Spontaneous Human Combustion

[Anonymous]

Who believes in it? I do, but I’m not so sure its a paranormal thing after all. I read somewhere that the mystery has already been solved? <br /><br />Heh, talk about giving a new meaning to heartburn... /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

[Cyclopsis Raptor]

They say it has..but I can't remember it..

[Sara]

Aw, Hell Yeah..<br /><br />.......<br /><br />&quot;Spontaneous Human Combustion is the ability of the human body to blister or smoke or otherwise ignite in the absence of an external identifiable known source of ignition. In classic spontaneous human combustion the body burns itself more completely than can normally be achieved at a crematorium. The fires are internal in origin. &quot;<br /><br />Theories about Spontaneous Human Combustion<br /><br /># Alchoholism - many Spontaneous Human Combustion vicitms have been alcoholics. But experiments in the 19th century demonstrated that flesh impregnated with alcohol will not burn with the intense heat associated with Spontaneous Human Combustion.<br /><br /># Deposits of flammable body fat - Many victims have been overweight - yet others have been skinny.<br /><br /># Devine Intervention - Centuries ago people felt that the explosion was a sign from God of devine punishment.<br /><br /># Build-up of static electricity - no known form of electrostatic discharge could cause a human to burst into flames.<br /><br /># An explosive combination of chemicals can form in the digestive system - due to poor diet.<br /><br /># Electrical fields that exist within the human body might be capable of 'short circuiting' somehow, that some sort of atomic chain reaction could generate tremendous internal heat.<br /><br />No satisfactory explanation of Spontaneous Human Combustion has ever been given. It is still an unsolved mystery.<br /><br />#<br />What Remains After a Spontaneous Human Combustion Event<br /><br /><br /># The body is normally more severely burned than one that has been caught in a normal fire.<br /><br /># The burns are not distributed evenly over the body; the extremities are usually untouched by fire, whereas the torso usually suffers severe burning.<br /><br /># In some cases the torso is completely destroyed, the bones being reduced completely to ash.<br /><br /># Small portions of the body (an arm, a foot, maybe the head) remain unburned.<br /><br /># Only objects immediately associated with the body have burned; the fire never spread away from the body. SHC victims have burnt up in bed without the sheets catching fire, clothing worn is often barely singed, and flammable materials only inches away remain untouched.<br /><br /># A greasy soot deposit covers the ceiling and walls, usually stopping three to four feet above the floor.<br /><br /># Objects above this three to four foot line show signs of heat damage (melted candles, cracked mirrors, etc.)<br /><br /># Although temperatures of about 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit are normally required to char a body so thoroughly (crematoria, which usually operate in the neighborhood of 2,000 degrees, leave bone fragments which must be ground up by hand), frequently little or nothing around the victim is damaged, except perhaps the exact spot where the deceased ignited.<br /><br />Types of Spontaneous Human Combustion<br /><br />Some events of Spontaneous Human Combustion are witnessed but some are not.<br /><br />All reported cases have occurred indoors.<br /><br />The victims were always alone for a long period of time.<br /><br />Witnesses who were nearby (in adjacent rooms) report never hearing any sounds, such as cries of pain or calls for assistance.<br /><br />In the witnessed combustions - people are actually seen by witnesses to explode into flame; most commonly. Here the witnesses agree that there was no possible source of ignition and/or that the flames were seen to erupt directly from the victim's skin. Unfortunately, most of the known cases of this type are poorly documented and basically unconfirmed. Sometimes there are no flames seen by the witness.<br /><br />Non-fatal cases - Unfortunately, the victims of these events generally have no better idea of what happened to them than do the investigators; but the advantage to this grouping is that a survivor can confirm if an event had a simple explaination or not. Thus, there are far fewer cases of Spontaneous Human Combustion with survivors that can be explained away by skeptics without a second look.<br /><br />Sometimes victims develop burns on their bodies that have no known external cause. These strange wounds commonly start as small discomforts that slowly grow into large, painful marks.<br /><br />Sometimes the victim will exhibit a mysterious smoke from the body. In these odd and rare occurences smoke is seen to emanate from a person, with no associated fire or source of smoke other than the person's body. <br /><br />http://www.crystalinks.com/shc.html<br /><br />I Believe in it. I've not encountered anyone, or had anyone close or from here suffer from this. But.. sh*t, To me, it's got to be the creepiest form of unexplained death.

[Roque]

What's so paranormal about it? It's medical fact. Have enough liquor in your body, and start smoking, and it can happen to you.

[Alexander]

I say we all go to bars and get the drunks to swallow matches.

[KyleRipman]

Alright, sounds good to me.

[Anonymous]

[quote author=Roque link=board=35;threadid=897;start=0#msg15417 date=1044312208]<br />What's so paranormal about it? It's medical fact. Have enough liquor in your body, and start smoking, and it can happen to you.<br /><hr></blockquote><br /><br />They have already proved liquor has nothing to do with it. It doesn't even make you slightly more combustible. Its just an urban legend.

[Sara]

Theories about Spontaneous Human Combustion<br /><br /># Alchoholism - many Spontaneous Human Combustion vicitms have been alcoholics. But experiments in the 19th century demonstrated that flesh impregnated with alcohol will not burn with the intense heat associated with Spontaneous Human Combustion.<br /><br />

[Anonymous]

indoors, no cries of pain, few witnesses, fewer survivors, is it possible the invasion has begun.

[Sara]

is that a confession?<br /><br />::eyes Alpha::