Human Cumbustion

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JULY 2ND, 1951, MORNING, A MRS. PANSY CARPENTER OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA HAD AN AROMA OF SMOKE ENTER HER NOSE FROM THE ROOM OF HER LODGER, 77-YEAR-OLD MARY REESER. VIA THE HELP OF 2 MEN WHO HAD BEEN WORKING NEARBY, THE DOOR WAS BROKEN DOWN AND WAS MET BY A BLAST OF HOT AIR. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF FIRE AT 1ST. THEN 1 OF THE 2 MEN SAW A CHARRED CIRCLE SURROUNDING THE ARM CHAIR MRS. REESER HAD BEEN SITTING IN. IN THE CIRCLE, THERE WAS A PILE OF ASHES, A FEW SPRINGS FROM THE CHAIR, A BLACKENED SKULL, AND PIECES OF A HUMAN BACKBONE. THEY ALSO DISCOVERED A HUMAN FOOT IN A BLACK SATIN SLIPPER; IT WAS ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF MRS. REESER'S BODY. CAN SOMEBODY SUDDENLY BURST INTO AN INFERNO AND BURN UP COMPLETELY WHILE HIS OR HER SURROUNDINGS ARE TOTALLY UNDISTURBED??? SOME PEOPLE THINK SO. THIS PHENOMENON IS KNOWN AS "SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION", OR SIMPLY SHC. MANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE ALCOHOL ADDICTS, HEAVY SMOKERS, OR BOTH. IN THE 19TH CENTURY, PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT SHC WAS "PUNISHMENT" TO THOSE WHO SINNED. EXAMPLES OF SHC CAN BE FOUND IN NOVELS BY HERMAN MELEVILLE, MARK TWAIN, AND EVEN CHARLES DICKENS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, DICKENS WAS A TRUE BELIEVER OF SHC. YOU MAY THINK THAT PEOPLE TODAY DON'T BELIEVE IN SHC. THINK AGAIN. IN 20TH CENTURY CASES, LIKE THAT OF MRS. REESER, HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT RECORDS AND NEWSPAPERS. MANY SCIENTIFIC MINDS ARE 100% POSITIVE THAT SHC IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE. THEY SAY THAT IT MIGHT BE THE RESULT OF A PERSON FALLING ASLEEP WITH A CIGARETTE IN HIS OR HER MOUTH. THEN THE CIGARETTE MAY FALL OUT. IF THE CIGARETTE LANDED ON AN OVERSTUFFED SOFA, THEN THE FIRE MIGHT SMOLDER, RATHER THEN FLARE UP. INCIDENTALLY, MRS. REESER WAS A HEAVY SMOKER. SUCH SIMPLE EXPLANATIONS DO NOT ALWAYS SATISFY EVERYONE. SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT A TYPE OF "NATURAL ELECTRICITY" BUILDS UP IN THE BODIES OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS, AND UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, CAUSES THEM TO CATCH FIRE. SOME SCIENTISTS REMAIN COMPLETELY BAFFLED THOUGH. SO FAR, NO ONE HAS COME UP WITH A CONVINCING ANSWER TO THE MYSTERY OF SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION. IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER OF THE PHENOMENON OF Spontaneous Human Combustion, PLEASE E-MAIL ME AND TELL ME SO.