[MisterX]

very interesting and cool lookin

[Parannoyed]

always been curious about this subject, cheers

[azb76]

shouldn't have had the kung po chicken

[carkees]

Originally Posted by kik ↗

What Science Says
If spontaneous human combustion isn't real, then what really occurred in the many pictures that exist of the charred bodies? A possible explanation is the wick effect, which proposes that the body, when lit by a cigarette, smoldering ember or other heat source, acts much like an inside-out candle.

A candle is composed of a wick on the inside surrounded by a wax made of flammable fatty acids. The wax ignites the wick and keeps it burning. In the human body, the body fat acts as the flammable substance, and the victim's clothing or hair acts as the wick. As the fat melts from the heat, it soaks into the clothing and acts as a wax-like substance to keep the wick burning slowly. Scientists say this is why victims' bodies are destroyed yet their surroundings are barely burned.

And what about the images of a burned body with feet or hands left intact? The answer to that question may have something to do with the temperature gradient -- the idea that the top of a seated person is hotter than the bottom. This is basically the same phenomenon that occurs when you hold a match with the flame at the bottom. The flame will often go out without provocation because the bottom of the match is cooler than the top.

Finally, how does science account for the greasy stains left on walls and ceilings after a "spontaneous combustion"? They could simply be the residue that was produced when the victims' fatty tissue burned.

No one has ever conclusively proven or disproven the truth of spontaneous human combustion, but most scientists say that there are more likely explanations for the charred remains. Many of the so-called victims of spontaneous human combustion were smokers who were later discovered to have died by falling asleep with a lit cigarette, cigar or pipe. A number of them were believed to have been under the influence of alcohol or to have suffered from a movement-restricting disease that prevented them from moving quickly enough to escape the fire. Another possibility is that some of the fires and strange states of the victims' bodies were the result of a criminal act and subsequent cover-up.

I hope this helps clear up any questions, as stated not a single person has ever witnessed SHC and with literally hundreds of cases documented since 1680 one would assume someone had seen something....not the case.

There could be another explanation, but like I said this is the only plausible one I have ever read about.

The way you put it, it's not spontaneous and it's not human combustion either. There is an outside source and it's takes quite a while.
You should think with forensic science nowadays, if there is really something like SPONTANEOUS HUMAN combustion, they should've found an explanation by now.

[kik]

Originally Posted by carkees ↗

The way you put it, it's not spontaneous and it's not human combustion either. There is an outside source and it's takes quite a while.
You should think with forensic science nowadays, if there is really something like SPONTANEOUS HUMAN combustion, they should've found an explanation by now.

Is that you in your avatar?. "The way you put it" it's been called "spontaneous human combustion" for over 100 years. My whole point to the thread is to DEBUNK the whole theory.

"You should think with forensic science" HUH? you should try two things one is to think period and the other is to read a thread in its entirety and not one post and deduce from that the whole thread.

They have found an explanation, it's called the wick effect.

Just for the record it is "human combustion" it just is not spontaneous (as in whoosh and your ashes).

I'm not regurgitating the entire thread just bloody read it ffs.

[Pelle]

Anyone seen the south park episode about spontanious combustion?

[alex.alba]

great details and info. quite an interesting subject, I'll have to do more research.

[Phobophile]

Great post, and thanks to kiks for the details.

[Phobophile]

Originally Posted by Pelle ↗

Anyone seen the south park episode about spontanious combustion?

http://www.trilulilu.ro/Macei/985f97d00882fb

[torirocksit]

interesting ...