Brianna McNeal
Mrs. Mary Sites
English IIA
19 May 2016
Spontaneous Human Combustion
“It was either God or the Devil to blame,” according to Katie Heaney (psmag.com). A hole in the bathroom floor was the only evidence of the fire that had killed him; the rest of the house remained perfectly intact. How could a man possibly catch fire, with no apparent source of a spark or flame, and then burn so completely without igniting anything around him (Watson)?
This may or may not exist due to little explanation from scientists. Does Spontaneous Human Combustion actually occur? One could speculate either direction on this “hot” topic.
Spontaneous Human Combustion is the apparently sudden an inexplicable burning of a living human body, which may be …show more content…
Scientists explain this as the body becoming ignited and the fat begins to burn. Apparently sudden and inexplicable burning of a living human might be a real thing. But, if this is real why doesn’t it happen more often? The world contains 7 billion people yet we never see reports of people bursting into flame while walking down the street.
Some people believe not all SHC victims simply burst into flames. But fires don’t typically start on their own; however, some things can self-ignite.
Spontaneous human combustion has claimed the life at least one member of the nobility; Countess Cornelia Di Bandi. The Countess, who lived in the 1700s, was found half way between her bed and her window one morning, with everything except her lower legs and three fingers burned. She had apparently calmly risen from her bed to open the window in the middle of the night, but combusted before she could reach the window. In the room, two candles had been burned - or at least the tallow had been burned. The wicks were left, completely unburned (Inglis-Arkell).
What could possibly cause people to suddenly burst into flames? It was said most victims were assumed to be drunkards who has saturated their cells with …show more content…
A mentally disabled woman lived with her father, who cared for her. One day he saw a flash out of the corner of his eye, and turned to find her on fire. Despite the flames, she continued to quietly sit in a chair, not reacting and not giving any indication she was in pain. The man's attempts to put the fire out left him with burned hands. The woman lived through the combustion, but slipped into a coma and died shortly afterwards. This indicates one of the strangest parts of human combustion. It takes a very hot flame to reduce a human body to ash. Crematoriums have special chambers designed for it. However, in almost all combustions, there's no burns in the room around the body, indicating that the person simply stayed in one place
Mrs. Mary Sites
English IIA
19 May 2016
Spontaneous Human Combustion
“It was either God or the Devil to blame,” according to Katie Heaney (psmag.com). A hole in the bathroom floor was the only evidence of the fire that had killed him; the rest of the house remained perfectly intact. How could a man possibly catch fire, with no apparent source of a spark or flame, and then burn so completely without igniting anything around him (Watson)?
This may or may not exist due to little explanation from scientists. Does Spontaneous Human Combustion actually occur? One could speculate either direction on this “hot” topic.
Spontaneous Human Combustion is the apparently sudden an inexplicable burning of a living human body, which may be …show more content…
Scientists explain this as the body becoming ignited and the fat begins to burn. Apparently sudden and inexplicable burning of a living human might be a real thing. But, if this is real why doesn’t it happen more often? The world contains 7 billion people yet we never see reports of people bursting into flame while walking down the street.
Some people believe not all SHC victims simply burst into flames. But fires don’t typically start on their own; however, some things can self-ignite.
Spontaneous human combustion has claimed the life at least one member of the nobility; Countess Cornelia Di Bandi. The Countess, who lived in the 1700s, was found half way between her bed and her window one morning, with everything except her lower legs and three fingers burned. She had apparently calmly risen from her bed to open the window in the middle of the night, but combusted before she could reach the window. In the room, two candles had been burned - or at least the tallow had been burned. The wicks were left, completely unburned (Inglis-Arkell).
What could possibly cause people to suddenly burst into flames? It was said most victims were assumed to be drunkards who has saturated their cells with …show more content…
A mentally disabled woman lived with her father, who cared for her. One day he saw a flash out of the corner of his eye, and turned to find her on fire. Despite the flames, she continued to quietly sit in a chair, not reacting and not giving any indication she was in pain. The man's attempts to put the fire out left him with burned hands. The woman lived through the combustion, but slipped into a coma and died shortly afterwards. This indicates one of the strangest parts of human combustion. It takes a very hot flame to reduce a human body to ash. Crematoriums have special chambers designed for it. However, in almost all combustions, there's no burns in the room around the body, indicating that the person simply stayed in one place