Re: Spontaneous Human Combustion - Fact or Fiction?
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It does not exist.
It is caused by the "wick effect" as someone has pointed out already.
In very basic terms, human fat is the wax and the clothes are the wick.
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The "Wick Effect" is probably the most likely answer, but how does one catch on fire and burn to the ground without trying to get up and move around? Most of these people are found right where their chairs used to be and most people that catch on fire run around in a total panic.
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