This dude’s backyard leaf explosion will blow your mind

Do not try this at home.

Miles Klee

Updated on May 27 2021 3:15 pm CDT

Now that we know the best way to rake leaves (hint: don’t use a rake), we’re faced with a huge pile of dead foliage. What’s the best course of action?

Well, probably don’t douse the leaves in something highly flammable and set the whole mess on fire. Even if the results are this cool.

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Pity they won’t be able to do the same with snow.

H/T Someecards | Photo via Lee Dyer/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Miles Klee

Miles Klee is a novelist and web culture reporter. The former editor of the Daily Dot’s Unclick section, Klee’s essays, satire, and fiction have appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Vanity Fair, 3:AM, Salon, the Awl, the New York Observer, the Millions, and the Village Voice. He’s the author of two odd books of fiction, ‘Ivyland’ and ‘True False.’