Fact or Fiction?

Fact
Spontaneous combustion occurs when an object -- in the case of spontaneous human combustion, a person -- bursts into flame from a chemical reaction within, apparently without being ignited by an external heat source.

The first known account of spontaneous human combustion came from the Danish anatomist Thomas Bartholin in 1663, who described how a woman in Paris "went up in ashes and smoke" while she was sleeping. The straw mattress on which she slept was unmarred by the fire. In 1673, a Frenchman named Jonas Dupont published a collection of spontaneous combustion cases in his work "De Incendiis Corporis Humani Spontaneis."

it would be true if the % of oxygen in our atmosphere was WAYY highr .. im not exactly sure how much but we only have about 20% on earth believe it or not ..not counting other gases. and there are alot of things that go up in flames when having oxygen as a catalyst.

i've read up on it before cause i thought it was an interesting topic

i think it's fiction. there are pics on the internet but i don't think they burned up spontaneously.

Until it happens live on CNN it will be forever a mystery like bigfoot and the missing socks after clothes washing.


Wouldn't that be cool if it did happen live? Not to a good person....but maybe some real bad murderer.

its totally fact! its happened to every one of spinal taps drummers \,,,/

lol hehehe

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I hope it isn't true

...i'm starting to get a little warm from looking at your profile TT

its totally true!!!!!!

oh no wait thats premature....well nevermind!!!!