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Spontaneous Human Combustion

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I've been reading a bit about it, but they haven't come up with a cause.

What do you all think?

Something like this ...

Job 1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Adam Clarke's Commentary said:
Though the fire of God may mean a great, a tremendous fire, yet it is most natural to suppose lightning is meant; for as thunder was considered to be the voice of God, so lightning was the fire of God. And as the prince of the power of the air was permitted now to arm himself with this dreadful artillery of heaven, he might easily direct the zigzag lightning to every part of the fields where the sheep were feeding, and so destroy the whole in a moment.
 
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Something like this ...

Job 1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

In other words AVET agrees, it is all hokum. He can only find a story about it in a book of myths.
 
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I can think of a few causes. (I'm trying to quit, myself ^_^

Yes, that is often a point of origin.
The few cases I heard of this being claimed have been explained as some other series of events.

It is doubtful that a human could just burst into flames. Highly doubtful.
 
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thankful_in_VT said:
I've been reading a bit about it, but they haven't come up with a cause.

What do you all think?

Not forwarding chain messages. It happened to a friend.

On a darker note,
If you don't forward this in the next half a second, nothing will happen. :p
 
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I've been reading a bit about it, but they haven't come up with a cause.

What do you all think?
To put it bluntly old people with weak bones find themselves unconscious and on fire by means of some external ignition source. The fire burns most of their body up, with the possible exception of some of the extremities because those extremities are not covered by as much clothing.

If it's worth $2 to you, this docu is great
 
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Clothes are the wick, body fat is the candle wax, and a dropped cigarette provides the spark.
You forgot the trigger: falling asleep while smoking :cool::angel:

May the almighty; His Noodliness FSM bless you with a thousand plates of spaghetti bolognese with a rich topping of parmezan cheese! :angel::bow::bow::bow:
 
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