Spontaneous Human Combustion
Spontaneous human combustion is real. Well, the story that there are people who have combusted, leaving only the hands feet and head, with little burning on surrounding material, is true. Of course, the cause of the combustion is the question. It’s not really spontanious, but rather that the people are rendered inside their own clothes, in an oxygen poor environment, and their clothes act as wicks for the rendered fat.
Read this excellent description of the process here at NeuroLogica.
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