https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...fornia-wildfire.html

Alexandra Souverneva - graduate of California Institute of Technology in 2012 with degrees in chemistry and biology, former yoga instructor, certified scuba dive master, piano teacher, worked as a research associate at biotech companies Gilead Sciences and Nanosyn and suspected of being a serial arsonist

A former forestry student-turned-shaman and yoga teacher has been charged with starting a huge California wildfire that has destroyed 41 homes - and was being investigated in connection with other fires - after claiming the blaze was triggered accidentally while she tried to boil bear urine so she could drink it.

Alexandra Souverneva, of Palo Alto, was charged Friday with felony arson to wildland with an enhancement because of a declared state of emergency in California, Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett said. The 8,500 acre blaze the 30 year-old is accused of starting has wrecked 41 homes, and 90 other structures.

Souverneva pleaded not guilty but could face up to nine years in state prison if convicted. She is also suspected of starting additional fires in Shasta County and throughout the state, Bridgett said. It wasn't immediately known if she has an attorney who could speak on her behalf.

During questioning by investigators, Souverneva, who previously worked as a scientist, but whose most recent job was as an SAT tutor, claimed that she had been thirsty whilst out hiking and found a puddle in a dry creek bed which contained bear urine.

She then claims she attempted to filter the water using a tea bag but when that failed tried to start a fire to boil the water. Souverneva said that it was too wet to start a fire so she drank the water and continued walking.

The Fawn Fire has charred more than 13 square miles of heavy timber in the latest destructive blaze to send Californians fleeing this year. As of Monday morning, the fire was 45 per cent contained. CAL FIRE reported on Sunday night that three firefighters were injured while battling the inferno.

Souverneva is known to be a graduate of the California Institute of Technology and former Bay Area biotech employee.

'It is difficult to grasp when disaster like this is, apparently, not a natural disaster. But we have a suspect,' Shasta County Sheriff Michael L. Johnson said to community members at a meeting on Saturday night.

Workers at a nearby quarry reported seeing Souverneva acting strangely and trespassing on the company's property in the area in Shasta County where the Fawn Fire was sparked on Wednesday afternoon, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said in a statement.

The woman was told by quarry workers that she was not allowed to be there, but she allegedly ignored them and continued walking into the vegetation.

Just hours later, firefighters were called to that same area for reports of a vegetation fire.

At around 8pm on Wednesday, Souverneva walked out of the brush near the fire line and approached firefighters and told them she was trying to get to Canada, was dehydrated and needed medical help, Cal Fire said.

She was found to be carrying in her pockets and inside a fanny pack a cigarette lighter, CO2 cartridges, and an item 'containing a green, leafy substance she admitted to smoking that day,' according to the report.

Souverneva was taken out of the area for evaluation and treatment. During an interview with Cal Fire and law enforcement, officers came to believe that Souverneva, of Palo Alto, was responsible for setting the fire, officials said.

Souverneva is also suspected of setting fire to vegetation in Shasta Lake the night before.

'It is my opinion there is a high possibility she is responsible for the vegetation fire in Shasta Lake City the previous evening,' CAL FIRE officer Matt Alexander wrote. 'It is my experience that arsonists ... will light multiple fires in a short timeframe.'

During Friday's court appearance, an attorney said Souverneva had made statements to law enforcement that indicated a possible mental health crisis 'or something to do with drug abuse,'

more at link w numerous pictures

crap it is the same chick.


Okay, what is up with the two co2 cartridges?

Sounds like she’s ingested a little too much bear urine with her green leafy substances.

So it wasn't the Sun monster causing all these fires after all. Go figure.

Crazy eyes!

“- after claiming the blaze was triggered accidentally while she tried to boil bear urine so she could drink it.”

This could happen to anyone.

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- after claiming the blaze was triggered accidentally while she tried to boil bear urine so she could drink it.

Wait...WTF?

Certifiably CooCoo.

I HATE arsonists.

I mean, REALLY hate them.

I laffed myself nigh-on fartless when I read about one deluded pyromaniac who lit up his fire-starting 'device' in his car because it was raining. His target was a grade-school. The fire investigators found the remains of ten other similar devices in the burnt-out wreck.

Along with Mr Crisp, of course.

I'm sure that many of you living in the PNW will remember the recent Eagle Creek fire along Highway 84 - the route along the Columbia Gorge - a couple of years back. The teenager who deliberately started that up was fined $36 Million.

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Originally posted by DSgrouse:
crap it is the same chick.


Okay, what is up with the two co2 cartridges?

Probably to make seltzer once the urine burns off.

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Originally posted by DSgrouse:
crap it is the same chick.

Blind date?

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Crazy eyes!

She drinks Bear urine so its more then the eyes....

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Originally posted by trapper189:

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Originally posted by DSgrouse:
crap it is the same chick.

Blind date?

She isn't blind, just crazy out of her head on filtered but unboiled bear urine.

At least we now know the answer to the unasked question that accompanies "Does a bear shit in the woods?"

It is clear, bears urinate the the woods.

All those academic degrees and not putting any of them to use. Wandering around the forest and causing fires.
Smart Nutcase

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Originally posted by trapper189:

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Originally posted by DSgrouse:
crap it is the same chick.

Blind date?

Nah, I read a different article about this chick.

She claimed to be a SHAMAN,

https://news.yahoo.com/self-pr...rting-192700225.html

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Self-proclaimed shaman accused of starting California fire said she was trying to boil bear urine: Police

How does one go about collecting bear urine in the wild?

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How does one go about collecting bear urine in the wild?

I believe I saw it sold in the organic section of our supermarket. Same aisle as the squirrel nuts.

To collect bear urine in the wild it helps to place a few liters of beer in opened cans near a depression in the ground along your hiking trail.

You share your "green leafy substance" with the bear, then you tell him, "if you want that job, you're going to have to pee in this cup." See, easy peasy.

The perfect substance to wash down those Tide pods, and have with your crackers. Just don't mix your good bourbon with it, use the cheap stuff!

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How does one go about collecting bear urine in the wild?

That was my first thought.

They think she may have mental problems? No shit. Sane people don't commit arson. She may think she's only playing crazy, but the joke is on her- she's actually crazy.

However, that's no excuse. She's telling this preposterous bullshit story about bear piss in a mud puddle and tea bags (he he). The fact that she's lying tells you she knows she committed a crime or crimes.

Lock her ass up for a decade and see how she likes that.