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Spontaneous Human Combustion
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Spontaneous Human Combustion
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It is not a proven natural occurrence, but many theories have attempted to explain SHC's existence and how it may occur. ChaCha!
No, it is physically impossible. In order for combustion to happen, you must have fuel and oxygen. Even if the body was "fuel," there's so much water in our body that it's impossible to spontaneously combust.
Introduction to How Spontaneous Human Combustion Works In December 1966, the body of 92-year-old Dr. J. Irving Bentley was discovered in his Pennsylvania home by a meter reader. Actually, only part of Dr. Bentley's leg and slippered foot w...
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Some of the things that can trigger SHC is: When the victim has been heavily drinking When the victims has been under heavy emotional stress When the victim is own their own Also: Most of the victims are woman A yellow, foul smelling oil is...
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The occassion when a human being may spontaneously burst into flame with no external interference. Generally happnes to the aged. Most victims do not survive, and combust when alone. Therefore, there are not many witnessess to spontaneous h...
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i saw a whole show about it on discovery chanel or something. you don't burs into flames like a bomb. what happens is, you burn slow, but hot, like a candle. your clothes act like a wick, and the fat melting out of your body keeps the flame...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091214005...
Last i heard, there is good evidence that in the UK and the US, SHC is evidence that a murder has taken place. Fat in the human body will burn if you get it started. It can be started with a fair amount of lighter fluid. The lighter fluid i...
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081202...
I do! I've seen pictures of it and read a lot about it. Scary huh! The heat stays fiarly generalised and sometimes doesn't even burn the clothes, just the skin.
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There is speculation and controversy regarding SHC - some regard it as a unique and currently unexplained phenomenon, while others feel that cases described as SHC can be understood using current generally-accepted scientific principles. Th...
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Your confusion lies in the sentence "How can such an intense heat not spread so far that it combusts the entire room as well?" You are presuming an intense heat for some reason. In my mind, the fact that nothing else burns means ...
http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060628...
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