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	Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC)
		In the case of spontaneous human combustion, one is left with the charred remains and ashes of individuals who were once fully living, breathing, feeling human beings.
		Spontaneous human combustion is included in the chapter on ghosts and hauntings because for centuries certain scientists and psychical researchers have suggested that the phenomena may be due to some kind of internalized psychokinetic facet of the human mind.
		Spontaneous combustion, it is assumed, is confined to oily rags and newspapers piled up in poorly ventilated corners of basements and garages.
	www.unexplainedstuff.com /Ghosts-and-Phantoms/Spontaneous-Human-Combustion-SHC.html (2411 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 (1900 words)

	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.
		Many people believe that Spontaneous Human Combustion was first documented in such early texts as the Bible, but, scientifically speaking, these accounts are too old and secondhand to be seen as reliable evidence.
		SHC victims have burnt up in bed without the sheets catching fire, clothing worn is often barely singed, and flammable materials only inches away remain untouched.
	www.crystalinks.com /shc.html (1583 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.
		Larry Arnold's theory that sometimes human cells are hit by a mysterious particle, the pyrotron, that causes a nuclear chain reaction inside a person's body is based on wild speculation and ignorance of cellular life and spontaneous nuclear fusion.
		In their investigation of a number of SHC cases, Dr. Joe Nickell and Dr. John Fisher found that when the destruction of the body was minimal, the only significant fuel source was the individual's clothes, but where the destruction was considerable, additional fuel sources increased the combustion.
	skepdic.com /shc.html (1755 words)

	Spontaneous Human Combustion
		The phenomenon known as spontaneous human combustion (shc) is a mystery that has been around for hundreds of years.
		Shc is when a human supposedly bursts into flames reducing most of the entire upper body to ash.
		If you look back on the shc cases that have properly been documented most of the victims are elderly and were on some kind of pain medication most were often known to fall asleep while smoking.
	www.theupia.com /id38.html (347 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 (510 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Spontaneous Human Combustion
		Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is defined as the process of a human body bursting into flames without outside interference, as a result of incredible heat supposedly generated by an internal chemical reaction.
		She points out that the majority of SHC occurs in European and American societies, and that the marked lack of cases of spontaneous combustion in animals and people of non-European descent is attributed to the difference in diet.
		The majority of these combustion cases took place in badly-ventilated rooms; therefore there was no steady input of oxygen to fan the flame and the fire had, in most of these cases, died down to a smoulder, causing greasy soot to coat the surfaces in the room.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A2986095 (4250 words)

	UFO Area Spontaneous combustion of human bodies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Spontaneous combustion of human bodies (SHC) is for serious research workers one of the mostly controversy phenomenon.
		Hypothesis about reasons of spontaneous combustion are impeached by the fact that in not even any case when human body was exposed to fire bones were not incinerated.
		Human bodies are burnt in the course of cremation by temperature from 600o to 950o C for one and half hour and a lump of wind is blown to the cremator all the time of burning.
	www.ufoarea.com /paranormal_spontaneous.html (1012 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.
		Larry Arnold's theory that sometimes human cells are hit by a mysterious particle, the pyrotron, that causes a nuclear chain reaction inside a person's body is based on wild speculation and ignorance of cellular life and spontaneous nuclear fusion.
		In their investigation of a number of SHC cases, Dr. Joe Nickell and Dr. John Fisher found that when the destruction of the body was minimal, the only significant fuel source was the individual's clothes, but where the destruction was considerable, additional fuel sources increased the combustion.
	www.skepdic.com /shc.html (1755 words)

	Spontaneous Human Combustion Nonsense (Skeptical Briefs December 1996)
		Although that selection revealed some of the pseudoscientific attitudes behind SHC, it perhaps did not go far enough to reveal just how silly some of the cases attributed to the imagined phenomenon are.
		There are several potential hypotheses, each more credible than spontaneous human combustion, but you may ignore Arnold's deliberately silly scenario of "unknown assailants" stripping, burning, and re-dressing the victim.
		spontaneous human combustion -- from the AFU and Urban Legends Archive
	www.csicop.org /sb/9612/shc.html (819 words)

	ZetaTalk: Spontaneous Human Combustion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Humans tend to think of fire as occurring at a high temperature, as when the process is going full bore this is indeed the case.
		In some humans a rare genetic condition exists that allows the combustion of this fine oil to continue, unabated, when in combination with a type of adrenaline, the catalyst.
		Before the advent of flame resistant furnishings, spontaneous human combustion was not recognized for what it is. A spark from the fireplace or perhaps murder were suspected, but all clues were destroyed in the fire.
	www.zetatalk.com /science/s67.htm (638 words)

	Spontaneous human combustion - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		Spontaneous Human Combustion (or SHC) is a severe medical condition treatable only by an immense blazing inferno of death.
		SHC is still one of the most mysterious ailments known to the world.
		After many years of careful studies done on isolated macaque populations, and corroborating experiments done on the few documented human carriers of the disease, a few preliminary theories have been formulated as to causes of SHC and preventive measures that can be taken to prevent the disease.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion (343 words)

	Spontaneous Combustion
		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.
		Because pigs have similar fat content to humans, Dr. Haan experimented by using a dead pig, wrapping it in a blanket with a small amount of petrol poured onto it, and placing it in a controlled indoor environment.
		Within 5 hours, the charred remains were identical to those in the spontaneous human combustion cases, with items placed in the same room untouched, other than a nearby television, which was warped from the heat - but not from the fire itself.
	www.mysticalblaze.com /SpontaneousCombust.htm (537 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)

	Spontaneous human combustion at AllExperts
		Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is the alleged enormous burning of a person's body without a readily apparent, identifiable external source of ignition.
		While putting this forward as a possible cause of SHC reports, Beach did not believe there was a connection to allegedly genuine SHC as no known form of electrostatic discharge could cause the tissues of the human body to ignite.
		Adherents to SHC conjectures hold that the cause of SHC is none of the above, but that it is a discrete and genuine phenomenon in which the flesh of the human body catches fire without any external cause.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/sp/spontaneous_human_combustion.htm (2396 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)

	Mark Benecke: Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) (Skeptical Inquirer 1998)
		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.
		Articles arguing for SHC often state that local temperatures in excess of 1,500C are necessary to produce the "typical picture" of alleged SHC.
		Spontane Selbstentzündung vom Menschen (SHC): Widerlegung eines Kapitels aus dem Volksglauben.
	www.benecke.com /combust.html (2491 words)

	Anomalies Article: Spontaneous Human Combustion
		Many contend that Spontaneous Human Combustion is first documented in such early texts as the Bible, but, scientifically speaking, these accounts are too old and secondhand to be seen as reliable evidence.
		Continuing belief in SHC in the 1800's is evidenced in the number of writers that called on it for a dramatic death scene.
		She asserts that, according to a database that she and Peter Hough compiled in 1990, there were eleven possible cases of SHC globally in the 1950's, seven in the 1960's, thirteen in the 1970's and twenty-two in the 1980's.
	www.anomalyinfo.com /articles/ga00003.shtml (724 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.
		Many SHC victims have been alcoholics, and at one time it was thought that alcohol or its derivatives in the body simply ignited.
		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.
	www.straightdope.com /classics/a1_205b.html (1258 words)

	Anomalies Article: Spontaneous Human Combustion
		Many contend that Spontaneous Human Combustion is first documented in such early texts as the Bible, but, scientifically speaking, these accounts are too old and secondhand to be seen as reliable evidence.
		Continuing belief in SHC in the 1800's is evidenced in the number of writers that called on it for a dramatic death scene.
		She asserts that, according to a database that she and Peter Hough compiled in 1990, there were eleven possible cases of SHC globally in the 1950's, seven in the 1960's, thirteen in the 1970's and twenty-two in the 1980's.
	anomalyinfo.com /articles/ga00003.shtml (724 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 the proponents of spontaneous human combustion often omitted such important details in their published accounts.
	www.castleofspirits.com /shc.html (1512 words)

	Spontaneous human combustion - SCIFIPEDIA
		Spontaneous human combustion (SHC for short) is the mysterious ignition of a person's body without any apparent external source of flame.
		However, the generally accepted theory for SHC is the wick effect, wherein a person's own body fat acts as the fuel source, with the clothing acting as a wick, thus creating a sort of human candle.
		Opponents to the theory as an explanation for all cases of SHC cite cases where the burning appearances to have happened too quickly, and witnesses to cases that do not seem to fit this explanation.
	scifipedia.scifi.com /index.php/Spontaneous_human_combustion (685 words)

	Spontaneous Human Combustion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Spontaneous Human Combustion is the alleged process of a human body catching fire.
		A human body seems to burn from the inside out, turning to ashes, often without burning the object the person was sitting on.
		The Human Hiroshima Effect states that at subatomic levels a chain reaction occurs which travels to the atomic level and then to the physical body.
	www.teachingwithwisdom.com /human.html (518 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)

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