One of the strangest phenomena in the world is Spontaneous Human Combustion (commonly abbreviated as SHC). What is SHC? SHC which literally can mean "burning man suddenly" is an event where a person's body burst into flames while around him there is nothing like a fire or something that triggered the fire.
Even more awkward, is often the victim's body could burn up so badly, but the objects around him which was situated so close even no damage as if not touched by the fire at all. The phenomenon of SHC, according to records can occur anywhere and at any time, whether in a crowd or when the victim is alone.
 


Studies on the SHC was first considered by Jonas Dupont published in 1763 in a book entitled "De Humani corporis Incendiis Spontaneis" the contents of a collection of SHC cases in that period.
 Other scientists then began to study seriously about SHC and SHC collects various kinds of cases that ever happened to be researched further and look for the cause.
 It is surprising because it was the phenomenon of SHC yangg never happen relatively much and that does not include cases of SHC are not publicly known and that occurs outside the reach them (they are generally limited to data collection in the western region, especially the U.S.)

 


Here is a small part of the list of the known phenomenon of SHC located mostly in the West because that is where they belong :


1731
A woman who is known as the Countess Cornelia Bandi of Cesena, Italy, was found dead by fire on the floor of his bedroom. Only his legs are still wearing stockings and the remaining part of his head.
The case was considered to be confusing because normally, in the case of house fires, burning the body member first joined the torso then exposed to flame, but in this case the victim's body would be burnt to ashes but the legs and head remaining.
August 27, 1938
Phyllis Newcombe and his fiancee Madge Knight's men had just left the ball in the middle of the night in Chelmsford. Suddenly Phyllis dresses in use - which is made of crinoline - great light and he had to be transported to the hospital after a successful take off her dress.
Unfortunately, he died several hours later. Initial allegations, the incident is caused by a cigarette butt, but in fact the dress of the same material does not burn at all even burned with lit cigarette butts. Another oddity, the fire should not fire at it unless there is a gasoline or oil which is splashed at the time.





The late 1950s in London
A woman was dancing with her partner at the discotheque. Suddenly the woman's body shrouded in flames and he died before the fire had extinguished. Causes burning of her remains a mystery because according to the narrative of the witnesses, no smoking in discotheques at that time and no objects contain the fire like a candle on the table.
October 1963
Olga Woth died burnt alive in the car. There was no smell of flammable objects such as the smell of oil and the car itself did not burn.
November 19, 1963 in Sussex
Madge Knight died from burns while sleeping alone in her room. This enigmatic, does not smell combustible materials on site and did not base his bed on fire.
December 1966
Dr. John Irving Bentley was found burning in the bathroom. Only the remaining leg, while the goods in her bathroom a lot that is not touched by the fire. This is one of the most famous cases of SHC.
Year 1980 in Cheshire, England
Susan Motteshead who was cooking in the kitchen and wearing flame-retardant pajamas. Suddenly flames appear a few seconds off his back, but the body and the hair was not burned at all. When he was wearing pajamas that attempted to be burned by firefighters who later arrived, pajamas that also can not burn. Susan itself survived and was not hurt at all.
(The case is not about the SHC, but related matter of the phenomenon of 'mysterious fire') In the book "Phenomena" written Jonny Michell and Robert Rickard, we are told that at the end of the 19th century there was a woman named Jennie Morgan of Missouri who has the ability special. Sparks sparks arise from the woman to the goods in the vicinity. He was also known to make people faint when shaking hands with him.

 




There are several hypotheses about the cause of SHC. One of the most popular hypothesis is known as the "Exchange axis" (wick effect). The essence of the hypothesis is that the victim was suddenly lost consciousness either because of a heart attack or drinking too much alcohol.
Nearby sources of ignition, such as from cigarettes, then began to burn the victim's body with the use of fat and alcohol as fuel. This theory itself has weaknesses such as the fact that many victims are actively doing the activity while SHC occurred and the fact that a small fire sources such as cigarette burns in fact difficult to the human body because the skin even if the victims had burned, the source of the fire itself was extinguished. Especially with this theory, the fire will spread slowly, while in case of fire SHC appeared suddenly and instantly.
Another hypothesis is the phenomenon that the victim died as a result of "irregularities" magentik field of the earth. The hypothesis that states that some humans have the ability to "collect" the magnetic waves so that his body burst into flames when a wave raised high enough to form a fire - which also is one form of waves.
Proverbial more or less like a magnifying glass that collects the light and slowly began to burn the body at the point of focus. This is supported by the fact that an increase in the intensity of magnetic field on some phenomenon of SHC . However, the idea of a man who could focus the magnetic waves themselves are questionable....


There are still other hypotheses such as linking the phenomenon of SHC with a person's psychological state. It is said that when a person experiencing mental shock, oxygen and hydrogen in the body will experience a further chain reaction caused the explosion of the cell.
Some people even believe that SHC is a supernatural phenomenon that comes from "something that is not visible and can not feel human."
One thing is certain, though there are many hypotheses about cause the phenomenon of SHC, there is no explanation that can explain the phenomenon of SHC is palpable.