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Man Decapitated During Neighborhood Firework Display

July 10, 2011 at 4:02 am by  

Man Decapitated During Neighborhood Firework DisplayFargo, ND – When the smoke from the firework cleared, 41-year-old Jesse William Burley’s headless – and lifeless – body was lying in the street. BATF agents are assisting Fargo police to determine the circumstances leading up to it.

Chris Hanson, a neighbor, reportedly said that just before 9:30 PM on July 4th, Burley let off a large firework that caused a big bang and “visible shock waves in the air.” I am assuming that when shock waves are visible, whatever caused them is big. Really big.

Hanson described Burley taking another firework and walking with it to the middle of the street.

“Within 10 seconds of us talking to him, he lit it and all we saw was a cloud of smoke, a bang,” Hanson recounted. “When I walked up to his body, it was nothing but his shoulders down.”

Burley’s children, ages 2 and 3, were reportedly not at home at the time of the accident.

Fargo Police Lt. Joel Vettel reportedly said that police were confident it was a federally regulated, commercial-grade firework. Police and the BATF are trying to find out how it was obtained and whether it was actually illegal.

“Ya. For the love of pete, the man lost his doggone head. You’re darned tootin’ we want to find out what the heck happenend, ya,” Joel said.

Okay…  I made that quote up.  I just can’t think of Fargo and not imagine it going down that way.

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    • http://oddlyunfocused.blogspot.com/ Eccentric_Lady

      I’m wondering if he had a commercial license to use the beheading firework – most of the big ones used at ballparks and public venues require it. I can’t imagine just planting it on the ground – my relatives who did this often put them in metal tubes that were IN the ground a good ways – and hoping it all goes well…

      Ah, why the ER’s stay busy during the July Fourth: Idiots, Fireworks,and Alcohol/Bravado. Apparently he did too good of a job and went straight to the morgue. ><

    • http://www.facebook.com/dre.mosley Dre Mosley

      Holy hell.  The fuck was he using?  I tend to stick to firecrackers and sparklers.

    • Anonymous

      I’m not very attracted to fireworks in general other than watching them. Hell, I’m a pussy (yes, laugh all you want but I have it & you want it) & I hate sparklers cause they burn my hand.

    • Anonymous

      You and that fucking picture.

    • http://justiceforcaylee.synthasite.com/ shyloh

      Well you can’t say he didn’t go out with a bang!

    • Anonymous

      This man, a father of two young children, died because he didn’t know better.  He trusted his health in (most likely) illegal fireworks.  He had no idea how unstable these were or how deadly they can be close up.  Seriously, would this guy play with bombs picked up at something no better than a ramshackle watermelon stand?  I doubt it…well unless they were re-labeled “fireworks”. 

    • Anonymous

      Poor guy.  If you want the biggest, loudest, most annoying boom known to mankind just “head” north.

    • Anonymous

      A different report says Burley had fireworks that contained a warning that read “If found please report to the U.S. government.” 

      Could be the same shit they’ve been shooting at the Taliban for 10 years.

    • Anonymous

      Sad, for sure. But judging from his picture, it doesn’t look like he had much use for the head bit anyway.

    • pikeman

      Illegal fireworks are nothing to lose your head over. Oh, wait, I guess they are.

    • Anonymous

      And it’s Douchenozzlejohnson coming up on the left, still a half a length behind Pikeman but closing in fast, Prominent Prozac is making a charge up Pikeman’s flank but I don’t know If that pony has the game to catch him, she has surprised us before though, Douchenozzlejohnson is closing. this is going to be a close call Bob, I think the Tactless Cup is still anybody’s game.

      You guys fucking kill me. But always remember, if GG is running you’re running for second.

    • Anonymous

      WoW! Its like a magic trick kinda! Fuck the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow! Lol.

      Was anyone else thinking Dateline when they read Chris Hanson??? ….. maybe it was just me.

    • pikeman

      I think at this point Prominent Prozac is in the lead by….a head. I’m trying to keep Douchnozzlejohnson an arms length away. I don’t want to get too carried away, though, or this whole thing could blow up in my face.

    • Anonymous

      “I’m wondering if he had a commercial license to use the beheading firework…”

      You say it like Beheading Fireworks are a special category.  lol…  “Hey Jesse, this one sounds pretty!  It’s a B.F. Pink Mist!  Fire it up!!”

    • pikeman

      This really isn’t funny. You know what is funny, though. “Eight Heads in a Duffelbag.” Ever see that? The best part is when Joe Pesci antogonizes those guys with the heads, and the one dude loses his head, so to speak.

      He goes running into the airport and whips one of those heads out and runs around like a maniac showing it to horrified people and yelling things like:

      “Who lost their head” I try so hard, but I can’t get ahead.”  “‘I’m going crazy, I think I lost my head!” Fucking hilarious.

    • pikeman

      It could have been a quarter stick of dynamite. A friend gave me a quarter stick of dynamite once and I lit it off on my birthday way up on a mountain. KA-POW!!! It was unlike anything I’ve ever lit off. The whole damn mountain shook. My friends dog became shell shocked. They heard it 12 miles away, down near the highway. It definitely would have taken someones head off.

    • Anonymous

      So, I wonder what went through his head when it went off? Sure as hell was alot more than “Oh shit”

    • Anonymous

      Oh.Ok.I get it now.

    • pikeman

      That’s pretty easy to answer. Shrapnel and gunpowder.

    • http://twitter.com/elphud Pfad Rhamses XV

      Sounds like dumbass got a hold of dynamite caps. Sending shock waves ain’t from firecrackers. There are worse ways to take yourself out of the gene pool.

    • pikeman

      You know what is real ironic about this? The neighboring town to Fargo, ND is Moorhead, Minnesota. Go figure.

      Beside that, Moorhead has to be on the list for one of the most fucked up names for a town in America.

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Anonymous

      Is that near Climax, MN?

    • Wicked Smilee

      His head fell off?  Good thing it’s not a vital organ, and will prolly grow back like a lizards tail.

    • pikeman

      I didn’t know there was a Climax, MN. There is a Climax, Colorado. There is also Intercourse, Blueball, and Virginville Pennsylvania. They are Amish towns.

      Fargo and Moorhead are actually sister cities on the border, often referred to as Fargo-Moorhead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_ozn4mUzwQ

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      well its better than No Head, or even less head

    • pikeman

      Of course there is a Climax, MN.

      “After you get past Moorhead, you head straight toward Climax, ya?” http://www.climax.k12.mn.us/communities/climax.html

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      I am going to send you a six pack of dynamite sticks, fulll, light them off and Mack should see it

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      GG is in the French Riviera this month i belive

    • pikeman

      If you click that link there is a Ron’s Carpet Service and a GAP in Climax. I’ll bet! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      Stupid stunt like this are funny, mainly cause hes old ENOUGH to know better.. jesus when i do interdimensional experiments i always make sure not to cross the streams :)

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      wrong head..lol

    • Anonymous

       Please stay away from the anti-mass spectrometer.

    • pikeman

      What gets me about this video is at the beginning it says “Fargo-Moorhead always warm.” WTF? That is an outright lie! You want to freeze your ass off? Go to North Dakota or Minnesota in the Winter. Fargo-Moorhead is brutally cold in the Winter. Trust me, I know about cold, I live in Montana. You don’t want to be in that country in the Winter.

    • http://oddlyunfocused.blogspot.com/ Eccentric_Lady

      Well, hell, there’s a big arse reason they’re not categorized for ‘normal’ usage they pack more punch…hence ‘commercial grade’ suppose to be used by professionals.

      *shakes her head*

      Gotta respect the power of the bigger BOOMs, y’know – don’t lose your head!

    • Anonymous

      Lmfao! I’m loving the Sports Casting! Lolol. Ah, the visual!

    • Anonymous

      It takes a special kind of idiot to live here, I agree.  Mom always said I was special.

    • Anonymous

      Those are towns for married men.

    • Anonymous

      So how FAR did his head GO? 

      I know, lame.  And I apologize, in advance, to the family.

    • Anonymous

      I admit, I want it.

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      I am glad the kids didnt have to see this, There was enough Head Trauma that day..

      The real evil here is the BATF got in the mix../this was not assisted suicide short fuse be dammed!

    • Anonymous

      There’s also a Remer in Minnesota.  Work that into your repertoire, Pike

    • Anonymous

      Ah, the simple and taken for granted act of shaking-the-head.  It’s nice to have a head to shake, isn’t it?

    • pikeman

      With a blast like that, the head probably went clear to Moorhead.

      I could see the article now. “Firworks Victims Head lands in Moorhead, One Less Head in Fargo, One More Head in Moorhead”.

    • Anonymous

      And it’s Pikeman crossing the finish line just ahead of the rest of the pack.(of hyenas).

    • Anonymous

      lol

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      Parrot diddler? lolol

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      /it is the Kniption fit module just left of the flux capacitor that always zaps me..

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      Statisticlly speaking how many ppl lost thier head this year?

    • pikeman

      This should cinch it.

      “How far did the head go? Yes, folks, the head made clear from Fargo to Moorhead, but the brains are reported landing clear over in Brainard!”.

    • Anonymous

      DD, the only place that makes you laugh your head off and cry your eyes out at the same time.

    • Anonymous

      DD, the only place that makes you laugh your head off and cry your eyes out at the same time.

    • Anonymous

      Sometimes you absolutely kill me with your comments, pikeman! LMHO!

    • pikeman

      You’ll know you’re in Remer when you stop there for a beer and get asked by some country hick if you want to take a turn in the barrel. *Ahem* Don’t fall for it.*Cough*

    • Anonymous

      I’ve got a blow-up parrot, but its just for parties.

    • pikeman

      The real evil here is people like me if the wrong person gets on here and reads these comments.

      They’ll want to drag me as far as I can go and leave my pieces scattered from Moorhead to Brainard for being so insensitive. It would take Paul Bunyon and Babe the Blue ox to clean that up.

      You don’t want to offend the wrong person in that part of the country. Ya might end up in a wood chipper, ya?

    • pikeman

      “Ya! That goddammed pikeman makin fun of people gettin’ their heads blown off, and makin’ fun of us Norwegian Minnesotans is no joking matter, eh!? Now, if I hafta, I’ll drive clear to Montana to deal with this, darn tooten! Now the last guy that fucked around, I stuck him in a fucking wood chipper, ya! Now, what ya think of that, ya darn smart alec!?”

    • Anonymous

      Illegal fireworks ain’t nothing to lose your head over!

    • pikeman

      Apparently they are if you’re clowning around with them.

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      ohh yaaa

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      i had to like both of those

    • Prominent Prozac

      Is this the kinda guy you want around kids anyway?Somebody that doesn’t realize how actually dangerous something that lights up and *explodes* is?What did he think it was?A light up dildo?You turn it on and stick it in your…mouth?(Which works for this actually..)

    • Prominent Prozac

      Would it be the first time something “blew up” in your face Pike?Swallow or spit?

    • Prominent Prozac

      What head?

    • Prominent Prozac

      I’ll just guess 4…and a half?

    • Prominent Prozac

      It sure can’t be any worse then my Acrotomophilia..

    • Prominent Prozac

      When the firework went off..Or his head?

    • Prominent Prozac

      I bet people were always telling him “You’d lose your head if it wasn’t attached”;I wonder how they feel now.They need to come up with a whole new phrase..God damn inconsiderate of him if you ask me.

    • pikeman

      We’d have to take a head count to figure that out.

    • Anonymous

      Your sexual desire of amputees?  Yes, I looked it up. It stumped me for a minute lol…

    • pikeman

      Ha Ha! I don’t venture into the gay regions, PP.

      Now, pussy exploding in my face is a different story.

    • Prominent Prozac

      Damn it Pike..My brother needed a date.

    • Prominent Prozac

      Why do you think I “came” to this story?Mmm..

    • Anonymous

      Ha!

    • Anonymous

      Slow down, so his name was Alec ? and you stuck him in a wood chipper ? 

    • Anonymous

      Ha yourself, goddam where did find that, my fucking sleep meds only do so much.

    • pikeman

      There’s plenty of gays you could talk to about that that are on this site, trust me.

    • pikeman

      The whole wood chipper thing comes from the movie “Fargo.” The crazy psycho bad guy in that movie sticks his  partner in crime in a wood chipper and turns it on. Pretty gory, that’s a crazy movie. The locals talked like that in the movie, too.

       

    • Anonymous

      I’ve taken some psychology classes and I’m pretty sure Prozac has nothing to do with that philia.  Doc may need to change your meds.

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      ive got all my limbs and then some so iam safe

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      it had to be a shaped charge to remove the head and toss it to minnesota eh?, i like women who glow in the dark..

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      or the police force in my town..

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      those are hard to find.. ive only come across two like that..

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      I wanna do dateline with nancy grace

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      JUMP TO LIGHTSPEED CAP’N

    • Anonymous

      Jesus Christ! He was 41 and lived in a trailer park. Wasn’t he bored with fireworks yet and why was he was he spending money on a commercial firework when he had two young children. Dumbass.

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      IT WAS that and bath salts ya know
      also only in ND can you earn between 12 hr – 15 hr at mcdonalds and about 60 k a yr in the oilfields

    • Prominent Prozac

      What?Why the hell would I wanna get rid of that fetish for? :P

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      why cant you live next door to me..

    • Prominent Prozac

      I’m just going to lead them to you Pike.Pitchforks and fires blazing..Condoms on hand.

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      I think he lives in a treehouse, with wookies

    • Prominent Prozac

      Remind me to stand behind the crowd so when Pike starts pissing on everyone he’ll be outta’ ammo by the time I get there.

    • Prominent Prozac

      I probably do..I’m probably the best kept secret evil in your neighborhood :P

    • pikeman

      Great! I’ve already pissed enough of them off on this site. Just don’t tell House where I live.:P

    • Prominent Prozac

      Oh AC’…You’re giving me one killer headache.. ;P

    • Prominent Prozac

      This made me LOL.

    • Prominent Prozac

      I’ll protect you after I lead them to your house just so the following can happen..
      “No,please don’t hurt my mentally disabled brother”..That’ll be your cue to eat your own snot and drool.

    • Anonymous

      You can’t get rid of it, but you can control it.  Hasn’t Drew Pinsky taught you anything except how easy it is to kill has-been celebrities?  : D

    • Anonymous

      And then some?  Are you bi-phallic?

    • pikeman

      There are so many more things I could say, but I should quit while I’m ahead. Frankly, this whole thread has me feeling a little Minnesota at this point. Sometimes, it’s good to keep your head on your shoulders, instead of playing the fool when making all these comments.

      I have to admit, I’ll bet his fire works display would blow you away. I mean, he really put his neck on the line, and his head on the chopping block by lighting off dangerous fireworks. Talk about laying it all on the state line to impress people. It was a fine firework, I hear. Very loud with a fine red mist and flying fragments.

      And that’s all, folks, I have to head out, now.

    • pikeman

      We already have blubberdong. We could just start calling AIC man “Doubledong”.

    • pikeman

       LMAO! That gives new meaning to the phrase “Double Penetration”.

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      how did i end up with a forked penis?… tough to keep a woman around with an appendage like that

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      yes he lives in Winona minnesota eh-yup

    • AliceinChainsman =]

      white girls glow in the dark..need i say more

    • Anonymous

      I’m sure it’s impressive in the shower though…

    • Anonymous

      Don’t knock Minnesota until you’ve live here.  Then knock it all the fuck out.

    • Prominent Prozac

      ..Please don’t :P

    • Prominent Prozac

      I personally want to keep it..It’s a great topic starter at dinner parties.

    • pikeman

      We don’t mess with Minnesota around here, but we tell North Dakotan jokes.

      “Did you hear about the North Dakotan in Fargo that blew his head off with a firework?”

      “He has no Moorhead.”

      That was really lame. Sorry, Heather Habilitory, for telling North Dakotan jokes.

    • Anonymous

       yeah I know, and I know I’ll be on the losing end of this, but I just didn’t it was that good.

    • Anonymous

       That’s what you tell your girlfriend you mean.

    • Anonymous

      The bad news is, this idiot blew his head off.The good news is, he didn’t take anyone with him. I wonder if the bomb/firework was called headless wonder. 

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PKSJ42VBXNAFJLOH54Y3K4KTXU Heather Habilatory

      You fuckin’ better be! lol

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PKSJ42VBXNAFJLOH54Y3K4KTXU Heather Habilatory

      I do NOT talk like that! god dammit! LOL

    • tapu

      Cause of death:  No head.

    • Anonymous

      It’s SNAKES and sparklers, dude.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw7ajsKmbd4