This is a video of the Hackensmith building then wearing a propane-powered flaming Ghost Rider helmet. The result is pretty impressive, and certainly a step up from the oily rags wrapped around an existing motorcycle helmet I expected/would have built myself. Also, I can only assume The Hackensmith wasn’t the
Seen here looking like it ran over a body, this is a video of a Zamboni resurfacing the ice at Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex at Monroe Community College’s campus in upstate New York when it decides it’s had enough of its cold lifestyle and catches fire. Impressively, the operator manages
This is a video of the Backyard Scientist constructing a device to blow consistent air rings underwater, then pumping oxygen and propane through the system to create flammable GAS rings, then using a homemade underwater cattle prod to ignite those rings and film the results in slow-motion. Heck yeah, underwater
This is a drone video captured by Youtuber DoctorSbaitso around San Francisco yesterday, September 9th at 11AM, with the entire sky looking red and orange as a result of the nearby wildfires. Youtuber Zach Fett then added ‘2049’, the score from Blade Runner 2049 to the video since it looks
This is some Nest home security cam footage of a candle left burning next to a window when the wind blows the curtain into the flame and starts a house fire. Some more info about the incident, which explains why the old man is so cavalier while the curtain burns
This is a short video of chemistry educator Phil Cook demonstrating both the hydrophobic and combustible properties of lycopodium spores. Lycopodium spores are the dried spores of clubmoss plants (aka ground pine), and have long been used for theatrical special effects (in the form of dust explosions) due to their
Beer drinker Chad Little of Vacaville, California was recently able to prevent the destruction of his home workshop by wildfire by spraying the flames with the only liquid he could find since his water supply had been cut of– cases of Bud Light. Some more details via the San Jose
This is a video from Youtuber and match chain reactionist The S launching a cardboard UFO with the help of a 25,000 match chain reaction. It really was glorious to watch, particularly all the matches flying towards the camera in slow motion. I felt like I was right there! I