A man's fight for backyard chicken ownership goes haywire

"Some people think I'm nuts, but I'm just AK 47 & chicken crazy," Andrew Wordes, Roswell's "Chicken Man," wrote on an online forum for backyard chicken owners. For years, Wordes fought the city of Roswell to defend his right to have about 100 chickens on his property, and ran into plenty of legal trouble in the process. He also fell behind on his mortgage.

Today, Wordes was going to be evicted from his home. Then something crazy happened.

Apparently, when marshals arrived at Wordes' home to kick him out this afternoon, Wordes got on the phone with a WSBTV reporter and said "I can't tell you what's going to happen, but it ain't going to be pretty." Seconds later, Wordes' house exploded. WSBTV says the Roswell Fire Department has confirmed that there was a body in the house, but didn't say whether it was Wordes.

Wordes' Facebook page — on which he calls himself "Andrew AKfortyseven Wordes" — is telling. His political views: "Ex-llfelong RNC member who has seen the light. You could now say I am a strict Constitutional Conservative. I believe in G*d, Guns and The U.S. Constitution. My G*d and my guns will make sure the Constitution is obeyed." Among his favorite quotes: "Sometimes I think violence is underrated."

More details as police release them.