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Old 24-09-2011, 09:09   #1
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Spontaneous Human Combustion

BBC News - 'First Irish case' of death by spontaneous combustion

A 76 year old man from Galway Ireland died on the 22nd Dec last year, the coroner has put his death down to Spontaneous Human combustion. The police investigating the incident couldn't find any signs of foul play or any accelerants surrounding the death of Michael Faherty
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Old 24-09-2011, 09:34   #2
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Re: Spontaneous Human Combustion

I thought QED had debunked the idea of SHC last century. Basically the fat in the body is the accelerant, clothes act as the wick, there is some other incapacitating factor (heart attack etc) and the fire is started by an external factor such as a spark from an open fire.
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Old 24-09-2011, 09:46   #3
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I thought QED had debunked the idea of SHC last century. Basically the fat in the body is the accelerant, clothes act as the wick, there is some other incapacitating factor (heart attack etc) and the fire is started by an external factor such as a spark from an open fire.
Agreed.

The fact he was found with his head very near an open fire, speaks volumes.

There's always been something that could have been an ignition source.

Usually a cigarette, in most suspected cases of SHC.
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Old 24-09-2011, 10:05   #4
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I wonder if the amount of potcheen he'd consumed was taken into account
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Old 24-09-2011, 10:19   #5
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Old 24-09-2011, 10:23   #6
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Well that was the guys name
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Old 24-09-2011, 10:35   #7
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Well that was the guys name

i was laughing to myself ABOUT his name John...Faherty (Farty) and human combustion
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Old 24-09-2011, 10:51   #8
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i was laughing to myself ABOUT his name John...Faherty (Farty) and human combustion
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now come on John, thought you'd be quicker off the mark than that....thas slackin lad
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Old 24-09-2011, 10:57   #10
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now come on John, thought you'd be quicker off the mark than that....thas slackin lad
Well I am a pensioner now ya know
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