# Death by Farts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-farts/607920>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 31, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-farts/607920 "2011-12-31T05:14:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-farts/607920/21 "2012-01-02T05:40:11Z")

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Here’s hoping no one figures out how to weaponize it:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aD4k148YcDU/hqdefault.jpg "Fart Gun?!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD4k148YcDU)

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**Author:** ![Theophane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@Theophane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theophane)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-farts/607920/22 "2012-01-02T08:05:41Z")

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If it has destructive potential, some jackass will eventually weaponize it. Guaranteed. How long after the splitting of the atom did they get the idea for the atomic bomb? One thing human beings are particularly good at is figuring out new ways to kill each other.

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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-farts/607920/23 "2012-01-02T13:47:04Z")

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> [@Becky2844](#):
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> Man **Ellen Cherry,** I do know what you mean.
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> So if natural methane is odorless etc. how did that guy in Siberia track it down/understand what it is? I mean, who digs a hole and then lights a match to see if something will ignite. Or is a “man” thing, like what Ellen Cherry is talking about? 😕

Do you have a link to a particular article you read about this? I’m guessing that it was bubbling up through previously-frozen boggy areas, which would make it at least very observable.

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**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-farts/607920/24 "2012-01-02T21:20:26Z")

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> [@freckafree](#):
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> Do you have a link to a particular article you read about this? I’m guessing that it was bubbling up through previously-frozen boggy areas, which would make it at least very observable.

It was on the nightly news. **Duckster** upthread kindly posted a link.

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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-farts/607920/25 "2012-01-02T21:45:53Z")

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> [@Becky2844](#):
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> It was on the nightly news. **Duckster** upthread kindly posted a link.

Ah. Thanks! I shall check those out.

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