#human combustion

If you want to watch Bruce talk about spontaneous human combustion for 45 minutes, have I got a video for you!

The Countess Cornelia Zangari de Bandi of Cesena went to bed early, and the next morning, the countess’s chambermaid found her in a pile of ashes. Only her partially burned head and stocking-adorned legs remained. Although de Bandi had two candles in the room, the wicks were untouched and intact.

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“Math and only math, I hate chemistry, chemistry can go in a hole and stay there.”

Dana Scully + spontaneous human combustion

me, an intellectual: vampire thought he’d get lucky huh

George Mott was a retired fireman that suffered from lung problems and required an air mask and pump to breathe. On March 26, 1986, his son, Kendal, visited him after he had not answered repeated phone calls. Kendal found all the windows browned and the interior smoked. Inside his bedroom, he found what was left of George. His remains consisted of ash, a few splinters of bone, and a fragment of his skull. The very localized damage suggested that he had died from spontaneous combustion - a situation that has yet to be explained. The damage to his body was similar to that of what is done to a crematorium. The searing heat had melted a television in the room. However, much of the bedding was unscathed. Just a few feet from the bed, a box of wooden matches failed to ignite. Air was still pumping from George's air mask. Despite this, skeptics believe that there is a rational explanation for his death. Joe Nickell noted that George was a former drinker and smoker. He believes that he was depressed and decided to smoke a cigar or cigarette. If he dropped it on himself, it could have caused him to accidentally set himself on fire.