Could be, but it sure sounds like urban legend.

On 29 Apr 2003 00:15:52 GMT, (Thalocean2) wrote:

|Poisonous enough to kill several people in Arizona about five years ago. They
|were from outta state and used them to roast hotdogs on.
|
|Laura B.
|
|Just purchased and planted a variety of trees and shrubs for our back yard.
|One is an Oleander plant. I bought it because it will grow big and the
|flowers are awesome. Should I be concerned about the toxicity of the plant?
|I keep reading that they are poisonous.
|