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It's true. I was helping my next-door neighbor re-light the pilot light on his water heater. He had put it up full-blast, but no hot water was coming out of his tap.
So I lit a log-lighter, and stuck it toward the pilot light, then, WHOOSH! A huge burst of flame from the natural gas issued from under and around the water heater. I smelled burning hair. It was mine! I stamped it out using my hands.
I lost most of the hair on my right arm, much of my beard, and a fair amount of hair on the right side of my head. (I didn't have it tied back that day.)
Now I look pretty lopsided.