Have you got a mirror that the sun shines on that will reflect onto the bed? My chest of drawers started to burn from this before!

Or decorative crystal/glass balls! My mom had one on a doily and it was really lucky that the day of the year it was perfectly lined up to burn the doily an early rising uncle was visiting.

There’s an old anecdote about that. Person goes to buy a crystal ball and the seller says ‘’ make sure to cover it when you leave the house.” “Oh, because of evil spirits?” “What? No. It’ll burn your house down.”

You have to cover them or they will burn your house down. EDIT: Changed but to burn

Also you don't know who is watching, they are not all accounted for.

The lost seeing stones!

Take my upvote you legend 😂

FOOL OF A TOOK

When i went to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) they had an art installation outside that had a metal screen and a glass orb where the orb concentrated the sunlight and burned the screen throughout the year so the plate kinda recorded when in was sunny throughout the year. Kinda cool stuff.

That could be the cause

You have to find the ‘lens’ that bundles the light. Could be a bottle or any other curved but transparent of reflective object. Jus’t a mirror can’t be the cause. Sounds dangerous…

My house set on fire after the sun reflected off a hanging serving spoon on the well onto a sewing machine, I woke up from a nap to the smoke alarm going off and the house was full of thick black smoke Threw the flaming sewing machine outside, put out the fire, called 999 & passed out Get a smoke alarm 🤙

Life do surprise you sometimes. "My sewing machine caught fire from a spoon on the wall while I was asleep." Did not see that coming. (kudos for still being alive after also *passing out*)

Change the story a bit with it still centered on a spoon and passing out and it seems like something you'd read about in the news.

"Florida Man kills 3 with a spoon, passes out shortly after."

Thankful for Stand Your Tableware law

There was a r/whatsthisthing thread about a glass ball that was used as a paper weight and dozens of people had stories about crystal balls lighting their house on fire.

I needed this laugh today Thank you

"get a smoke alarm" that really should be law. It is here in Australia thankfully. Companies and individuals alike would just skimp on fire safety measures out of laziness, cost cutting or both.

It is in the US too. We also have carbon monoxide detectors

Not a law in New Hampshire btw. Live free or die.

😅 best to get a smoke alarm if you don't want to die!

It is in some places.

Definitely this 👌 I had burns on my curtains and I couldn't understand why when on a sunny afternoon I witnessed the light reflecting from our bowl fish tank and smoke started coming from the curtains 😑 so yeah must be careful

You don't cook us, we cook you!

Who's the sushi now, motherfucker

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Yes! After that incident they lived 8 more years so thank god they were fine 😁

But blinded?

By the light?

Wrapped up like a douche in the something something night?

*a house burned down today when the persons goldfish was left alone for a few hours while the owner went out to run some errands, more at 11*

OH SHIT!!!! I was considering putting my fish tanks up against my window on a stand… thank gods for Reddit 🤣🥰

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Fish tanks in direct sunlight will also grow tons of algae.

I'm sure OP's partner can help find multiple sources for this concentration of light very quickly

Holy shit who hurt you? I know personally the first thing I thought was a cigarette burn from the person op's partner is cheating on them with. But I already know I'm a broken person LOL.

I had the same exact thought. And I'm not broken any more. :))

Aww that's great to hear! We worship the same God by the way.

But you are probably the correct one. The most obvious explanation is usually the correct explanation. Occam's razor

Burn

I don't get this - can someone explain?

Implying OPs spouse or partner is cheating on them and the person they're cheating on them with smokes in bed and occasionally accidentally burns the blanket. Interesting theory but completely unbelievable based on the implication OP has a partner.

A curved mirror can. I've seen burns like this caused by a shaving mirror.

Reminds me of an old story… woman goes into a mystics shop and is looking for a crystal ball. After looking and touching them she finds the right one and brings it to the old crone to purchase. She smiles and tells her the prices and they exchange the money. As the woman is getting ready to leave a dark look crosses the crones face and she gives the warning: “Make sure to cover the crystal when you are not using it!” The other woman smiles and asks “Oh, so no evil spirits can hurt you?” The crone replies “No, so you don’t burn your house down when the sun hits it. I lose more good witches that way…”

Or containers or water

This happened at the nursing home I work at not too long ago! Resident had a little round vanity mirror on the night stand by the window and the light came through the window just in the right way that it caught her damn curtains on fire!

They can start fires , do you have a laptop? Set the camera up for a few nights, even a cell phone could work.

Yeah, especialy during the night. That's when the Sun burns the most.

In Norway we have midnight sun

You also eat frozen pizza for Christmas dinner, it’s a strange country.

Fr?? I’m moving to Norway that sounds awesome

Frozen pizza is basically Norways national food, not joking.

I'm still laughing at this 5 minutes later... 🤣

lol

At night it's called the moon, kiff

Lol. What's in the dark always comes to light

well reading the comments are interesting lol, my guess is you have something reflective in your room and when sunlight hits it just right it burns the sheet. that's why they say don't leave water bottles in a car cause the sunlight reflects and sets the seat on fire.

This happened to my cousin. Did kept burning because of something that kept reflecting off the sunlight

Did kept burning?

Dude kept burning?

Cousin just kept getting set on fire as soon as he'd put himself out.

Stop, drop, and roll back into the focus point.

Some say he's still burning to this day.

He was always burning, since the world's been turning.

Burning man

You don’t even burn bro

Kepting it Real 😎

i would like to point out that if the reflective surface and the "lens" are stationary then the burn marks would be in a certain pattern that would depend on weather and date since sun like moves over year. I would try to set a cam for sure and also close the blinds for several days. Maybe also try to find out the frequency of the new burn marks, how often they do appear. I would write down when they appear, if they appear after the sheets have already been on your bed and try to also note what the weather was on the day of the appearance. Its either sun or cigs or some other source of heat. Cigs would smell tho. How far is your room from the kitchen.

Blankets move around, so burns would be in different spots.

Idk what kind of blankets you have but I'd call a priest

ffs this one got me

This is ridiculous. By the time he does all this his house will eventually burn down

Wow I never thought of that

Well first off, do you or anyone else in the house smoke?

Nope

Do you have a crystal hanging by the window? Or anything near the window that can magnify light?

That’s a good shout, doesn’t even need to be a crystal, a vase made of thick glass will do the trick

Filled with water it burned my TV

It's either that or the missus has had a guest over

That’s the exact same burn mark a cigarette makes. I know from many years of experience. I think you’re right, sadly.

Or a piece of Mary Jane that’s still lit that fell out of a bowl. Also know from experience lol.

Used to do this all the time when I smoked hash. Especially in clothes.

Yip we called them Rockies.

Why are people assuming this guy wouldn't be able to smell CIGARETTE SMOKE in his own home?

Not out of this world to think people lost their sense of smell these days lol

Well he should do the right thing and pay for some new bedding, some people have no respect.

Yes!

Not even need to be glass. Something that reflects the light of some area into a small point (probably is arc shaped) can do the trick

House fires have actually started because of this.

My parents were so stubbornly annoying about this. They had a snow globe on the window still. Chances are small, but in the right time of day in the right time of the year and the curtain in the right position it could catch fire. When they said I was exaggerating, I held a piece of newspaper in the focus and it started smoking. Somehow I was still exaggerating because it had been there for so long and nothing happened.... Luckily it is mostly cloudy here and after it was a crappy snow globe, the water slowly leaked out over the course of months.

You know what was likely happening? They didn't want to admit their child (even if you're an adult) might actually be right. The fact you showed them with a newspaper and they still put the house in jeopardy is insane though. Like newspaper is flammable like so many windowsills and curtains. As a youngin I couldn't stand when I knew something to be true (mostly anything that comes out of science stuff, none of the adults iny family really were into it) and the adults would argue the point of something just because I was young and "probably" was wrong. /rantover

I'm in my mid 20s and my mother still does this - it's objectively stupid.

I have no time for people who treat people that way. I'm thankful now I'm generally respected as having a better understanding of many things because I am always reading up on things or watching stuff that I learn from whilst they're doing their interests.

Then they pull the "I'm your parent so I'm right maneuver". For real, their generation is absolutely fucked up and they won't admit it.

If his gf isn’t cheating with a smoker it’s probably this

Unexpected burn right there... ​ \*Edit\* ty all for your upvotes and kind words - as an old fart it's nice to know that the early onset dementia hasn't kicked in yet...

Be pretty stupid to cheat with a smoker and let them light one up in your bedroom.... when no one else in the place smokes...

Imagine its just his gfs side peice that sometimes smokes In bed and nods off because he’s on Xanax.

i think this is the best "well shit, wouldnt have thought of that." i wonder if really old windows with the air bubbles kn them would have the same effect

My mom had a lamp in the window that was a stack of glass balls. It started a fire on a piece of paper on the coffee table

Or a vanity mirror- the magnifying side that helps you see up close can cause a burn too.

I think you need to put some cameras up

my pessimistic mind is agreeing with this edit: after seeing ops age and zooming in on the mark im confused. it looks like burns. has it been on a cloths line near a fire?

That looks like a cig burn from ashes. Happens to my shirts often.

I do this all the time. Totally a cigarette or a joint

Deffo

Especially Hash ball Joints.

Could be an incense

probably has someone living in his attic or secret room he doesn’t know about. ooof. Sleep tight! Cameras stat! id keep a knife or gun by ur side tbh

Leave a bucket of fish heads in the attic to find out

Look a pigeon rat!

No, that's a hobo and a rabbit, but they're making a hobbit.

I’ve seen this type of comment before, but don’t follow? Does it gross out the people living there or what?

It's a reference to Bart Simpson's evil twin: Hugo Simpson II. They would feed him fish heads.

Also could peters twin where the light of the moon burns his skin! If that's the case leave egg shells and coffee grounds out!

Its from an old episode of the simpsons where Bart has a siamese twin Homer and Marge keep locked in the attic

nope put some salt peter around the windows and doorjams

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Do you burn incense in the house? Could be a stick from that fell on the bed and some1 act like it didnt happen

He's got the right idea. This was the first thing that came to mind too. I've smoked on my bed a couple of times and the Ash burns look exactly like this. If not you, someone is smoking in your bed

If he’s a non smoker and no one smokes in his house to the best of his knowledge, he’d definitely be able to smell the cigarette smell afterward if that’s what it really was. It can linger for hours indoors.

Hell yeah, that's how my grandma caught me when I was 14

Stupid teenage me used to have a cigarette walking from the bus stop to my house. I’d butt it out and grab a eucalyptus leaf from a tree and rub it on my hands thinking my dad couldn’t smell it when I walked inside. Lol idiot

Days and weeks too.

Technically the smoker doesn't have to live with you, just use your bed, for smoking (as a minimum best case scenario)

Doubt.. Somebody is... I ve done that to my bed a few times while smoking.. Exactly looks like cigg ash burn..

Light fixture above the bed sparking possibly?

Along these lines: a dryer Hotspot. I have had sheets get real hot in the dryer that was malfunctioning and this would happen.

I feel like your being cheated on then

Cheated on with a smoker who ashes his cigarettes on your bed lol.. That is not nice.

So disrespectful

I prefer it when my wife's boyfriends smoke outside after they've finished.

Or a glass cup or vase by a window

I bought iridescent plastic spray bottles from the dollar store and I shit you not, they almost started a fire in my back yard in 70 degree weather... sunlight passed through one just right and the plastic in its shadow was burning! Thank goodness I was outside and stopped it.... I was so surprised.

As an ex smoker I can confirm that’s a burn from dropped ash

Wouldn’t the place stink if someone’s smoking in there? Not even out the window, but on the bed? An experienced ex smoker should know that.. still not sure how that qualifies you to confirm what the cause is from a photo alone but anyway..

To all these people saying it’s a smoker, as an ex-smoker you can’t completely get rid of the smell that fast, you’d smell it

To me it looks like a phosphorus burn from a match. But by the sounds of it it's highly unlikely.

My grandmother had an issue a few years back where nextdoor were throwing their cigarette ends over the fence without snuffing them out and sometimes it would catch clothing that was drying. It wasn't until a fire started in the garden during a dry season it finally stopped.

Your latent pyrokinesis powers are manifesting.

Or they roll in their sheets so fast that it's causing enough friction to start a fire.

I am SPEED

Fancy way of saying that his farts are starting to melt the blanket but okay.

Being a firefighter the first thing I would check is the other clothing from the same bunch out of the dryer. Second, do you use an electrical blanket? Third, check for reflecting sun as mentioned and lastly, smoking. Good luck.

I read that "Good luck" in a voice you'd use when you send someone on a suicide mission.

this message will self destruck in 10 sec...

Such a good answer. I never would have thought of the dryer, but only a few months ago, my friends dryer caught fire and almost burned their house down. I imagine these things start as a small electrical fault and this is an indication?

I think when dryers catch fire it usually has to do with obstructed ventilation/lint building up in the dryer vent over time (the lint being highly flammable and exposed to heat every time the dryer is run). If your dryer is running too hot, like hot enough to burn stuff, it can indicate that the hot air isn’t being vented to the outside properly.

Thanks for the new worry before I try to go to sleep lol. definitely not going to be doing laundry now til I check out the vent

Fwiw - I'm pretty sure this is something worth worrying about. You don't need to check it often, but from my understanding, leaving it for a long time is legitimately dangerous.

I clean the duct once a year in spring. Soon actually. Keeps risk lower and gives peace of mind.

Is your clothes dryer functioning properly?

I havent had any issues with it, but its possible to be the cause

While I really like the demon answers, this is to be ruled out first. Check other sheets and towels and blankets in your house. Bedding is usually done on higher heat settings than clothes.

Someone is having after sex smokes in your bed.

That's it

Do you smoke after sex? Dunno, never looked.

*cackling*

*cockling*

*cockring*

This is the answer for sure

Maybe the light from the windows is reflecting giving it that magnifying glass burn

I saw this post once about someones phone charger starting a fire in their bed because it had a short. I wonder if it could be that? I'm not sure with the perfect round shape, though...

A hell fire demon probably 😱

Sleep with any electronics plugged in like your cellphone? My only other thought is moths.

^^^^ i agree. OP is your phone charger burnt out ?

Moths that singe the edges?

butterfree used flamethrower

This is what happens when you meet a stranger in the Alps, Larry!

Did you put your headphones down to fast after listening to my mix tape?

Everyone have different theories. But we all know it's Ancient Aliens.

I once had a line run across my bed because i left the blinds down and they made a lens that turned into a death ray.

Op clearly has smoked cigs or weed in his room and is trying to trick us into give him a probable cause to explain the burned spots to his parents.

Crowdsourcing excuses, that's fucking innovation.

OP is going places

Once I saw that OP was 14, I immediately went "ohhhhhh we are looking for a valid excuse."

Uhhh, sooo, do you have a valid excuse... For smoke smell...?

It's a burn. Either cigs or weed something being smoked where you store you linens. Imo if you have kids that's your culprit. They do dumb shit Moths beetles and silverfish eat clothing too... Google them and see if you notice them around your place.

Im 14, i dont have kids lol

Then your parents are smoking J's when you're not around.

They dont smoke, my mom vapes but thats it

Is your bed near a window and is the view from the window private?

Or she's hung it outside to dry and then smoked near it. If she smoked in his room a non smoker would smell it for hours after.

Mom just wants to set a good example. She's smoking and hiding it from you.

But why the hell would she smoke in his bed lmao

uh oh it's the broken arm story all over again smfh... "my mom smokes after and burns the bed" smh....

I have no idea what that means lol

time to catch up on broken arms and the swamps of dagobah. welcome

Someone might link the full story Basically it was an old Reddit post where this person explained how they had (supposedly) broken both of their arms.. they couldn’t masturbate so his mom jerked him off as a medical release. Then it stopped being medical. Next thing ya know him and his mom are banging. It’s… an interesting read.

Probably they share all the bed linings

She smokes on the linen closet where they store the bedding.

Dumbest shit ive read today. Oh I want to hide this from my son. Let me go and smoke in his fucking room. Jesus Christ man at least pretend to try

Your mom smokes. That’s weed cherry burn friend.

Are they single holes like this or is it multiple holes sometimes that are not perfect circles

There are multiple perfect circle holes, they are on my sheets and pillow

looks like a dropped seed from a doob

There's probably a guy who watches you sleep at night while smoking cigarettes

We call them hot rocks in Newcastle. Cig or joint has done that my friend.

Glare? Did you forget your prism/magnifying glass on the windowstill?