Yes, it’s another wildfire started by someone trying to protect the environment by burning it — that is, by burning his soiled toilet paper and inadvertently starting a wildfire.
Foothills fire was human-caused, grew to 73 acres http://t.co/vXw5rbSHI3 pic.twitter.com/yzB6vIfpTz
— Idaho Statesman (@IdahoStatesman) July 23, 2015
The Idaho Statesman reports it was a cyclist who accidentally started the 73-acre fire near Boise on Wednesday. There were many Tweets and media articles about the pooping cyclist.
Here is a compelling reason to wait until you can get to a restroom. http://t.co/RaZjOAB3jk — Local News 8 (@localnews8) July 23, 2015
This is not the first time burning toilet paper has started a wildfire. In fact, we have a tag for “toilet paper” that will take you to four articles about it — five now.
Pooping cyclist started Idaho foothills fire, officials say http://t.co/yAsUVOwlA2 pic.twitter.com/sJoa0KMzC4
— Boise Idaho (@BoiseIdahoRR) July 25, 2015
Not the first or last time a fire was started by someone burning their “white paper.” The first fire to be suppress in Yellowstone Park in “1988” was started by Boy Scouts burning their toilet paper on the Shoshone Lake “Narrows.” That fire in early to mid July gave us a clue of what was probably going to happen later that summer. The lightning fire across the lake from ours would later roar through West Thumb and Grant Village.
Proof positive that cyclists are a menace on and off the road.
In the past I have not burned it so a fire would not happen and someone will not step
in that area because there is a flag.