Originally Posted By: haertig
She finds something like this in her basement, unknown, and from the previous tenant, ... and decides to light it off in the house???!!!


For an amateur magician is it not so surprising.
  • time lapse: after a few seconds they do not remember
  • directing expectation:she was looking for a candle and the find matched enough parameters
  • experience: they probably did not put explosives in the basement so it should not be there

After seeing what an audience will swallow, mistaking fireworks for a candle is totally believable.
It would be safer to just dispose of things that a previous tenant left - especially if there is no immediate use for it or if it cannot be readily identified.
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