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Spontaneous Human Combustion
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Posted By:
Glamcat
Feb 18, 2005
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Does anyone know anything about Spontaneous Human Combustion? I've always wondered if it was a real phenomenon or if it was just an urban legend.
Here's one article on it but there are lots more I'm sure.
http://www.crystalinks.com/shc.html
It just seems to me that if it's a real thing, how come they have such trouble proving it?
And how come clothes and the other objects generally don't burn, just the bodies? Also, they say that 80% of the victims are women, and it usually occurs after the person has been drinking. Go figure. Any thoughts?
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Glamcat
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 | 02:50 PM
That is a "tres appropriate" avatar Myst. I love it!
By the way, how will be know if you combust? Can you put it in your will to have someone post and tell us all the details?
I'm sure I'm not alone in saying we all appreciate the potential sacrifice you're making in the name of science. You are a brave soul Myst. You shall not combust in vain.
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X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 | 02:58 PM
Hey, I was the one that said that!!!!! ME, STEPHEN, I said Methane and compost!!!!! Credit is due to me!!!
Oh buy the way, I went to your site, You have an excellent band playing for you!! Sounds great! |
Myst
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 | 07:46 PM
I have already set it up with my cats. They have agreed that one of them will post a message here. Personally I think they are hoping I will succeed so they can have the house all to themselves. Of course I reminded them that I wouldn't be here to feed them yummy food and brush their fur till it shines.
Thanks for the support, Glamcat.
To spontaneously combust, or not to spontaneously combust, that is the question confronting us.  |
Glamcat
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 | 08:15 PM
Stephen, thanks for checking out my site. That actually wasn't a band, just me and my producer multi-tracking. Modern technology.
I didn't mean to not give you credit for the methane & compost comment. I was just relating it to Myst's experiment.
Myst, I've got my finger's crossed for you. I'm actually hoping you don't combust. Maybe you can just combust a little to prove the theory and then get put out so you don't, you know, die.
Your cats can TYPE??!! I'm impressed.
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Glamcat
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 | 08:40 PM
Stephen, love your Blog! You're very funny!
Office Space is one of my favorite movies as well.
Thanks again for listening to my music. So, are you going to buy my CD???? (Just kidding, you don't have to)
Let's take a poll on whether or not Myst will spontaneously combust. Vote in with your predictions. Hey, Alex, can you set up one of those polling things? |
X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 | 09:56 AM
Thanks for the compliment Glamcat!! Someone actually looked at my Blog. |
Glamcat
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 | 09:43 PM
Hey Myst! You still there?? Just checking in.
How's the experiment going? Or are you too drunk to write?
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Myst
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 | 10:49 PM
I'm still here. The bean and irish creme combo didn't work. Wrong kind of carpet I wonder? Oh well, I enjoyed the irish creme!  |
Winona
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 | 11:04 PM
When I was young, my aunt (who is normally a very sensible person) was absolutely convinced that was how she was going to die. Her reasoning - she has very dry skin, and she thought that was the cause.
No idea if she ever still thinks about it, I just remember her being freaked out by the idea of SHC. |
Winona
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 | 11:10 PM
....Thinking again about the bit about my aunt being a normally sensible person. She is the one who had warts when she was young, and when my grandmother "bought" them, they all disappeared. So, now she believes that my grandmother's spell worked.
(For reference: buying warts is an old wives tale. My grandmother offered to buy them from my aunt for $0.01, then buried the penny in the garden under a full moon at midnight. No joke. And they did disappear, within a month.) |
Glamcat
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 | 07:19 AM
Why didn't she sell her dry skin too? |
Glamcat
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 | 07:36 AM
Well, I guess we need to come up with another theory.
I was reading a book at Barnes & Noble, appropriately called "Spontaneous Human Combustion". Obviously, it caught my eye. It's amazing how many strange, unexplained cases of people mysteriously burning up there have been over the centuries. In the grand sceme of things it's actually very rare, but still, some the cases that are recorded are pretty compelling. The author's surmise that most of them are probably explainable by some outside ignition source and that true SHC is not impossible but extremely rare.
There was one really weird case of two young sisters in England who were a mile away from eachother and spontaneously combusted at the same time and there's no real explanation! Weird. Supposedly, it's a well documented case. SHC or horrible coincedience? Their last name was Kirby and it was in 1899.
Here, I googled it.
http://www.calderdale-online.org/html/community/life8.html |
cassie
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 | 02:29 AM
hi im doing an assignment on SHC and you guys have some reasonable thoughts on the subject. I was wondering what your social thoughts are on this matter. DO you think that SHC exists and if so why is it a concern to the public.
thank you
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Glamcat
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 | 07:55 AM
Hi Cassie. I'm not sure whether or not I believe it exists. If it does, it's not much of a concern to the public b/c it's SO rare. It's not like people are bursting into flames all over the place. There are a lot of unexplained cases, and even some eye witnesses, but over the course of centuries it seems it's only a few hundred people or so from what I can gather.
If you find out any interesting information in your studies, please share it with us.
What kind of assignment is this? |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 | 10:14 AM
...I had just had to chuckle at something you said, cassie...Reasonable thoughts. Heheheh. It's really too much. |
Myst
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 | 09:49 PM
Maegan, are you trying to say that one or more of us here don't have reasonable thoughts? I resemble that remark. |
Nettie
in Perth, Western Australia
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 | 10:38 PM
Cassie, like Glamcat, I'm not sure if it's real or not but there do seem to be too many instances for it not to be a possibility.
Ten percent of known cases of SHC occurred in the year 1980. No one can explain this though. My theory is that people were wearing way too much spandex. In my opinion, spandex is a huge social problem! |
Sharruma
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 | 03:32 AM
Only super heroes should be allowed to wear spandex |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 | 09:04 AM
...And even then, kevlar is preferred to spandex.
Ahh...Myst. I read that particular post just after reading part of the "Pro-Ana" thread...But if you still want to resemble the remark... That's okay too. |
unknown
in unknown
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 | 01:33 PM
spontaneous combustion do you even know what it is? |
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