Comments on: The Quick 7: Seven Cases of Spontaneous Human Combustion http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/28878 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:01:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Robert B http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/28878/comment-page-1#comment-485839 Robert B Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:21:09 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=28878#comment-485839 I think spontaneous human combustion happens when deformed hemoglobin in a person' body collect large amounts of hydrogen and with the electrical surges of nerves going through one's body, it sets the hydrogen off creating spontaneous human combustion. Why do the objects around the victim not burn? This happens because hydrogen doesn't burn anything around it, it just burns itself. It is all really simple and I think that it isn't fake and that it can happen I think spontaneous human combustion happens when deformed hemoglobin in a person’ body collect large amounts of hydrogen and with the electrical surges of nerves going through one’s body, it sets the hydrogen off creating spontaneous human combustion. Why do the objects around the victim not burn? This happens because hydrogen doesn’t burn anything around it, it just burns itself. It is all really simple and I think that it isn’t fake and that it can happen

]]> By: Norman Welch http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/28878/comment-page-1#comment-459328 Norman Welch Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:10:01 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=28878#comment-459328 Continued... target to being at a area of convergence of microwave energy from cell phone towers. I don't know, nor do I really care. I.just don't want to go through that again! Continued… target to being at a area of convergence of microwave energy from cell phone towers. I don’t know, nor do I really care. I.just don’t want to go through that again!

]]> By: Norman Welch http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/28878/comment-page-1#comment-459327 Norman Welch Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:05:08 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=28878#comment-459327 About 4 years ago I had something happen to me that may be related to the SHC phenomena. While driving to work on a day off, I was stressed out about having to go in. As I was about to make the first turn off of my street, my left arm became extremely hot, fire hot! I could smell everything in my truck getting hot, the plastic, metal, my clothes, and my arm. Then, all of a sudden the air around me became blast furnace hot, I immediately turned on my air conditioner, but the air was only hot. I pulled off to the side of the road, popped the hood, and got out to look for the heat source. I found nothing! All the while welcoming the cold outside air as it made me feel better, but I still felt as if I were in a dream. Just then, as soon as it had started, it ended, as if a switch had been turned off. I suddenly became so cold, my skin was covered with sweat and I was still outside in the cold. The day was overcast and about 40 degrees fahrenheit, that's cold in Texas. Thinking that maybe I had a stroke or heart-attack, I called an ambulance. After a battery of tests, they found nothing! I then tested everything in and on my truck, I found nothing either! I have been ridiculed by almost everyone I told this to, but I don't care because it's the truth. I have been told everything from being a DOD nanite About 4 years ago I had something happen to me that may be related to the SHC phenomena. While driving to work on a day off, I was stressed out about having to go in. As I was about to make the first turn off of my street, my left arm became extremely hot, fire hot! I could smell everything in my truck getting hot, the plastic, metal, my clothes, and my arm. Then, all of a sudden the air around me became blast furnace hot, I immediately turned on my air conditioner, but the air was only hot. I pulled off to the side of the road, popped the hood, and got out to look for the heat source. I found nothing! All the while welcoming the cold outside air as it made me feel better, but I still felt as if I were in a dream. Just then, as soon as it had started, it ended, as if a switch had been turned off. I suddenly became so cold, my skin was covered with sweat and I was still outside in the cold. The day was overcast and about 40 degrees fahrenheit, that’s cold in Texas. Thinking that maybe I had a stroke or heart-attack, I called an ambulance. After a battery of tests, they found nothing! I then tested everything in and on my truck, I found nothing either! I have been ridiculed by almost everyone I told this to, but I don’t care because it’s the truth. I have been told everything from being a DOD nanite

]]> By: peggy http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/28878/comment-page-1#comment-456186 peggy Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:59:16 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=28878#comment-456186 i think when someone has knowingly or unknowingly inhaled something chemically flamable and then come in contact with an eccelerant that might cause one to burn inside out i think when someone has knowingly or unknowingly inhaled something chemically flamable and then come in contact with an eccelerant that might cause one to burn inside out

]]> By: jemmy http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/28878/comment-page-1#comment-432395 jemmy Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:27:07 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=28878#comment-432395 i hope my cat gobes doesnt spontaneously combust cause she does lots of farts i hope my cat gobes doesnt spontaneously combust cause she does lots of farts

]]> By: Valerie http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/28878/comment-page-1#comment-379088 Valerie Fri, 14 May 2010 13:15:40 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=28878#comment-379088 I'm actually extremely paranoid of this happening to me. I’m actually extremely paranoid of this happening to me.

]]> By: Colleen http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/28878/comment-page-1#comment-257719 Colleen Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:53:05 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=28878#comment-257719 OOPS! I have a lot of gas!!!! I also have a lot of electricity in my body. I guess I am going to be consumed by some mysterious flame. Ha Ha Ha Ha. OOPS! I have a lot of gas!!!! I also have a lot of electricity in my body. I guess I am going to be consumed by some mysterious flame. Ha Ha Ha Ha.

]]> By: Just Al http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/28878/comment-page-1#comment-158411 Just Al Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:44:57 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=28878#comment-158411 Um, you could stand to do a bit more research into the phenomenon. Most supposed SHC cases have been shown to have three common factors: victim incapacitated, source of combustion, and long period of time before being found. That's all that's needed to reduce a corpse to ash with even a low temperature smoldering fire - the high temperatures usually quoted (3000 degrees fahrenheit) are only necessary to reduce a body to ash quickly, as a crematorium would need to do. Most victims had a nearby source of combustible material, such as a chair, to fuel the fire as well. It's hard to maintain you're seeing any kind of strange occurrence when two of the three descriptors, "spontaneous" and "human," can't even be established in the majority of cases. Taking burning accidents, as in three of your seven cases, as examples of SHC also seems to be reaching. Um, you could stand to do a bit more research into the phenomenon. Most supposed SHC cases have been shown to have three common factors: victim incapacitated, source of combustion, and long period of time before being found. That’s all that’s needed to reduce a corpse to ash with even a low temperature smoldering fire – the high temperatures usually quoted (3000 degrees fahrenheit) are only necessary to reduce a body to ash quickly, as a crematorium would need to do. Most victims had a nearby source of combustible material, such as a chair, to fuel the fire as well.

It’s hard to maintain you’re seeing any kind of strange occurrence when two of the three descriptors, “spontaneous” and “human,” can’t even be established in the majority of cases. Taking burning accidents, as in three of your seven cases, as examples of SHC also seems to be reaching.

]]> By: Nancy Grew http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/28878/comment-page-1#comment-158367 Nancy Grew Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:22:15 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=28878#comment-158367 The website Howstuffworks.com has some of the scientific theories behind SHC. One theory I see a lot of in skeptical articles is the "wick effect". The fat in a human can act like the wax in a candle. The website Howstuffworks.com has some of the scientific theories behind SHC. One theory I see a lot of in skeptical articles is the “wick effect”. The fat in a human can act like the wax in a candle.

]]> By: smk http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/28878/comment-page-1#comment-158338 smk Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:21:19 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=28878#comment-158338 Has anyone ever spontaneously combusted while eating a dairy queen blizzard? I'm worried ... please respond! Has anyone ever spontaneously combusted while eating a dairy queen blizzard? I’m worried … please respond!

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