Yeah, fire breathing is supposed to be all death-defying, awe-inducing and rife with holy-shit-wonder, but I always thought it was kind of cheesy. They spit alcohol at a torch. Big flame. Big whoop. But this is definitely one performance that would have filled even the most jaded of circus audience members with some holy-shit-wonder. Vlad Cazacu, a 43-year-old performer at the Big Top in Bucharest, was in the midst of his fire-eating theatrics during a matinee show when...well, he exploded. According to fellow performer Nicolae Antosu, "We found his head in the popcorn machine."
As if that isn't hilarious enough, made even funnier by the fact that he was surrounded by a crowd of children (yes, I am in need of therapy), it was a burp that did him in. Apparently, Cazacu swallowed some of the flammable liquid he was holding in his mouth, burped the vapors up and turned himself into a human firecracker.
So, aspiring fire-eaters take heed: No Nachos Bell Grande and root beer before a big show.
Vlad Cazacu (1955-1998)
Source: The Parrot via Strange But True...
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