
All is quiet, you're the only person in the house, you settle on the couch for a few minutes of television. You aim the remote and - KABOOM - you're now sitting on your front yard looking like Wile E Coyote.
A undetected propane leak in a Montana home did just that, making it past such things as lights turning on, until the hapless homeowner tried to watch some television. Good thing: she survived. They make 'em tougher in Montana.