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So I was hanging out at this guy's farm near Brandon Manitoba and he tells me that he makes pyrotechnics for rock concerts and event shows in his garage in his spare time and I said ‘come on that’s dangerous and illegal’, and he said ‘no. It isn’t’

He has all the papers and certificates and apparently he was one of the best in the business - but he has since retired.

That night after the sun set he showed me something however that was illegal. And it was awesome - his very best and most creative piece, which he can only safely launch in the winter and or out over water as its certain to start fires when it lands. Listen to this: its a lump of potassium in a perforated wax paper cup on top of a gunpowder rocket ship.

It’s called The Spider - KABOOM the pyrotechnic goes up in the air and the flammable waxy paper burns off exposing the potassium to oxygen which ignites it, and it burns bright. The super bright light shines out through the holes in the cup to make the spider’s legs as it descends down through the smoky air at the end of the pyrotechnics show. Hasn't been seen live in twenty years cause it ALWAYS starts a fire when it hits the ground.

What are the most unusual pyrotechnics that you have ever seen?

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