What does childhood fascination with fire mean? Some studies say that it's a warning sign that the child could grow up to be a serial killer. Or an arsonist. Maybe both. I grew up to become a comic book artist. Which may be worse to some, because I get to corrupt minds! Oh yeah.
One particular thing with fire I did was when I was around 7. I would cook candle wax in a metal bottle cap. When it got so hot, the wax would catch fire. At which point I would throw water on it. For some reason, the burning wax reacts violently to fire and it unleashes a huge ball of flame. It was awesome.
I did it under a tree once, and a few days later, all the leaves under the fire, even though the leaves were 15-20 feet high, they all died.
One particular time I was sitting a little too close when I threw the water. Whooooomph it went, and I suddenly smelled something bad. A weird metallic kind of burning smell. Turns out it was my hair. That didn't stop my fascination with fire though. It would take several years yet, and one particular incident.
