Stupidity knows no bounds and emergency medical responders in Sedro Woolley, Washington know this better than anyone. They had to respond to an incident involving two men practicing something called “barrel riding”. What’s barrel riding? We’ll tell you what it isn’t. Barrel riding is not rolling in a barrel down a hill, nope, that’s downright freaking brilliant compared to this.

Responding to a fire, the Sedro Woolley Fire Department found two crispy people. These buffoons burned themselves by attempting to light a fuel barrel with methanol in it. The barrel was supposed to rocket forward with a guy sitting on top of it, much the way it would in a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Shockingly, things didn’t follow the cartoon world and the four gallons of methanol in the barrel, which they attempted to light through the small opening normally used to pour fuel out ignited in a violent explosion.  

They got at least one part of the result they wanted. Part of the barrel was blown 120 feet. We’re guessing the dumbass who was sitting on it didn’t make the trip.

Congrats to residents of the Pacific Northwest, you live in the home of the two biggest jackasses in America!

Thanks to Mark Hovsepian for the tip on this story!

Source — KIROTV.com — 2 Men Burned in Racing Fuel “Barrel Riding’ Incident