Spontaneous human combustions

Do you think it's real? Do people suddenly burst into flames? :?

Is there a rational explanation for the dozens of cases where people caught on fire for no apparent reason?

So OT do you think it's real or is a hoax/other explanation?

H.C is scientific trash

Just because someone "caught on fire for no apparent reason" doesn't mean there isn't a reason, just that it isn't apparent. And from the shows I've seen on TV, it's very apparent to the professionals who deal with fires, it's just not apparent to the sensationalist film makers who want to make a buck off someone else's misfortune.

I'm sorry but I laughed as soon as I saw the topic title.

yea it's true in recent studies it shows when one farts into a fire the gas ignites and the fire travels up into them and they either explode or just burn on the inside out i hope this helps

I've spontanteously combusted 3 times.

I've spontanteously combusted 3 times.

xLFTMx

If you hold your farts long enough.

Not sure. I've heard people try to explain how it happened scientifically and it didn't really seem to make sense to me.

From the Article

Full Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15032614

Do you think it's real? Do people suddenly burst into flames? :?

Is there a rational explanation for the dozens of cases where people caught on fire for no apparent reason?

So OT do you think it's real or is a hoax/other explanation?

TheHighWind

so you have someone in a stupor that drops a lit cig on themselves they catch fire and then the fat burns extremely fast and extremely hot and when the fuel runs out the fire goes out.

if you want to see how hot fats burn hold a lighter to an M&M candy for a min or so and watch that sucker ignite and go so hot it turns blue.

Too many cases reported for it to be untrue, there will be a natural explanation however. We just havn't discovered it yet.

Too many cases reported for it to be untrue, there will be a natural explanation however. We just havn't discovered it yet.

tenaka2

I just kinda/sorta think that there are a whole mess of chemicals in the human body, along with all kinds of electrical pulses. So, if someone has an elevated levels of 'chemical X' in their system, sure, maybe they can ignite from the inside. There is oxygen in the body, after all.

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Too many cases reported for it to be untrue, there will be a natural explanation however. We just havn't discovered it yet.

Planet_Pluto

I just kinda/sorta think that there are a whole mess of chemicals in the human body, along with all kinds of electrical pulses. So, if someone has an elevated levels of 'chemical X' in their system, sure, maybe they can ignite from the inside. There is oxygen in the body, after all.

I agree with you on a number of things. Animal cruelty for example.

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[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

Too many cases reported for it to be untrue, there will be a natural explanation however. We just havn't discovered it yet.

tenaka2

I just kinda/sorta think that there are a whole mess of chemicals in the human body, along with all kinds of electrical pulses. So, if someone has an elevated levels of 'chemical X' in their system, sure, maybe they can ignite from the inside. There is oxygen in the body, after all.

I agree with you on a number of things. Animal cruelty for example.

[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

Too many cases reported for it to be untrue, there will be a natural explanation however. We just havn't discovered it yet.

Planet_Pluto

I just kinda/sorta think that there are a whole mess of chemicals in the human body, along with all kinds of electrical pulses. So, if someone has an elevated levels of 'chemical X' in their system, sure, maybe they can ignite from the inside. There is oxygen in the body, after all.

animal fats have been used as a fuel source since the stone age.

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[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

Too many cases reported for it to be untrue, there will be a natural explanation however. We just havn't discovered it yet.

Riverwolf007

I just kinda/sorta think that there are a whole mess of chemicals in the human body, along with all kinds of electrical pulses. So, if someone has an elevated levels of 'chemical X' in their system, sure, maybe they can ignite from the inside. There is oxygen in the body, after all.

animal fats have been used as a fuel source since the stone age.

[QUOTE="Planet_Pluto"]

[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

Too many cases reported for it to be untrue, there will be a natural explanation however. We just havn't discovered it yet.

Riverwolf007

I just kinda/sorta think that there are a whole mess of chemicals in the human body, along with all kinds of electrical pulses. So, if someone has an elevated levels of 'chemical X' in their system, sure, maybe they can ignite from the inside. There is oxygen in the body, after all.

animal fats have been used as a fuel source since the stone age.

I agree with this, the strange part however if that the rest of the building doesn't catch fire, not just that the person does.

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[QUOTE="Planet_Pluto"]I can't believe I agree with you on something. :|

I just kinda/sorta think that there are a whole mess of chemicals in the human body, along with all kinds of electrical pulses. So, if someone has an elevated levels of 'chemical X' in their system, sure, maybe they can ignite from the inside. There is oxygen in the body, after all.

tenaka2

animal fats have been used as a fuel source since the stone age.

I agree with this, the strange part however if that the rest of the building doesn't catch fire, not just that the person does.

"No, I wanted a BUD light."

Not to scare any of you guys but.... Spontaneous Combustion has been scientifically proven to be TRUE and linked to being in a relationship... by Randy Marsh.

Eating too many peanuts will cause you to burst into flames.

Is there something flamable on the body that could lead to such a thing, i dont think so. But maybe it can be true for those places where humidity is low and get hight level of static... i dont know....

Is there something flamable on the body that could lead to such a thing, i dont think so. But maybe it can be true for those places where humidity is low and get hight level of static... i dont know....

Rickettsia

It's happened many times. Burned up body and scorch marks on the ground around it, but nothing else was damaged.

I doubt it.

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Is there something flamable on the body that could lead to such a thing, i dont think so. But maybe it can be true for those places where humidity is low and get hight level of static... i dont know....

Necrifer

It's happened many times. Burned up body and scorch marks on the ground around it, but nothing else was damaged.

Get burned outside the body wont damage the inside vital organs. It's almost impossible with the environment inside our body and the homeostasis; the body could go into combustion with no reason. Unless you get higher amount of alcohol in your blood and combine it with the electrical charges in our nervous system…. Nah, its has to be a highs amount of alcohol %..... I don't know

Aren't there enough cases for it to be a proven cause of death?