Ore. man lights self on fire to propose to girlfriend

AP: GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- To prove his love, a 38-year-old Grants Pass man set himself on fire before getting down on one knee and asking his girlfriend to marry him.

Todd Grannis, 38, stands in flames on a 10-foot platform in Grants Pass before plunging into a pool.

About 100 people gathered to watch Todd Grannis perform the flaming stunt earlier this week, which involved wearing a cape soaked in gasoline.

Grannis climbed up a 10-foot scaffold on July 4th, was set on fire and then plunged into a swimming pool, dousing the blaze. Emerging unscathed, he got down on one knee and proposed, as a friend standing nearby slipped him the engagement ring.

"Honey, you make me hot," he told his sweetheart, Malissa Kusiek. "I hope I'm getting the point across that I'm on fire for you."

Kusiek, who has been dating Grannis for several years, said "yes."

Photo: AP