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Old Dec 14, 2005, 08:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Spontaneous Human Combustion

This is something that has always captured my interest. When this act occurs, it appears as if a person exploded into flames for no reason at all. There are tons and tons of theories covering this subject but little evidence has been brought to light to proove if this is in fact a real condition or just a cover up/hoax. I've seen the grisly "homicide" photos plenty of times as well as the specials they've ran on television regarding the issue. I'd just like your opinion on the matter and any recent information you'd be able to provide would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Spontaneous Human Combustion

It's a fact that holding in your farts causes SHC. I thought everyone knew that....

But in all seriousness, I just don't know what to think about it all. I too have seen many specials on the topic, and it looks both possible and impossible. Part of the problem is that for every 'case' that has occured, there has been a very different suspected cause, lending to the more impossible theory. I mean, if SHC were a real event, then you'd think that the cause of it should, in theory, be the same. I mean, there are lots of different types of cancer, but they're all caused by unstable atoms. So even though each case of SHC is different, the cause should be the same. However, you look at some of those pictures, and think, there's no way that could be hoaxed. Unfortuantely, I think it will live on as a myth, due to the fact that no one can even agree on one possible cause of such a phenomenon.
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Old Dec 14, 2005, 09:06 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Spontaneous Human Combustion

I thought this was disproved as nothing more than an urban legend a long time ago, it just doesn't happen.
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Old Dec 14, 2005, 09:10 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Spontaneous Human Combustion

Well, more recently, there have been people who have come up with theories that are actually plausible as far as causes go, but they have yet to attribute one of those causes to a case. It certainly doesn't help when there are no witnesses, which obviously lends to the more believed idea that it's all a hoax.
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Re: Spontaneous Human Combustion

Ever heard of the Human Torch?! DUH!
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Re: Spontaneous Human Combustion

:O yes i have herd about this and it always made me wonder(and something scared), i think is a little "ify" though, like Raven Omega said, its just an Urban legend nothing more
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Re: Spontaneous Human Combustion

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Ever heard of the Human Torch?! DUH!
Well, it's not really spontaneous if he can do it at will. DUH! You should be surprised, horrified, and in great pain when you suddenly burst into flames, not turn into a superhero.
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Re: Spontaneous Human Combustion

This is the one topic where I beleive it just as much as I don't beleive it. That's what makes discussing it so difficult.
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This is the one topic where I beleive it just as much as I don't beleive it. That's what makes discussing it so difficult.
Exactly. I think it comes from watching the shows where they have both someone trying to disprove the theory, and someone who is trying to prove it. Cause during the whole show, you're like "Yeah, that's true" about one idea and then "Yeah, that's true, too" about another idea. Common sense tells me that like the crop circles, someone is just yanking our chain. But I also kind of like the idea that it could happen, because it's just so fascinating and mysterious. Plus, you can always hold out hope that you'd get to see it happen yourself, preferably to someone you hate. I think I would laugh myself stupid...
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Re: Spontaneous Human Combustion

hey anyone remember from years ago that UPN has this movie about a bunch of kids exploding into flames because they were taking some sort of drug??
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Re: Spontaneous Human Combustion

Being a large proportion water, the human body does not burn very well. However, in many cases of SHC victims' bodies were reduced to cinders. To render the body to such a state requires temperatures of more than 1700°C (3000°F). Even in modern crematoria, which have temperatures around 1100°C (2000°F), bones cannot be broken down completely and have to be ground into smaller pieces.


There is however something called The "wick Effect that is only in theory.

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The wick effect theory essentially says that a person is burned through his/her own fats after being ignited, accidentally or otherwise. The clothed human body acts like an 'inside-out' candle: the human fat (the fuel source) is inside and the clothing of the victim (the wick) is outside. Hence there is a continuous supply of fuel in the form of melting fat seeping into the victim's clothing. Fat contains a large amount of energy due to the presence of long hydrocarbon chains.
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