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	Spontaneous Human Combustion
		Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is the alleged burning of a person's body without a readily apparent, identifiable external source of ignition.
		The combustion may result in simple burns and blisters to the skin, smoking, or a complete incineration of the body.
		Reeser, 67, was found in her apartment on the morning of July 2, 1951, reduced to a pile of ashes, a skull, and a completely undamaged left foot.
	www.crystalinks.com /shc.html (1583 words)

	spontaneous human combustion
		Spontaneous Human Combustion is the proposed phenomenon whereby human beings spontaneously combust without any external source of ignition, often burning away most of the body, yet leaving surrounding materials unburned.
		Although Spontaneous Human Combustion proponents believe that it involves an internal source of combustion, all accounts of burned bodies show that burning occurred from the outside in; many internal organs actually survive the burning, and in no cases are the internal organs burned more badly than the outside of the body.
		Spontaneous Human Combustion has probably been thought to exist because of the fact that bodies have been found where the torso has burned away completely, yet extremities, arms and legs, are left behind unburned.
	www.skeptics.org.uk /article.php?dir=articles&article=spontaneous_human_combustion.php (1876 words)

	Spontaneous combustion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Spontaneous combustion can occur when towels, rags, booth filters, paint scrapings, steel wool, masking and other materials wetted or saturated with these products are not handled or disposed of properly.
		To prevent spontaneous combustion and solvent or chemically impregnated cleaning rags must not be placed in piles which prevent the circulation of air and allow a build up of heat.
		In ordinary combustion combustion, rapid chemical reaction of two or more substances with a characteristic liberation of heat and light; it is commonly called burning.
	members.tripod.com /other_krap/spontaneous_combustion.html (1480 words)

	Spontaneous Human Combustion - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Spontaneous Human Combustion, phenomenon of a human body catching fire as a result of supposedly internally generated heat.
		Spontaneous Combustion (chemistry), ignition of substances without application of an external heat source.
		We are all born charming, fresh, and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Spontaneous_Human_Combustion.html (113 words)

	vickipedia: SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
		Ordinary charcoal does not undergo combustion in air under a temperature of 1000°, but in some states it is liable spontaneously to acquire a temperature which may lead to unexpected combustion.
		The pyrites which most readily give rise to spontaneous combustion are those in which the protosulphide is associated with the bisulphide of iron; and these occur in the Yorkshire coals from Hull, and in some kinds of South Wales coal.
		Sulphur has no tendency to spontaneous combustion, but Dr. Taylor refers to an instance that came to his own knowledge, in which there was reason to believe that the vapor of bisulphide of carbon in an india-rubber factory was ignited by solar heat traversing glass.
	vickipedia.livejournal.com /21035.html (601 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Spontaneous Human Combustion Works"
		Spontaneous combustion occurs when an object -- in the case of spontaneous human combustion, a person -- bursts into flame from a chemical reaction within, apparently without being ignited by an external heat source.
		The first known account of spontaneous human combustion came from the Danish anatomist Thomas Bartholin in 1663, who described how a woman in Paris "went up in ashes and smoke" while she was sleeping.
		The hundreds of spontaneous human combustion accounts since that time have followed a similar pattern: The victim is almost completely consumed, usually inside his or her home.
	science.howstuffworks.com /shc.htm (489 words)

	DOE-HDBK-1081-94, Primer on Spontaneous Heating and Pyrophoricity
		Spontaneous combustion is the ignition of a combustible material caused by the accumulation of heat from oxidation reactions.
		Spontaneous heating is the slow oxidation of an element or compound which causes the bulk temperature of the element or compound to rise without the addition of an external heat source.
		Spontaneous heating may be the result of direct oxidation of hydrocarbons (for example, oils, coal, and solvents) or it may occur because of the action of microorganisms in organic materials.
	www.eh.doe.gov /techstds/standard/hdbk1081/hbk1081a.html (2359 words)

	vickipedia: SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF THE HUMAN BODY
		The facts are explicable on the supposition, that the clothes of the deceased woman were accidentally ignited; and although the almost complete destruction of the body appeared to the medical men of that time to be inconsistent with the ordinary effects of fire, subsequent observations have shown that this is an error.
		In reference to this case, Liebig observes that it is easy to see that the idea of spontaneous combustion arose at a time when men entertained entirely false views on the subject of combustion, its essence, and its cause.
		What takes place in combustion generally lias only been known since the time of Lavosier (about a century ago), and the conditions which must be combined in order that a body should continue to burn, have only been known since the time of Davy, or for little more than half a century.
	vickipedia.livejournal.com /21448.html (919 words)

	Mysteries - Spontaneous Human Combustion
		Spontaneous human combustion is a well-documented phenomenon in which a human body ignites and burns without any known contact with an external source of fire.
		Cases of spontaneous human combustion(SHC) began to appear in medical reports as far back as the 17th century, and by the 20th century the literature abounded in detailed accounts of inexplicable human incineration.
		Some have combusted in the proximity of a source of fire, but others have ignited while they were driving, or simply walking in surroundings devoid of any external source of fire.
	www.100megsfree.com /medionland/shc.htm (1626 words)

	What is Spontaneous Human Combustion?
		Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) refers to the proposed ability of the human body to burst into flames without an external source of ignition.
		Some believe spontaneous human combustion is a natural occurrence that is not yet understood.
		There are people that claim to have survived spontaneous human combustion, and many have documented their experiences.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-is-spontaneous-human-combustion.htm (687 words)

	Trial by Fire: Dickens, Drink and Spontaneous Combustion
		Spontaneous combustion was widely debated in the press of the time, much in the way that alien abduction or false memory syndrome are debated in today's press, and many reputable scientists believed wholeheartedly in the phenomenon.
		In many supposedly objective scientific accounts, spontaneous combustion is seen as the result of over-indulgence in alcohol.
		Macnish held that drunks were particularly liable to spontaneously combust because of the build-up of inflammable alcohol in their bodies.
	www.chriswillis.freeserve.co.uk /spontcom.htm (1220 words)

	Howstuffworks "The Theories"
		In the 1800s, Charles Dickens ignited great interest in spontaneous human combustion by using it to kill off a character in his novel "Bleak House." The character, named Krook, was an alcoholic, following the belief at the time that spontaneous human combustion was caused by excessive amounts of alcohol in the body.
		A self-proclaimed expert on spontaneous human combustion, Larry Arnold, has suggested that the phenomenon is the work of a new subatomic particle called a pyroton, which he says interacts with cells to create a mini-explosion.
		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.
	science.howstuffworks.com /shc1.htm (774 words)

	Spontaneous Human Combustion
		Spontaneous combustion is defined as, "The ignition and burning of a mass independently of contact to any burning body." In other words, human beings suddenly burst into flames for no discernible reason.
		Thomas Mitchell wrote that he would not be surprised to see alcoholics, "Blown into the air in consequence of the explosion of combustible gases formed in their systems." As knowledge of body metabolism increased this theory was dismissed.
		The theory assumes that the combustion is not spontaneous and that there is always an ignition source.
	www.qsl.net /w5www/combustion.html (2094 words)

	Spontaneous Human Combustion - Castle of Spirits.com
		She is the most famous case of Spontaneous Human Combustion.
		Spontaneous Human Combustion is a phenomenon where a living person suddenly bursts into flames for no apparent reason.
		Nickell and Fisher found that in those instances where the destruction of the body was relatively minimal, the only significant fuel source seems to have been the individual's clothes, but where the destruction was considerable, additional fuel source i.e.
	www.castleofspirits.com /shc.html (1512 words)

	Filmtracks: Spontaneous Human Combustion (Geasje Palacek)
		You often find strange things when researching the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion, a joyous event usually involving elderly people who blow up in their seats, their torsos reduced to ashes while their newspaper and cushions are barely touched.
		During a scene of livestock combustion, Palacek forces what sounds like a bassoon and trombone together to produce the horrific death cry of a cow (over a bed of tacky 80's laser synth sounds, no less).
		there must be a whole lot of combustion happening on screen) are treated with wild crescendos of climbing brass notes, never in any particular key, and an extremely annoying pair of flutes blasting away at their highest and loudest possible regions.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/shc.html (1173 words)

	Anupma Prakash: Coal fires - Spontaneous combustion
		When this temperature reaches the ignition temperature of coal, the coal starts to burn and the phenomena is described as spontaneous combustion.
		The temperature at which the coal oxidation reaction becomes self sustaining and at which spontaneous combustion occurs varies generally depending on the type (nature and rank) of coal and surrounding conditions of heat dissipation.
		In poor quality coal and where the heat retention is high the coal and carbonacous material may start burning at temperatures as low as 30-40° C. Excellent reviews on spontaneous combustion of coal are available in literature.
	www.gi.alaska.edu /~prakash/coalfires/spontaneous_combustion.html (184 words)

	Spontaneous combustion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spontaneous human combustion is the alleged phenomenon of a human being suddenly bursting into flames.
		"Spontaneous Combustion" is an episode of the South Park television series.
		Spontaneous Combustion was also the name of a defunct London based improvisational theatre collective.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spontaneous_combustion (226 words)

	spontaneous human combustion
		Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is the alleged process of a human body catching fire as a result of heat generated by internal chemical or nuclear action.
		The damage to the pig, according to Dr. De Haan "is exactly the same as that from supposed spontaneous human combustion." A National Geographic special on SHC showed a failed attempt to duplicate the burning pig experiment.
		However, it is obvious that the failure was due to leaving the door to the room open to the outside, which created a draft and led to the flames igniting everything in the room.
	skepdic.com /shc.html (1755 words)

	The Straight Dope: Do people really die from "spontaneous human combustion"?
		Spontaneous human combustion (SHC for short) is one of those twilight zone-type phenomena that people tend to lump with ectoplasm and telekinesis, so discussion has been confined largely to the nutcake journals.
		Past SHC researchers have blamed everything from excessive alcohol consumption to "geomagnetic fluctuations." Now Joe Nickell and John Fischer, the former a well-known investigator of the paranormal, have analyzed the evidence in 30 cases and concluded that SHC may not be so inexplicable after all.
		In cases where the body was completely destroyed, there was often a nearby source of combustible material to feed the fire.
	www.straightdope.com /classics/a1_205b.html (1258 words)

	Misc Paranormal Topics: Spontaneous Human Combustion UFOseek directory for Misc Paranormal Topics/Spontaneous Human ...
		Spontaneous Human Combustion is a phenomenon in which a human body purportedly catches fire as a result of heat generated internally by some type of chemical reaction.
		Spontaneous Human Combustion is the ability of the human body to blister or smoke or otherwise ignite in the absence of an external identifiable known source of ignition.
		In classic spontaneous human combustion the body burns itself more completely than can normally be achieved at a crematorium.
	www.ufoseek.com /Misc_Paranormal_Topics/Spontaneous_Human_Combustion (872 words)

	Spontaneous Human Combustion: Interesting Thing of the Day
		Spontaneous combustion, in and of itself, is a well-known phenomenon—and though perhaps surprising, it’s not in any way mysterious.
		A similar type of spontaneous combustion can occur in a pile of hay, due to the heat produced by bacteria that feed on the hay.
		Critics say that in fact a lower temperature of combustion explains the evidence better—that the bodies appear to have slowly smoldered over a number of hours, and that the smaller amount of heat kept the fire from spreading.
	itotd.com /articles/345/spontaneous-human-combustion (1206 words)

	Anomalies Article: Spontaneous Human Combustion
		"Spontaneous Human Combustion" is the name given to those events in which humans appear to have burst into flames with no external ignition source; in short, events in which people appear to have unnaturally self-ignited.
		The known claims of evidence for Spontaneous Human Combustion are listed here in chronological order.
		so cases with the question mark cannot yet be considered proof of spontaneous combustion; they can, however, be considered good entertainment.
	anomalyinfo.com /articles/sa00013.shtml (201 words)

	Spontaneous human combustion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is a scientifically unsubstantiated hypothesis that suggests the burning of a person's body without an external source of ignition.
		Spontaneous combustion that does not harm a person is a superpower granted to many comic book characters such as the Human Torch of The Fantastic Four and Fire of the Justice League of America.
		In the movie "This Is Spinal Tap" several of their drummers died of freak accidents, one of which was the drummer spontaneously combusted on stage, leaving behind only a "globule".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion (4708 words)

	Mark Benecke: Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) (Skeptical Inquirer 1998)
		After a few minutes of conversation, he recalled having heard about cases of spontaneous combustion, although he had never been an eyewitness to any such cases.
		In popular articles, the characteristic sign of SHC is said to be the complete combustion of a body with the exception of the extremitiesólegs, hands, or headówith only an ashlike substance left in the thoracic and abdominal areas.
		The presence of alcohol in the body is commonly thought to be responsible for rapid and intense combustion (e.g., Feuer unbekannten Ursprungs 1990).
	www.benecke.com /combust.html (2491 words)

	spontaneous human combustion(SHC),SHC Cases, shc, fire from heaven, ablaze,bursting into flame, Krook,bleak ...
		The film was ambitious both as science and as reporting, for it set out to debunk once and for all the centuries-old belief that, under some mysterious circumstances, humans can catch fire and be almost entirely consumed, even in the security of their own homes.
		Most impressive of all, the film set out to debunk the idea not merely with argument and theories, but with an actual experimental demonstration on camera in which the carcass of a pig was substituted for that of a human body.
		Later, though, evidence was produced of possible sources of flame, in one case a book-match, in another a small candle, and the professionals were compelled to admit they could have been mistaken.
	www.alternativescience.com /spontaneous-human-combustion-burning-issue.htm (1146 words)

	Spontaneous human combustion - Uncyclopedia
		Spontaneous Human Combustion (or SHC) is a severe medical condition treatable only by an immense blazing inferno of death.
		Due to the fact that the vast majority of SHC cases are instantly cured by the immune system's BIoD reaction, there are very few folks actually afflicted with the disease at any one time, something that makes it nearly impossible to actually study SHC.
		Most scientific knowledge of the disease is based on research of its cousin, Spontaneous Macaque Combustion (SMC).
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion (304 words)

	The Joe Nickell Files: Spontaneous Human Combustion
		It's a phenomenon that was used during the 19th century as a sort of bogey-man by the temperance societies to scare people away from dread drink.
		Reeser's death is a mystery to science, that we don't know what happened to her, that it's clearly something that warrants explanation as Spontaneous Human Combustion.
		And so aside from bizarre cases where we have animals combusting (and these are likely due to lightning), we don't see people spontaneously combusting on the ice hockey rink or see a basketball player suddenly burst into flame during a jump shot.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Jul00/jnf_combustion.htm (2631 words)

	Spontaneous Combustion - Uncyclopedia
		Spontaneous Combustion is the instantaneous localized conflagration of a human being or object by the will of God.
		It is the most combustable thing in the know universe.
		This is why Tom cruise is so stupid now, his brain spontaniously combusted when he and John Travolta had gay sex while conversing about scientology.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Spontaneous_Combustion (622 words)

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