A 50 year old man thought that lighting a cross on fire on his front lawn as part of a Halloween display would be funny; it quickly became a horror show as the he himself was engulfed in flames.

According to the report from WFTV, a Palm Bay man was hospitalized with serious burns he suffered while decorating his home for Halloween, according to police.

According to his wife and friends, the 50-year-old man was using gas to light a wooden cross as a joke when he set himself on fire at his Wacker Avenue home.

Investigators said the man's wife used a water hose to douse the flames.

The man was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center with burns over 40 percent of his body and suffered second-degree burns to his upper torso.

According to authorities the man had been drinking....