bit too much Looney Toons while growing up. Which makes this even more appropriate;
