You’re not gonna believe this one! On July 4th, a Mercury reader says she witnessed two anti-fireworks vigilantes soaking a bunch of people shooting off fireworks… with a FIREHOSE. Here’s her email:

So we were sitting at Colonel Summers Park watching the fireworks (or at least what little we could see of them) and several people from the neighborhood were there lighting off their own fireworks. About 20 minutes into the show, two people with firehoses came running across the park and doused many of the guilty parties. I guessed it was the Mercury staff, but it could’ve been anyone. They were gone as quickly as they got there, and the illicit firework lighting party resumed.

She “guessed it was the Mercury staff”?? WHY DO WE ALWAYS GET BLAMED FOR EVERYTHING?
Ohhhh… yeahhh. That could be the reason.