Show fire walkers have close call berkeley cal an exhibition per firmance for mance of the rites of the famous pagan worship of fire practiced by the fire walkers of tahiti given in berke ley almost ended in tragedy two of the alre walkers priest aplha nuis and his wife attempted to walk with bare feet across a pit of white hot stones around which were shoot in red snarling tongues ol 01 flame when their clothing caught fire and both were badly burned before be ng rescued by the spectators the soles of their feet showed no evidence of the walk over the blazing p t the up per portions of their bodies alone be ing burned |