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baddogma
Grand Poster
Joined: Feb 02, 2006
Posts: 1746
Location: Colorado
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:17 pm |
 
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We have all heard of it. Some one is found as a scorch mark, legs intact furniture around them barely touched and yet they are cremated on the spot.
I just saw an awesome explanation. They took a pig carcass and wrapped it in a light blanket, placed it on a bed next to a TV stand. They lit the blanket and then something amazing happened.
The blanket burned rather fast, setting the pig’s fat on fire, the “wick affect” of the fat on the mattress kept a small 18” flame fire on the bed! The TV melted a bit but never caught fire. The carcass burned for over 6 hours and eventually the bone marrow burned the bones to ash! The lower legs are low in fat and they were spared. Something as simple as a cigarette or a candle can start it off. The person either falls and knocks themselves out or has a heart attack and Whalah, POOF no more person! temperatures reached over 800 Degrees without causing a house fire.
What a way to go!!
Yeesh.
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Cygnus
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Joined: Mar 26, 2008
Posts: 522
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:41 pm |
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Wow. I've always heard of that as a small kid, but I'd never really thought about it. I had always thought that people caught on fire internally for some weird reason whenever spontaneous combustion was mentioned.
By the way, nice way to spell 'voila'. |
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ApostateLois
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Joined: Feb 02, 2006
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Location: Prescott, Arizona, USA
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Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:25 pm |
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Strangely enough, there is always FIRE involved in these "spontaneous" combustion incidents--a fireplace, a cigarette, a candle, etc. People don't just burst into flames for no reason. |
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Cygnus
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:06 am |
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Which is what I thought when I was 5. |
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baddogma
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Joined: Feb 02, 2006
Posts: 1746
Location: Colorado
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Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:03 am |
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There is a rational explanation for EVERYTHING! |
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