Woman Dies In A House Fire After Lighting 17 Candles For Her Imaginary Boyfriend

Daily Mail- A woman died after she lit 17 candles for a romantic evening with her imaginary boyfriend – and accidentally set her flat on fire, an inquest heard today. Jane Ellis, 46, believed she was in a relationship with a man called ‘Ian’ and she would light candles to summon him, a coroner’s court was told. She lit 17 of them for a meeting last year but inadvertently set her house on fire. Neighbours in the flats rushed round to tell her the building was on fire but she slammed the door shut and ignored their warnings.  She was later found lying face-down on the bathroom floor. The 46-year-old was airlifted to hospital in an induced coma but died on February 8 last year.  She died of brain injuries from smoke inhalation and burns. Her brother-in-law, Andrew Manley, told the coroner: ‘In my opinion this was an entirely preventable incident had Jane been put in a safe place and adequately monitored until she became well. ‘We were pleading to speak to the assessor to give further information about her and we were refused point blank from doing so. ‘If the candles were being used to contact an imaginary boyfriend you can at least appreciate that there is some risk there.’

Just an absolutely brutal story to have come out about yourself when you’re dead and can’t defend yourself. Couldn’t the police and paramedics and neighbors done her a solid and left out the part about her imaginary boyfriend? That would’ve been the right thing to do. I understand that it’s the job of the authorities and the witnesses to get the story factually correct but come on man. They couldn’t just say she lit a bunch of candle cause she didn’t pay her electric bill and died in the fire? Nope I guess not. They put her on blast in the meanest way possible. “Oh yeah I know what happened. She had an imaginary boyfriend and would light 17 candles to summon his presence. THAT’s how she died LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL what a loser” It’s like the Dave Chappelle bit where he talks about his 911 calls being released after he’s dead and his friends talking shit about him at the funeral. It just ain’t right. Her imaginary boyfriend is probably already out there chasing skirts, too. This world ain’t fair.