Spontaneous Human Combustion...
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http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-0...
What the duck? Not convinced at all, to be honest, but what do I know, I am no biologist. An Indian April fool, or similar?
What the duck? Not convinced at all, to be honest, but what do I know, I am no biologist. An Indian April fool, or similar?
There was a 'gosh wow' programme about this a few years ago. The idea was that a dead body, if close enough to a fire, could catch fire with the clothing acting as a wick for the body fat which melted and then burned like a candle. Hence the appearance was that someone had just burst into flames, but in fact the ignition source was external. No idea if true or just a theory.
Simpo Two said:
There was a 'gosh wow' programme about this a few years ago. The idea was that a dead body, if close enough to a fire, could catch fire with the clothing acting as a wick for the body fat which melted and then burned like a candle. Hence the appearance was that someone had just burst into flames, but in fact the ignition source was external. No idea if true or just a theory.
It does happen, but rarely.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_com...
eldar said:
Simpo Two said:
There was a 'gosh wow' programme about this a few years ago. The idea was that a dead body, if close enough to a fire, could catch fire with the clothing acting as a wick for the body fat which melted and then burned like a candle. Hence the appearance was that someone had just burst into flames, but in fact the ignition source was external. No idea if true or just a theory.
It does happen, but rarely.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_com...
Without looking at Wikipedia I remember that there was an experiment done using a pig carcass and they come to the conclusion that the fat layer acted as some kind of wick keeping the flame burning.
http://www.anomalyinfo.com/articles/ga00003h.php?p...
http://www.anomalyinfo.com/articles/ga00003h.php?p...
FlossyThePig said:
Ah, wikipedia the source of all factual data.
Lies, all lies, I tell you.http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/23/irish...
Google away.
this has been praying on my mind and upseting me since my orignal reply in which I think this is a load of bks
I cannot see any reason the child would suddenly "catch fire". Even if there were a bizzare condition causing the child to give off a flamable substance the ammount would be too small to cause this. Even then it would still need a sorce of ignition.
I really hope this is an april fool type thing, otherwise somebody is deliberatly inflicting this on the poor child
I cannot see any reason the child would suddenly "catch fire". Even if there were a bizzare condition causing the child to give off a flamable substance the ammount would be too small to cause this. Even then it would still need a sorce of ignition.
I really hope this is an april fool type thing, otherwise somebody is deliberatly inflicting this on the poor child
Article said:
Paediatrician Dr Narayana Babu, who is treating Rahul, said the baby emitted some highly combustible gas through the pores of his skin, which made him catch fire. "We have not identified the gas yet," said Dr Babu.
Sounds like utter nonsense. I love how wikipedia already has it's own theory, using that article as a reference;
wiki said:
Intestinal conversion of food into methane by methanogens which when released through the pores of the skin can catch fire when triggered by various sources (e.g., silk cloth generating static electricity).
wiki said:
Intestinal conversion of food into methane by methanogens which when released through the pores of the skin can catch fire when triggered by various sources
And how does it get from the gut to the skin...?It's no better than amethyst radiating calming waves. 'What range does it have?' I asked the hippy behind the counter, 'about 10 feet?' 'Yes' he replied.
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