Spontaneous combustion with fatal outcome has been recorded. Spontaneous combustion of people is a mystery that has not been solved. This fact is known to everyone; a person who is intoxicated behaves inappropriately.

21.07.2023

Since time immemorial, people have known cases of sudden spontaneous combustion of people. People flared up like a Christmas candle and burned out within a few seconds, consumed by fire of unknown origin, leaving behind only a small handful of ashes.

Scientists have found that during pyrokinesis, the flame temperature can reach 3000 degrees. However, flammable objects (paper, matches, bed linen) located in the immediate vicinity of the victim are almost always unaffected by high temperatures. That is, a person blazing with hellish flames, lying in his own bed, burned to the ground, and the bed linen turned out to be untouched.

Spontaneous combustion. Case No. 1

A similar incident occurred with a firefighter from the Australian city of Sydney. Ron Priest, that was his name, burned to death in his own bed, but the bed linen was not damaged one bit, and the matches lying nearby did not ignite.

Spontaneous combustion. Case No. 2

In 1950, a Mexican court tried an unusual criminal case charging Mario Orozco with the murder of his wife. He was accused of publicly burning his wife, for which he faced the death penalty.

It was an ordinary evening. The arriving clients spent time at dinner on the ground floor, dimly lit by a couple of lamps and the fire of the fireplace, in which a delicious goose was roasting. Mario slowly rotated the spit so that not a drop of fat was lost... The young maid was busy delivering orders, giving smiles to the military and deftly escaping ringing slaps on her round bottom. The hotel owner watched everything that was happening, sitting in a leather chair.

Suddenly a heartbreaking scream was heard. The hostess was hysterical on the chair, and flames were running across her. A few seconds later, dearest Manola was gone, and her clothes, covered with ashes, lay on the chair. When the police arrived, the first thing they did was arrest the husband of the hotel owner.

There are cases of spontaneous combustion of a person when the victim does not burn to ashes.

Spontaneous combustion. Case No. 3

In 2005, in Mongolia, a local shepherd, Arzhand, became a victim of pyrokinesis. He was found in a sitting position. His entire body was sintered into a single resinous mass. But the clothes, again, were not damaged one bit. The temperature outside that day was minus 15 degrees. This is what the shepherd's partner said:

“I took part of the herd and drove it forward. When I returned, I saw Arzhande sitting with her pants down, relieving herself. As I came closer, I noticed that it was as black as a raven’s feather, and underneath it a fresh pile of feces was smoking. I ran to the nearest village for help. When they tried to put Arzhanda on a wooden stretcher, it began to smoke. I had to wait until the body cooled down.

The shepherd's partner was detained on charges of premeditated murder. When the investigator came to him, the only thing he found was a pile of charred bones, on which meat was preserved in places. It was never possible to explain what happened.

Spontaneous combustion. Case No. 4

In 1969, Dara Metzel burned to death in her own car. It all happened on one of the streets of Luxembourg. Several people came to the woman’s aid, but alas... When it was all over, it turned out that the interior of the car was not damaged.

Spontaneous combustion. Case No. 5

An absolutely amazing incident happened in Canada. In the province of Alberta, the daughters of the Melby couple spontaneously ignited at the same time, being at a distance of a kilometer from each other.

Charles Duteilleux worked in a hardware store that belonged to the Verneuil couple. In 1991, he celebrated the New Year with his owners. After drinking a little wine, he went to bed in his room, and in the morning he found the owners dead. The floor was covered with a thick layer of soot. The remains of the housewife were found in the kitchen - a pile of bones and ashes. The police did not find any other signs of violent fire.

Spontaneous combustion. Case No. 6

Another equally strange case of spontaneous combustion occurred in Munich. 13-year-old Yuta was practicing accordion playing. Her father suddenly heard his daughter’s unrealistically terrible screams. He ran to her room and saw her running around the room, engulfed in flames. Yuta had 30% burns to the surface of her body, and her father suffered second degree burns. Then the girl said that when she began to play the accordion, she was engulfed in flames from all sides.

Causes of spontaneous combustion in humans

This phenomenon has many names:

spontaneous combustion
pyrokinesis
devil fire

Despite the fact that from the point of view of chemistry and physics such a phenomenon cannot be explained, it remains a real fact. The human body is made mostly of water, and it takes a huge amount of energy to burn it. There is no such amount of energy in our bodies. For example, to burn a corpse in a crematorium, a temperature of 2000 degrees and about three hours is required. And even in this situation, it is necessary to crush the bones in order to turn them into ashes.

Despite the fact that cases of pyrokinesis are very rare, in our century there are about two dozen of them. Scientists have different opinions on this matter. Some associate this phenomenon with internal tension and stress. Others blame ball lightning. There are two characteristic features of pyrokinesis: burning of the victim until ash forms and the formation of a single charred mass. Sometimes some part of the victim’s body turns out to be completely unaffected by the fire.

Swiss scientist Ludwig Schumacher suggested the idea of radiation unknown to science that exists in our immediate vicinity. Due to the interaction of these radiations and our biofield, a reaction similar to an explosion occurs with a huge release of energy, which leads to spontaneous combustion.

The last of the hypotheses put forward is of the opinion that thermonuclear reactions occur in our cells. Under certain circumstances, something like a nuclear bomb explosion occurs in our cells, and the ongoing processes in no way affect the objects surrounding the victim.

Spontaneous human combustion is an amazing mystery that has puzzled scientists for several millennia. There is no point in arguing about its existence - real facts of spontaneous combustion are known. Let's try to figure out this paranormal phenomenon together.

Spontaneous human combustion- this is the instantaneous ignition of the body without any external influence, that is, there are completely no signs of fire or fire. Typically, people are burned down to their limbs so that they are completely unrecognizable. Interestingly, with this phenomenon, only one body burns, since clothing and nearby objects remain completely untouched.

Known cases

In total, more than a hundred cases of spontaneous combustion are known to date. The first mention of spontaneous combustion in humans is associated with Polonus Vorstius. He was an ordinary Italian knight of the late 1400s. The young man loved wine, women and songs. He drank a large amount of wine at night. They say that it immediately ignited and then burst into flames. People were confused as to how this happened. However, there is an opinion that it was the huge amount of wine that caused such an unusual death.

There is only one case of spontaneous combustion with a witness present. A disabled woman lived with her father, who took care of her. One day he saw a flash from the corner. Suddenly the man discovered that his daughter was on fire. Despite the fire, the woman continued to sit quietly in the chair, without reacting or giving any signs that she was in unbearable pain. Attempts to put out the fire left the man with burnt hands. The woman died.

In December 2010, Michael Faherty died in his bedroom in County Galway, Ireland. The man's body was completely burned. This death was officially registered as “spontaneous combustion.” The doctor, Kieran McLaughlin, when examining the death, noted: “I carefully examined the causes of the fire and the origin of the fire. This death clearly relates to the phenomenon of spontaneous combustion of a person, for which there is no adequate explanation.”

Despite the fact that there are no statistical reports on this phenomenon, it is still possible to draw certain conclusions regarding the victims:

Most of the victims were female
Many victims are known to be alcoholics
Many victims were overweight
Hands and feet did not succumb to fire
After the body burned, there was a greasy sticky ash and a strong disgusting smell.
At the time of spontaneous combustion, most victims were alone and indoors

This phenomenon is still an unsolved mystery for scientists. There are a huge number of conflicting theories and explanations for such a unique phenomenon. However, the following 2 theories are the most popular among the scientific community.

Wick effect theory

If you believe this theory, then the human body can be imagined in the form of a candle. The candle itself is a wax cylinder with an internal wick. Thus, people can ignite even from a minor external source. Even a simple lit cigarette can become a fire starter. At the same time, people themselves burn out from the inside.

The fatty deposits of the human body act as wax, and clothing or hair act as a wick. At high temperatures, fat melts, penetrates into clothing and slowly burns out from the inside like a candle. It is because of this that the combustion process itself occurs slowly inside a person, without causing any damage to surrounding things.

Internal combustion

Adherents of this theory are convinced that the body is ignited from the inside with the help of the malfunction itself. Presumably, we are talking about sudden mitochondrial dysfunction, which is responsible for energy production in cells. Hydrogen, carbon and oxygen in the body are released and an extremely violent reaction occurs (due to pressure and temperature).

Which of these hypotheses is true and whether at least one of them is true is a huge unanswered question. And for a long time we will not be able to find out the answer to this phenomenon. One thing is obvious - spontaneous combustion exists and almost everyone can encounter it in their life.

/ Kuvshinov V.A. // Forensic medicine and resuscitation. Materials of the extended conference of forensic doctors of Tatarstan (scientific works). - Kazan, 1969. - T. 26. - P. 79-81.

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In some countries (India), the main method of burying human corpses is cremation. In our country, cremation is carried out only in some large cities (Moscow, Kaunas, etc.). When burning the corpse of an adult in a gas-powered crematorium in Moscow, the human corpse burns for 50 minutes at a temperature in the oven of up to 1200°. This leaves up to 6 kg of ash with large pieces of bones.

In criminal practice, there are cases of murders followed by burning of corpses. By burning a corpse, the criminal hopes to destroy evidence of the crime and remain unpunished. Combustion is usually carried out in heating furnaces. To do this, the corpse is first dismembered and burned: in parts. Complete destruction of a corpse is rare and occurs during prolonged use of ovens after cremation without removing the ashes. Therefore, the study of ash can be important in solving a crime.

How quickly a human corpse will burn in an ordinary oven, how much wood will be required for this (wood will be required, how much ash will remain, will there be remains of bones in it, is it possible to determine from them whether the human corpse was burned - these are questions that are of interest to the investigative authorities. According to E. Knoblocha 1 It takes 40 hours to burn the corpse of an adult.

In order to resolve these issues, we conducted experimental burning of the corpses of fetuses and newborn children, the corpses of adults and individual body parts. The cremation was carried out in a mortuary oven with a hearth length of 77 cm, a width of 35 cm, and a vault height of 40 cm. The oven has a blower measuring 24x12 cm.

The temperature in the furnace was measured with a thermocouple. The burning was carried out until the bones were completely incinerated without mechanical impact (crushing the bones with a poker).

Corpses for cremation were placed on a layer of dry coniferous wood and covered with the same firewood. The corpses of adults were dismembered before cremation. The burning was carried out with the door closed until the corpse was completely incinerated. The ash was removed from the furnace 5-7 hours after combustion.

In total, we burned 24 objects. The following data was obtained (see attached table).

An average of 11 kg of wood was consumed to burn the corpses of fetuses or newborn children. The average combustion time was 96 minutes. There was about 1 kg of oxen left in the oven. We did not take large pieces of charcoal into account. A visual examination of the ash residue did not reveal any pieces of bone tissue.

When burning the limbs of adult corpses, an average of about 11 kg of wood was consumed. The combustion rate averaged 111 minutes. There was about 1.5 kg of ash left in the furnace. Upon careful examination, pieces of bone tissue were found in the form of thin, fragile gray-white plates.

After the instant burning of the dismembered corpses of adults (2), 21-29 kg of firewood was consumed. The combustion duration was 4 hours 15 minutes. - 4 hours 25 minutes In the ash (2.5-3 kg) there were small shapeless pieces of gray-white bone tissue.

To burn a corpse in two steps, 47 kg of firewood was required, the combustion duration was 7 hours 45 minutes. The amount of ash remaining was the same as after one-stage combustion.

The data we obtained differ significantly from the data of E. Knobloch, and they are not without practical significance.

1 Knobloch E. Medical forensics. - Prague, Czechoslovakia: State. publishing house of honey literature, 1960. - 2nd ed. - P. 322.

Since ancient times, mysterious cases have been known when people, without the presence of external fire, suddenly flared up and quickly burned, turning into a pile of ash or a coal-like mass. Scientists for a long time did not believe in the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion, but more than a hundred officially registered cases forced them to look for some explanation for this anomalous phenomenon.

THE MYSTERY OF HUMAN COMBUSTION

The fact that people can actually suddenly catch fire without exposure to an external source of fire is now recognized by many scientists. According to various sources, over the past hundred years, from two hundred to several hundred people have burned in this mysterious way; 120 cases are considered officially registered.

In 1776, in the Journal of the British Royal Medical Association, Dr. Henry Rockwall spoke about the mysterious death of his uncle, Sir Rockwall. The burnt corpse of his uncle was found in his own bed, and there were no signs of a struggle around, and the pajamas on the burnt body were absolutely intact... A version arose that Sir Rock-ox was killed somewhere else, then his corpse was burned, and then, to confuse the investigation, they brought the burnt body into the house, dressed him in pajamas and put him to bed. However, it was possible to establish that Sir Rockwall's body, under the influence of the flame, turned into a fragile, fragile mass, on which it was not possible to put on pajamas. The investigation had to admit that Rokwall burned in his own bed, and burned in such a way that neither the bed nor his pajamas were damaged by the fire...

PEOPLE ARE GETTING BURNED MORE FREQUENTLY

Scientists first noticed this phenomenon in 1951, when on July 2 in the American city of St. Petersburg (Florida), 67-year-old Mary Reaser was found burned in her own apartment. All that was left of the elderly woman was a pile of ash, a skull and a completely intact left foot in a slipper. Despite the high temperature required for such combustion of the body, the furnishings in the deceased’s apartment remained intact.

Over the past two decades, according to a number of researchers, cases of spontaneous human combustion (SCH) have increased. In 1990, a homeless man nicknamed Bailey caught fire in London. Passers-by called the firefighters, but attempts by some brave souls to extinguish the man did not yield anything. Firefighters who quickly arrived saw a terrible picture: flames were escaping from a ten-centimeter-wide hole in Bailey’s stomach. It was not possible to save him.

One of the last cases of spontaneous combustion was recorded in 2010. 76-year-old Michael Fogerty was burned to death. If you believe some printed publications in recent years, this terrible phenomenon has been noted more than once in our country and in the former USSR - in Tomsk, Tomilino (Moscow region), Bishkek, and in other places.

ON THE WAY TO UNDERSTANDING THE PHENOMENON

It is known that at least two-thirds of our body consists of water and other non-flammable components, which is why many scientists for a long time denied the possibility of spontaneous combustion in humans. Those of them who still believed in this began to look for some reasonable explanation for this phenomenon. The first hypothesis was quite simple; according to it, only alcoholics who had soaked their flesh in alcohol so much that it ignited from any spark spontaneously combusted. However, this hypothesis could not be confirmed experimentally, and among the victims of SSS there were many abstainers.

Then the “wick effect” hypothesis emerged. It is believed that it was first proposed in 1961 by London doctor Gavin Thurston. According to the hypothesis, a flame accidentally falling on a person in some cases sets fire not to outer clothing, but to underwear. Subcutaneous fat melts and ignites. In this case, outerwear plays the role of a kind of screen, allowing one to maintain a high combustion temperature; the victim burns to the ground. Experiments with pig carcasses wrapped in fabric were quite impressive, but the carcasses burned for a long time - up to 12 hours, and the fabric with which they were wrapped did not survive. The SSC phenomenon was characterized by an incredible burning rate, sometimes a person turned into a pile of ash in a matter of seconds, and his clothes usually remained intact.

In 1971, Soviet academician Yakov Zeldovich discovered “otons,” his name for the microscopic “black holes” that exist in nature. According to research by British physicists, these are particles the size of an atomic nucleus, but their mass is 40 times greater than an atom. Such microscopic “black holes” are present not only in space, but also in the bowels of the earth. The famous physicist Stephen Hawking calculated that these particles emit a colossal amount of energy. According to a number of scientists, it is otons that can cause the phenomenon of SSC. When they encounter the human body, they interact with its internal otons, resulting in a thermal explosion. Its energy is not released, but absorbed, which leads to an incredibly high combustion temperature, and the body turns to ash in literally moments.

Russian scientist Anatoly Stekhin from the Research Institute of Ecology and Environmental Hygiene of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences believes that the SSP phenomenon is a manifestation of cold plasma combustion. “Three-quarters of a person consists of liquid formations,” explains the scientist, “roughly speaking, water. Free radicals in its molecules are capable of taking energy. This can be either solar energy or biological energy. In exceptional cases, it bursts out in a stream of quanta. This is cold plasma combustion. With it, the external body temperature does not exceed 36 degrees, and the internal temperature reaches 2000 degrees. Almost twice as high as in a crematorium oven!” This theory well explains the mysterious feature of the phenomenon when even the bones of the legs leave only ashes, but the shoes remain intact.

But according to Japanese scientist Hirachi Igo, the cause of spontaneous combustion of a person can be a change in the passage of time in his body. Functioning normally, our body produces and radiates a certain amount of heat into the surrounding space. If for some reason a chronal failure occurs in the internal processes of the body, then the generated heat will not have time to escape into space, and the person will burn out because of it.

More recently, British biologist Brian J. Ford proposed a rather interesting hypothesis. In his opinion, the cause of SSS may be acetone, which under a number of conditions can accumulate in the human body. Ketosis (accumulation of acetone) can occur with alcoholism, diabetes, unbalanced diet (lots of fat and few carbohydrates) and a number of other cases. The scientist conducted a rather convincing experiment, during which a pig with flesh saturated with acetone and “dressed up” in clothes quickly burned, ignited by a spark. The weak point of this hypothesis is the external inflammation of a person.

Some scientists (Academician V. Kaznacheev, Professor Gennady Petrakovich, etc.) believe that the source of energy in a living human cell is a thermonuclear reaction. If the cellular “mechanism” malfunctions, an uncontrolled chain reaction can occur, during which a huge amount of energy is released, literally incinerating a person.

Over several centuries, hundreds of cases of spontaneous combustion of people have been recorded around the world. Is this really possible?

What is spontaneous human combustion?

Reported cases

Several possible explanations

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