[bob351]

Hasn't anyone seen the south park episode, its from holding in farts.

[bob351]

Originally Posted by diamondsmiles ↗

Some people may have mostly alcohol in them.

Sofa king impossible, you are about 60% water. A blood alcohol content of anything over .50% you are most likely going to die. So that's less than half of a percent of your blood volume, never mind the rest of your body not blood.

[Darkest Angel]

Originally Posted by Kanda444 ↗

i wonder how spontaneous combustion would be possible with the body being made up of mostly water.....

The fat content of the body acts like a candle with the clothing being the wick. It is called "the wick affect". The body basically does a very heated slow burn, enough heat to consume the body but rarely enough to involve surrounding area.

[Shellyeponce2011]

Originally Posted by Megamel29 ↗

I don't know. You could be right. It's hard for a layperson to research this, given that it isn't a universally accepted theory (Spontaneous Combustion) and googling it would probably give instances that could be explained in other ways. It's a fascinating thing though.

Being quite the fan of Charles Dickens, Around 1852-53 He wrote a series called Bleak House. One of his story characters, a Mr. Krook was to have died by Spontaneous Combustion. It caused such and uproar that they demanded a rewrite due to the fact that it spread fear and distorted truths. He REFUSED, Stating that he "did ample study before using it in his story" and "in fact was aware of 30 such cases."
It may be taboo as they say, but cases of this happening have been around a very long time.

[Mr-Tape]

Originally Posted by jinhwangtikatang ↗

A lot of people who have died through Spontaneous Combustion have been alcoholics or heavy drinkers

Alcohol you say? I have a theory! I think that alcohol vaporizes within the body, forming pockets of gas. If one of such pockets were to ignite, boom shakalaka boom?

[Arkoquisa]

Wick effect, a persons garments and body fat act as a candle wick and simply burn up. passed out drunk + cigarette = ankles in a shoebox sized casket

[Angelahh]

I have been around some drunks that REEKED like booze so bad, I wouldnt be surprise if a static spark would ignite them.


and of course we all seen the videos of ppl lighting their farts

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by Angelahh ↗

I have been around some drunks that REEKED like booze so bad, I wouldnt be surprise if a static spark would ignite them.


and of course we all seen the videos of ppl lighting their farts

Male people, lol Women don't do that!

[DiamondSmiles]

Wow! Thank you for all of your thoughts and examples!

The wikipedia information goes into all of your theories and/or information.

Very interesting subject

[Brometheus]

you guys should explore this site a little more.

http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...bustion-97800/
in the end.. its all just theories.