04-11-2015, 06:55 PM
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Can this really happen?
I'm not sure what to make of this, does it really happen?https://uk.news.yahoo.com/woman-spon...4.html#URDVxFC
A woman is fighting for her life as a result of ‘spontaneous human combustion (SHC)’, it has been reported.
The woman, originally from Mauritius, was sitting on a park bench and engulfed in flames when she was spotted by a passer-by in the north German town of Flensburg.
The passer-by rushed to her aid and attempted to use his coat to beat out the flames, but the woman - believed to be in her 40s - was left with severe burns all over her body, according to the MailOnline.
After being taken to a local hospital she was airlifted to a specialist burns unit in Lubeck where she remains in a critical condition
Prosecutor Ulrike Stahlmann-Liebelt, who is running the investigation, said: ‘The victim has lived in Flensburg for a long time and has family here.’
The prosecutors have not yet ruled out a suicide attempt.
SHC is a much disputed phenomenom and has in the past been used to explain instances of a human burning with no discernible external trigger.
The possible causes of SHC still baffle experts even today but there are studies that suggest alcohol consumption, proximity to potential sources of ignition and other behavioural habits can be a factor.
04-11-2015, 07:53 PM
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Re: Can this really happen?
I read a fair bit about this subject when I was in my thirties, I’ve seen actual photo’s taken by police investigators of bodies completely burned out while sitting in a chair or lying in bed, the upholstery remained intact and only slightly charred and the bed clothes the same, it has indeed happened, as to the actual cause no one knows for sure. The body is full of various gasses and gas explodes so go easy on the booze and the beans.
Dreadful way to go.
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