We live in a dangerous world, surrounded by a variety of flammable, explosive stuff. So, our body can suddenly burst into flames? this idea has existed for a long time, some strange combustion phenomena seems to have confirmed the occurrence of spontaneous combustion in the human body.
Human self — — this is real or fabricated? whether believe it or not, we will examine evidence together, look at science and the supernatural collide out how the spark.
"Spontaneous combustion" seems to have been the human body exists, why self-ignition has not answer?
1986: March 26, in the evening, the United States Yaddo firemen received the report, they went to investigate together so puzzled by the fire.
The name is George-Mulder who go to bed when properly, an original 180 pound person, finally being made only three pounds of bones, but the fire did not burn the House down.
For decades, fire the researchers have been puzzled. What kind of fire you can devour it does burn his room? see your body burns up, this person must be tried to fire. Unless, the fire is too cool, too late. This is not the only one who is the mysterious fire burned to death.
For centuries has been swallowed up by the view that the flame from inside their own body. Supporters of this is called "spontaneous combustion" of the human body. Larry-Arnold wrote the book burning, say in the body is spontaneous.
Against the person were of the view that human spontaneous nonsense.
In the rare event that a witness, but after spontaneous combustion in combustion survived.
In 2002, new year's day, in the North of Belgium Brussels, Adelie infants-Dake and family from the beach after picking up some shells, drove home, suddenly found himself out of the thigh. Her from the waist to the knee was severely burned. Her doctor has failed to identify the cause of the fire.
In order to find the truth, Larry-Arnold, world famous exception fire researchers and forensic biologist Marc-benic decided on this investigation.
Candle wick effect successfully explains why some people even bones to ashes.
About these weird combustion case, 17-century Europe, some doctors believe that the answer is alcohol!, but if so, then the body should be started from inside. In the absence of oxygen in the body, it is clearly not going to happen.
Recently there was a relatively reasonable explanation, known as the candle wick effect. Sometimes, the most bizarre mystery is the most common answer.
Scientists believe that we can make a person dressed in clothes, it is envisaged that the candles for miles flip, clothing is the candle wick, body fat is the wax. Even very small flames may penetrate the skin, burning fat, then slowly and continuously burning.
Forensic biologists mark with a piece of cloth and a piece of pork illustrates this effect. Pig fat and human fat is very much alike. If the conditions are in accordance with, the fat and would like to burn the candle to almost nothing left.
Candle wick effect is almost a perfect answer, it proves that the human body itself would have a combustion sources, as long as the environmental conditions in line with the human body can self destruction.
However there is little doubt that the candle wick effect cannot answer with pigs do the experiment, regular leave many complete bones, and is considered a spontaneous event in the human body, bones mostly reduced to ashes.
Anthropology graduate student Andrea-Christensen concentrate on solving this problem. Andrea found that victims of human spontaneous and most susceptible to osteoporosis crowd the basic situation of very similar. While osteoporosis bone in cremation is easier to be burned.
Candle wick theory explains those cases of a weird phenomenon: why but ability often intact? feet and leg of fat rarely, and usually not cloth wrapped — that is, there is no fuel, no candle wick.
Researchers believe the candle wick effect is causing the death of George-Mulder. Adelie infants event cause self-ignition is shell on some sodium.
Candle wick effect may explain George de Mulder's death, but they cannot explain Adelie infants-Dake. Her thighs before burning up in the witness.
In Belgium, Larry-Arnold and Marc-benic in Adelie infants a case will have a major breakthrough.
In the course of the investigation, benic look the Adelie infants clothing and shell's analysis report, resulted in the discovery of a neglected leads is sodium.
Sodium is insoluble in water of waxy substances on metal, have strong reactions. Sodium reacts with water, will produce a very active substances: sodium hydroxide.
Reaction process releases heat, then make the clothing and fabric starts burning. Spark everywhere rampant, perhaps this is what they see. This fire is very difficult to fight, this assertion with witnesses.
From that point of view, this incident has nothing to do with the supernatural.
It is probably this: sand poured pyrotechnics, Adelie infants on Pocket shells on a smoke residues of sodium. Later, she put the wet handkerchief in the same pocket, sodium was lit. Arnold and benic to Adelie infants showed their discoveries.
Mark said: "the test results clearly show the scene with sodium, something with the sodium. If sodium on the water, it will heat, in some cases, the unit of heat is sufficient to allow things like. ”
Larry said: "now we can be sure it is spontaneous, without a doubt. ”
"Spontaneous combustion" of the human body mostly elderly victims, overweight, smoking, and
Living alone.The mystery of the fire on the Mystic, science has provided a partial answer, then explain George de Mulder encounter? there is also a not unravel: what led to this deadly fire?
Benic said: "with regard to Mr. Mott accidents there are several possible explanations. "Is considered to be the case of spontaneous human body there is a recurring thread: smoking. No one knew that night, he ever smoking, but benic believe there is such possibility.
Benic said: "there are reports that he was smoking, then give it up; also reported that he was still smoking. We must put this situation considerations come in. When he was lying in bed. He accidentally lit, most likely a bed; then, he was unconscious, in carbon monoxide choke in the later never wake up. "Dull flame of sheets give off the deadly gases carbon monoxide is odorless, he probably inhalation of carbon monoxide and coma. Then, burn the fat feed the skin, lit, put him into a slow burning candles. His clothes and sheets is like a candle wick, his fat is the wax. The heat of the fire is not high enough, so I didn't burn other items in the room.
Candle wick effect theory is a major breakthrough, this is Georges de Mulder event.
Irrefutable fact is: no one witnessed a person or an animal to combustion, and ashes.
Worse: suspected human cases of spontaneous combustion, the victims are mostly elderly, frail people, often overweight, smoking, etc., and are living alone. (Syndication/United States the National Geographic Channel ")