Inexplicable Cases of Spontaneous Human Combustion

It's hot as a murphistopholes today, but we shouldn't complain! Not when there are hundreds of unfortunate souls who've gone up in smoke due to a phenomenon known as spontaneous human combustion. For centuries there have been countless reports of people who've caught fire without warning and without explanation. All of them share eerie similarities: nothing is left of the victim, save for a pile of ashes and a pair of feet or legs (and sometimes a skull).  And despite the intense heat, nothing else is burned except for the victim and the chair or floor they rested upon. How? What makes this happen?  How can we protect ourselves? Or should we just carry a fire extinguisher in our pockets at all times? Listen and learn!

Sources:

Ablaze! The Mysterious Fires of Spontaneous Human Combustion, by Larry E. Arnold

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/spontaneous-human-combustion-woman-who-suffered-burns-in-germany-spurs-debate-about-controversial-phenomenon-a6722166.html

https://www.britannica.com/story/is-spontaneous-human-combustion-real#:~:text=Late%20at%20night%20on%20Christmas,entire%20body%20except%20her%20feet.

https://www.thedeadhistory.com/blog/the-mysterious-death-of-mary-hardy-reeser

https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2019/01/spontaneous-human-combustion-and-the-enlightenment.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/woman-appears-to-spontaneously-burst-into-flames-on-park-bench-a6721941.html

https://www.cremationassociation.org/page/CremationProcess

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/chilling-stories-behind-people-spontaneously-24189841

http://www.strangehistory.net/2011/11/27/spontaneous-human-combustion-and-witchcraft/

http://winsham.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-end-of-witch-or-spontaneous.html

https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/08/22/doctors-investigate-indian-baby-for-spontaneous-combustion

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