A fan watching nearby then pulls the table back up for the two other supporters to jump onto it, only for one of them to collide feet first and move it out of the way – causing the other to miss it completely.

And to cap the unusual pre-game ritual, the onlooking fan then jumps on the table himself once the flames have gone out, before losing his footing and falling straight onto his back.

Bills fans jump onto a table of fire
One fan set themselves alight

A group of Buffalo Bills supporters were seen bizarrely jumping onto a table of fire before their New Year’s Eve game against the New England Patriots
One fan even set themselves alight after jumping backwards onto the blazing table

One fan even set themselves alight after jumping backwards onto the blazing table
Two more fans then tried to leap onto the table, albeit in much less successful fashion

Two more fans then tried to leap onto the table, albeit in much less successful fashion
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Users were left divided over the video on X – formerly Twitter – with some left in stitches at the absurdity of it.

One wrote: ‘I love my hometown,’ before adding after two laughing emojis: ‘Illogical all in the name of fun’.

While another joked: ‘Stop drop and roll man. that’s being on fire 101’.

Others were less impressed, with one saying: ‘They aren’t the smartest bunch over there’.

Another put: ‘As a fellow [Bills] Mafia member. I don’t condone such stupidity’.

The Bills are currently taking on the Patriots knowing that a win in their penultimate regular-season fixture should be enough to secure a playoff berth.

They got off to the worst start imaginable in Buffalo, however, when Jalen Reagor scored a sensational 98-year kickoff return touchdown to get New England off to a flyer.