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Guy Sets Motel Room Fire Because Satan Lived There

Totally makes sense, right?

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 15, 2011 1:26 PM CDT

(Newser) – There’s only one obvious reason a person might set his motel room blankets on fire: Because he thinks he’s sharing the room with Satan. That’s the excuse a 52-year-old Washington man gave to cops after allegedly starting the motel room fire Friday, the Herald reports. He had been staying at the Days Inn for about a month and had been asked to move out the day of the morning blaze, which was contained to just one room but damaged six.

He explained to police that he just wanted to protect “the good people” from his roomie, Satan. Apparently those “good people” did not include hotel employees; officials say the man had repeatedly called them “spawns of Satan” and the “anti-Christ.”

A Days Inn, but not the one where Satan was apparently shacking up.
A Days Inn, but not the one where Satan was apparently shacking up.   (Flickr)
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DontLikeYou___
Mar 16, 2011 1:56 PM CDT
Guy Sets Motel Room Fire Because Satan Lived There I'm just glad he moved out of my neighborhood.
JackNelsonSteward
Mar 16, 2011 8:01 AM CDT
Ha!! Ha!! ... what a bufFOON ... EVERYone knows you can't chase Satan with FIRE ... You need HOLY WATER!!!
verchwisim
Mar 15, 2011 11:02 PM CDT
YEAP: GO FIGURE DON'T TAKE A CRIMINAL-OIGIST TO FIGURE OUT OH JUST ASSUME-ING THE EMPLOY'ED PERSONAL AND NEIGHBORING ROOM RENTERS ARE NOT GOOD ANYTHING ; NONE THE LESS AS UN-INVITIED GUEST-IN AND SUROUNDING THIS GENTEL-MEN'S RENTIED SPACE/ REFERIED TO AS DEMOND SPAWNS AND SANTIN..

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