This is just a fantastic piece of news from a tiny village in Sicily with only 39 residents. Well, I mean, it’s not fantastic for them, because their town has been experiencing continuous unexplained spontaneous fires for the past few months. Since mid-January, it says.

Seems that fuse boxes, wires, electrical appliances, cars, and more have been spontaneously setting fire. Even an unplugged lamp was seen to have burned. Also, cell phones are acting up, and car alarms are going off for no reason. Fearing some kind of electrical problem, Italy’s energy commission turned off electricity to the town. They then set up a generator, only for that to catch on fire.

Police ruled out pranksters or pyros, and a whole host of scientists and self-styled ghostbusters are currently researching the problem. Many people are blaming it on the Devil or demons. The article also has a fantastic closing:

Spinnato, the mayor, sounds just as desperate.

“Someone wrote to us saying the solution was to sacrifice a black goat and collect its blood. At some point, that’s going to start looking like a good idea.”