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A golfer claims his swing, hitting a rock, caused a wild fire in California:
On his next swing, his club snagged a rock, causing a spark that lit the rough ablaze and eventually attracted 150 firefighters to the scene
Now if I were a betting man, I’d bet that this golfer was a smoker. Or possibly that this guy had a gas golf cart that had a hot muffler. But I’m VERY dubious the spark off a club hitting a rock can start a fire. Mao Tse-tung may believe it, but I don’t. Mythbusters… make a show!
September 1st, 2010 at 11:33 am
Should be easy to prove. Get a similar rock, a golf club swing machine, and some combustable material. Have the swing machine go at it until a fire is started or a thousand swings go by. Whichever comes first.
The story sounds like nonsense to me.