He’s No St. Patrick

It is a well known and oft told tale. St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, becoming the country's patron saint. Well, Robert Hughes of Richton Park, Illinois is no St. Patrick. He was attempting to drive the squirrels out of a wall of his home. The man decided to use a smoke bomb, which he placed in the rain gutter near a hole the animals used for entry. In the ensuing fire both Hughes's home and the home of the next door neighbor were damaged. Both houses are now boarded up but on the bright side, Hughes says the squirrels are gone.