News paper style article about strange happenings in an Italian village.

The gate at the entrance to Canneto Di Caronia, Italy has come off its hinges and swings in the wind as cats wander into homes abandoned after a series of mystery fires. Canneto di Caronia has been taken over by an endless flow of scientists, engineers, police and even a few "ghostbusters" searching for clues to the recent spontaneous combustion of everything from microwave ovens to a car. The fires started in mid-January and have …

…and mother of two. "I don't know what's causing it and I don't care anymore -- even if it's the devil." Her nine-year-old daughter, who is frightened every time a TV or bathroom fan switches on, may not agree. 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."