Watching This Giant Backyard Leaf Explosion Is Weirdly Thrilling

Now, we’re not saying it’s a good idea to set things on fire in your yard. In fact, it’s probably a rather bad idea. But when one guy in Quebec decided to blow up the giant leaf pile in his backyard, the results were awesome. Behold:

See, this is why we need the Internet: so we can watch videos of stuff happening, but then not actually have to do that stuff ourselves.

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