http://www.crystalinks.com/shc.html I first saw the pic when I was 8 years old of an alleged body belonging to a woman who just burst into flames leaving just her legs, I have read lately that the last alleged combustion happend around the 1950's-1960's. So do you believe in this or do you only believe what the scientists can prove, most scientists are skeptics over this as one said it happened when no one was around to see it happen and it would mostly happen at night.
i haven't read anything like that since my teens, and checking your link i'm sure that exact picture was in the magazines i used to collect at the time. Interesting that you say it hasn't alledgly happened since the 60's i didn't know that (maybe that's why i've read nothing about this stuff since )
Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is the alleged burning of a person's body without a readily apparent, identifiable external source of ignition. The combustion may result in simple burns and blisters to the skin, smoking, or a complete incineration of the body. The latter is the form most often 'recognized' as SHC. There is much speculation and controversy over SHC. It is not a proven natural occurrence, but many theories have attempted to explain SHC's existence and how it may occur. The two most common explanations offered to account for apparent SHC are the non-spontaneous "wick effect" fire, and the rare discharge called "static flash fires". Although physically it can be shown that the human body contains enough energy stored in the form of fat and other tissues to consume it completely, in normal circumstances bodies will not sustain a flame on their own. go here to read it all http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion
