Golden Stallion Awes Firemen With ‘Death’ Leap
You can‘t convince the firemen who fought the Golden Stallion fire Easter morning that the life-size plastic stallion atop the building didn’t have a life of it’s own.
“We were off to the side of the building–putting water on the fire–when the stallion turned and looked at us.” said a fireman “Then it leaped into the flames.”
Yucca Valley Fire Chief Harry S. Brissenden likened the spectacle to a scene from the Wagnerian opera, “Die Valkyrie.”
“Despite the heat from the fire, it gave us goose bumps.” he said.
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