Whenever we think there may be demons afoot, we do the sensible thing—call our local Roman Catholic bishop and see if the holy water special is still available. But not Jose Delcid: The Norwalk, CT man thought there were demons in a friends house, so he decided to perform his own exorcism ceremony by burning hats in their driveway. Delcid was arrested and charged with reckless burning; he wasn't admitted to the Norwalk Hospital psychiatric unit because of a policy that prohibits anyone who starts a fire. Delcid allegedly told police that the real culprit wasn't demons, but rather some bad marijuana he smoked, which led to him having strange thoughts while seeing people's eyes transforming and getting larger.
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